Whether it's overeating or it's overworking or over-sex or whatever it is, alcoholism, drug addition, we push ourselves to the brink and… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
Anything that you can become obsessed with, and you do so much that you don’t do the things you need to do… — Dale Archer Copy Share Image
We visual communicators have so much good to share: rather than sharing our chemical and style addictions, we could be using our… — David Berman Copy Share Image
The Federal Narcotics Bureau does a grave disservice by disseminating a lot of misinformation. Most of what they say is such nonsense… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“One thing I've learned is it's better to be addicted to things than people. You get hooked on a thing and if… — A.M. Riley Copy Share Image
For me, I never knew what addiction was. I just knew my heroes, like [New York Dolls guitarist] Johnny Thunders, did heroin.… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
“In 2006, one of the most prestigious scientific research organizations in the world, the Cochrane Collaboration, conducted a review of the many… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“Science has proven that sin has the power to change us for the worse. In a healthy brain, rational thought can override… — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
“There is no social stigma attached to the frenzy, no peer motivation to slow us down. Rather it is the opposite; busy… — Gillian Deacon Copy Share Image
Most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“The hardcore drug addicts that I treat, are, without exception, people who have had extraordinarily difficult lives. The commonality is childhood abuse.… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
I went public with the alcoholism, very early on... the early '70s. Mercedes McCambridge, the actress, I think was the first recognizable… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“There's a peculiar thing that happens every time you get clean. You go through this sensation of rebirth. There's something intoxicating about… — Anthony Keidis Copy Share Image
“Sure, genetics do play a role in alcholism. You're more likely to be an alcoholic if one or both of your parents… — Gaby Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“to the world, and there is no more powerful expression of that relatedness than love, or true responsiveness to another person. The… — Stanton Peele Copy Share Image
We have turned doctors into gods and worship their deity by offering up our bodies and our souls - not to mention… — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
“At some point, hurting myself has gone past the need to be in control. It's routine now. An addiction. I cannot cope… — Cheryl McIntyre Copy Share Image
For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what… — Steven Seagal Copy Share Image
We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
This is what I think. Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence… — Tess Callahan Copy Share Image
“Here’s a simple test to check and see if you have surrendered or if you are still struggling with control. When you… — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Addiction is a crazy disease. It's a progressive disease when it's not dealt with; it don't care who it takes, and it… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
I'm always working on something. Addiction never gets any credit, always talked about as a total liability, and I'll admit that most… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
“People who are dependent are merely using alcohol as a crutch to get through the day. Yet doctors and scientists are still… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
We often say 'love' when we really mean, and are acting out, an addiction-a sterile, ingrown dependency relationship, with another person serving… — Stanton Peele Copy Share Image
“Join us. Play the game. It will bring you an untold number of rewards and you will finally have some direction and… — Martin Hopkins Copy Share Image
After a while, we start really believing these things are true. People who have had self-defeating behaviors for a long time, such… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of something, to… — Rob Stampfli Copy Share Image
“People often talk about crawling into the rooms of recovery on their knees, but when I turned to twelve-step for the second… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“...when he kneels at other times and prays or meditates or tries to achieve a Big-Picture spiritual understanding of God as he… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Some people are just addicted to suffering. They think that it will somehow make them happy at the end when really what… — Aokigahara29 Copy Share Image
We can't arrest and incarcerate addiction out of people. Not only do I think it's really inhumane, but it's ineffective and it… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
I have an iPhone, but that's just because I need to take pictures of my 5- and 8 1/2-year-old kids. It becomes… — Miriam Shor Copy Share Image
I've solved my phone addiction by deleting all the apps I was addicted to - email, browser - and getting my wife… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
I see the signs, but I can't read. I running at, a different speed. My heart beats in double time. Another kiss,… — Jade Copy Share Image
“He didn’t think it was addiction. At some point, he had simply forgotten how to wake up. The wolf’s blood no longer… — Valon G Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking of what we want to become. Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking about who we don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And what was the point of an easy answer like that. Where did it lead. Nowhere good, in his experience. Easy answers… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
There have been crazy highs and lows in my life. I've duelled with drug addiction and watched people dying... like everybody. I'm… — Roddy Bottum Copy Share Image
![“For me, I never knew what addiction was. I just knew my heroes, like [New York Dolls guitarist] Johnny Thunders, did heroin. I didn't have a father, it looked good to me. If I had read Johnny Thunders' book The Heroin Diaries, I don't think I would have done heroin.” quote by Nikki Sixx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1cf/nikki-sixx-1436_addiction_for-me-i-never-knew-what-addiction-was-i_460231.jpg)
