The reformed addict who feels the craving almost believes…

“The reformed addict who feels the craving almost believes in it, then merely smiles…”

— William T. Vollmann

When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the…

— Dalai Lama

This must be what an addict feels like, I think, trying to fight the pull of one last, quick read. My fingers itch toward…

— Jodi Picoult

“Page 142: "When a spouse says to the alcoholic, "you need to go to AA," that is obviously not true. The addict feels no…

— Henry Cloud

...All patients reported a loss of craving for drugs while taking large doses of Vitamin C, during detoxification. Of the first 30 carefully monitored…

— Irwin Stone

“Sense yearnings sap your inner peace; they are like openings in a reservoir that permit vital waters to be wasted in the desert soil…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“Across the street an addict was mumbling, his words, like Dan Smooth’s, reminiscent of the structure of graphite, which is to say comprised of…

— William T. Vollmann

Addiction is an addict and an addict is addicted

— Loneliest_love

Nobody can become a drug addict if they're hip. Because it's obvious that if you're hip then you've got to make it. The buzz…

— George Harrison

“Addiction is a decision. An individual wants something, whatever that something is, and makes a desicion to get it. Once they have it, they…

— James Frey

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more…

— Shirley Chisholm

“I don’t fundamentally understand why people give a shit about what other people put up their noses or what other people put in their…

— Stefan Molyneux

I was ashamed. My son is a drug addict. What does this mean about me?

— David Sheff

They said a drug addict needs rehabilitation, they never said what a broken heart needs.

— Satyajit Chhotaray

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

— John Warren Kindt