“I HOLD If I could have had him, I could have let him go. But without the having there was nothing— so… — Coco J. Ginger Copy Share Image
Addiction is a scary disease. Please, don't be ashamed to ask for help. You can always fight it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nothing worse than someone who goes to the dance, is excited to dance, dances all night, and then complains all the next… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Now you know how I justify my addictions—if I can pay less for it than I would at Wal-Mart, I get to… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
America's addiction to violence is partly evident in the heroes it chooses to glorify. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The truly important things in life - love, beauty, and one's own uniqueness - are constantly being overlooked. — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
I had a Velcro wallet in a casino. That sound annoyed the hell out of me. Whenever I lost money, and I… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
“I spent the rest of that day and most of the night thinking about all the hundreds of people I had met… — Pax Prentiss Copy Share Image
In the summer of 1991, I was on the first Lollapalooza tour. Nightly, I would watch Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell go… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“That night I slept like a baby. When I woke the next morning I knew I was going to smoke heroin again.… — Christine Lewry Copy Share Image
I too searched far and wide for the cure to addiction, but my medical and psychiatric background did not lead me to… — Abraham J. Twerski Copy Share Image
Alcohol and drugs are not the problems; they are what people are using to help themselves cope with the problems. Those problems… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“Every pain, addiction, anguish, longing, depression, anger or fear is an orphaned part of us seeking joy, some disowned shadow wanting to… — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
I used to kind of blame someone for not being able to get through that - I'm talking about the addiction part… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
“And, sure, fine, I do check my phone about every two minutes, but so do a lot of people, and it's better… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Fifty is a big corner to turn. It used to mean being put out to pasture, but it's the opposite with me.… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“The question is frequently asked: Why does a man become a drug addict? The answer is that he usually does not intend… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Even if nonpolluting power were feasible and abundant, the use of energy on a massive scale acts on society like a drug… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
“Many people fear that decriminalization and the controlled dispensing of drugs will lead to widespread substance use among people who are now… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
On a psychic level, we could be carrying energies and entities and cravings and habits and confusion and patterns of behavior from… — Robert Moss Copy Share Image
“SHAME AS THE CORE AND FUEL OF ALL ADDICTION Neurotic shame is the root and fuel of all compulsive/addictive behaviors. My general… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
A lot of addiction actually ends by age 30 - something like 50 percent of all addictions with the exception of tobacco… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
Over-eating is the addiction choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“she said, “I swear, I put something in my mouth one time, and I’m addicted. I think I have oral fixation issues.” — Alannah Lynne Copy Share Image
We can and we must do better as prolonged recovery is now an achievable result of comprehensive addiction treatment. — Stephen J. Pasierb Copy Share Image
Were Moses to go up Mount Sinai today, the two tablets he'd bring down with him would be aspirin and Prozac. — Joseph A. Califano, Jr Copy Share Image
If a child has an older sibling involved in an addiction, there is a 90 percent chance that he or she will… — Virgil Miller Newton Copy Share Image
A good addiction is a contradiction in terms. Anything people can't give up or must have is not healthy, no matter what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An addiction is an obsession. something that takes over your mind and your every thought. — Delaney Ridnour Copy Share Image
“The initial journey towards sobriety is a delicate balance between insight into one's desire for escape and abstinence from one's addiction.” — Debra L. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“I did not add that we would pass by a bookstore on the way. It's an addiction that cannot be easily explained… — Joan Hess Copy Share Image
It's all about choices! You choose, you make the rules, not tobacco companies, not addiction — John Kehoe Copy Share Image
“Stopping to have a smoke is a time-honored tradition non-smokers can’t understand.” — Krzysztof Pacyński Copy Share Image
Addiction is a relationship, a pathological relationship in which... obsession replaces people. — Patrick Carnes Copy Share Image
Don't judge addicts. They don't plan to be addicted. They don't, as a child, say hey! I wanna be a junkie when… — Kylee Copy Share Image
Negativity is an addiction to the bleak shadow that lingers around every human form ... you can transfigure negativity by turning it… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
You've recognised a fundamental feature of an addict's life. Maintaining your habit is so important you've no real interest in anything else. — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Funny how addiction was socially acceptable—even a status symbol—when it made people extroverts rather than introverts” — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
