The only merciful thing about drug abuse is the speed with which it devastates you. Alcoholics can take decades to destroy themselves… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
. We have this attitude that people become drug addicts against their will. That they couldn’t possibly want this kind of life.… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when I hear people without experience of addiction blame addicts for their behaviour, I feel like saying to them: 'You simply… — Will Self Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm a Twitter addict. That seems kind of harsh. I would say it's more that I'm seriously involved.… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
You think to yourself, “If one drink feels really good and two feels really, really good, a hundred ought to feel fantastic.”… — Kim Severson Copy Share Image
Marijuana is not addictive. People are the addicts and they will find a substance or a belief that will feed the addiction… — Steven Machat Copy Share Image
Most people you'd tell "I'm gonna be a musician," they'd say, "you're crazy, you're gonna starve, you're gonna be poor, a drug… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
His embrace was my drug of choice, and as any addict knew, one sampling was way too many and a thousand never… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I played a lesbian reporter in 1964, who was incarcerated, and ended the series as a 75-year-old woman. And then, I was… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
In terms of television and movies, I've been really interested in seeing the partnership of comedy and beauty and heart. I think… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
“If there is no phone, there is noise; but if there is a phone, there is silence—just as a crying, unruly baby… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days.… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
I'm kind of quoting Thurston [Moore] and Kim [Gordon] in saying that about not being great with addicts, because they are the… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
In the 1980s, when people were just beginning to talk about AIDS, there were just a few categories of those who were… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Once you're an addict, you're always an addict, so just because I found something good to do doesn't mean I'm not going… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
My personal story is that my father was a heroin addict and a heroin dealer and has been in and out of… — Daniel Beaty Copy Share Image
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