I think it’s the misperception of addiction and living life on the edge, as if it’s cool. — Mariel Hemingway Copy Share Image
With commitment and the right investments, we can create a San Francisco where no one is forced, relegated, or allowed to sleep… — London Breed Copy Share Image
Advocating for quality addiction treatment has become a passion, and it's the most rewarding thing that someone like me can do. People… — Cris Carter Copy Share Image
If we start treating addiction as a public health issue, with more compassion, and without the criminal element, our society will be… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
In the midst of all our emotional upheaval caused by ambition, aggression, rejection, transition, addiction, limitation and competition, the one thing that… — Sherlyn Chopra Copy Share Image
Addiction, self-sabotage, procrastination, laziness, rage, chronic fatigue, and depression are all ways that we withhold our full participation in the program of… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
'Moonlight' isn't an issue film. It's not about addiction, it's not about sexuality, it's not about identity. It's about all these different… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
The abuse of food, alcohol, or drugs is essentially a material response to a need that isn't really physical at its foundation..… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Researchers also trace the dramatic increase in addiction to a shift in health-care philosophy that started to emphasize treating a patient’s pain… — Robert Dugoni Copy Share Image
“I was diagnosed with ADHD in my mid fifties and I was given Ritalin and Dexedrine. These are stimulant medications. They elevate… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“When we're living as amateurs, we're running away from our calling — meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“It was becoming evident to me that addiction is addiction is addiction—that all the ways in which people binge, hoard, numb, act… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, which should… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
I'm much more conscious of historical events since the '60s. In the '60s, I was insulated by my own addictions, my own… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“By the way, let me shatter a myth about addiction. This whole idea that drugs are addictive... they're not in themselves addictive.… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Of course, the puritanical have opposed idleness since biblical times. Spiritual sloth was the "noonday demon" that distracted a monk from his… — Jessica Kerwin Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Black-and-white thinking is the addict's mentality, which can be a bar to recovery when one is still active. But an addict who… — Michael Prager Copy Share Image
“.,,women are numbed enough to endure rough sex acts through extreme humiliation. When alcohol isn’t enough and the pain spirals into addiction,… — Shelley Lubben Copy Share Image
Because they are human beings, addicts long for wholeness, for fulfillment, and for the final good that believers call God. Like all… — Cornelius Plantinga Copy Share Image
My heart sweats, my body shakes. Another kiss, is all it takes. I can't sleepp, I can't eat. Theres no doubt, I'm… — Jade Copy Share Image
But I want to motivate. I wanna motivate every person to leave here to be a better father, a better husband, to… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“While susceptibility varies, addiction can happen to any of us, through a subtle process where the bonds of degradation are too light… — s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Life is meant to be a celebration! It shouldn't be necessary to set aside special times to remind us of this fact.… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, more people will have insurance… — Thomas R. Insel Copy Share Image
After writing about addiction in a pair of books, I frequently hear from addicts and their family members about serial relapses followed… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
The bigger picture is that over the last 30 years, we have spent $1 trillion waging a drug war that has failed… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Obsession is an addiction you may never shake free of. It just… holds you and never gives anything in return. But love,… — Bruce Jenvey Copy Share Image
The priesthood holds consummate power. It can protect you from the plague of pornography-and it is a plague-if you are succumbing to… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
“Phones are this generation's cigarettes. It's an addiction, dude, but it's not about communication, just like it's not about nicotine. It's about… — Sarah Combs Copy Share Image
The pains that you suffer, the loneliness that you encounter, the experiences that are disappointing or distressing, the addictions and seeming pitfalls… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
My greatest struggle is to coexist while watching the people I love choose less than life-supporting paths via drugs, alcohol, or poor… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do for your loved one caught in alcoholism or addiction is to help the person continue in… — Neil T Anderson Copy Share Image
“Even those who drink until blacking out, those who beat women, are not the exception, hopefully not the norm, trapped somewhere in… — Justin Donner Copy Share Image
I thought I was fooling people. But it's the old thing of 'they say vodka doesn't smell'. No, not until you sweat.… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself.… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Love is an addiction, Love is an emotion, Love is the best and can be the worst. So if you dont have… — Mikel Musial Copy Share Image
“I'd much rather spend all day on the Santa Monica pier playing Asteroids than delve into the murk and analyze myself. And… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume,… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
“The treatment must fit the malady and the malady is not alcoholism or addiction, or addictive drugs and alcohol. Once the correct… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“The first step is to admit you’re powerless. You have an addiction, and you can’t stop. The first step is to tell… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
