--- title: "11 Addiction Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk" description: "11 Addiction quotes by Chuck Palahniuk. Plus more from Chuck Palahniuk and more Addiction sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_help-me-give-up-my-addiction-to-hope-154_1549334.jpg" --- > [Help me give up my addiction to Hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/help-me-give-up-my-addiction-to-hope/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_help-me-give-up-my-addiction-to-hope-154_1549334.jpg) > [I'm fascinated by the whole issue of arousal addiction, which seems to be mostly a problem for young men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-m-fascinated-by-the-whole-issue-of-arousal-addiction-which-seems-to/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_i-m-fascinated-by-the-whole-issue-of-aro_2151782.jpg) > [Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/hope-is-something-really-tough-and-tenacious-you-have-to-give-up-it-s/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_hope-is-something-really-tough-and-tenac_1177478.jpg) > [When you're an addict, you can go without feeling anything except drunk or stoned or hungry. Still, when you compare this to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/when-you-re-an-addict-you-can-go-without-feeling-anything-except/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/chuck-palahniuk-37_addict_when-you-re-an-addict-you-can-go-without_2750676.jpg) > [I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-wanted-to-write-about-the-moment-when-your-addictions-no-longer/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_i-wanted-to-write-about-the-moment-when_2161497.jpg) > [“The first step is to admit you’re powerless. You have an addiction, and you can’t stop. The first step is to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-first-step-is-to-admit-you-re-powerless-you-have-an-addiction-and/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_the-first-step-is-to-admit-you-re-powerl_196501.jpg) > [What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/what-i-want-is-to-be-needed-what-i-need-is-to-be-indispensable-to/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_what-i-want-is-to-be-needed-what-i-need_255773.jpg) > [So often with beginning writers, the story that they want to start with is the most important story of their life -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/so-often-with-beginning-writers-the-story-that-they-want-to-start/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_so-often-with-beginning-writers-the-stor_1039035.jpg) > [“My biggest gripe is still hope. In hell, hope is a really really bad habit. Like smoking cigarettes or fingernail biting. Hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/my-biggest-gripe-is-still-hope-in-hell-hope-is-a-really-really-bad/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cf/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_my-biggest-gripe-is-still-hope-in-hell-h_1819954.jpg) > [No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/no-one-wants-to-admit-we-re-addicted-to-music-that-s-just-not-2/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/chuck-palahniuk-37_addicted_no-one-wants-to-admit-we-re-addicted-to_2754293.jpg) > [I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster, or some sudden disease, the addict has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-admire-addicts-in-a-world-where-everybody-is-waiting-for-some-bline/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_i-admire-addicts-in-a-world-where-everyb_1640079.jpg) ## Other authors on Addiction - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gabor-mate-36627.jpg) Gabor Maté 52 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/gabor-mat/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-sheff-27957.jpg) David Sheff 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/david-sheff/) - [Chris Prentiss 21 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/chris-prentiss/) - [Lance Dodes 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/lance-dodes/) - [Ken Keyes Jr 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/ken-keyes-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-russell-brand-81772.jpg) Russell Brand 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/russell-brand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-kris-kidd-8322.jpg) Kris Kidd 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/kris-kidd/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-drew-pinsky-30740.jpg) Drew Pinsky 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/drew-pinsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-s-burroughs-95860.jpg) William S. Burroughs 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/william-s-burroughs/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-bradshaw-51026.jpg) John Bradshaw 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/john-bradshaw/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bren-brown-19292.jpg) Brené Brown 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/bren-brown/) ## More by Chuck Palahniuk > [Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/because-after-you-ve-crossed-some-lines-you-just-keep-crossing-them/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everything. Teachers and education can only remind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/according-to-plato-we-don-t-learn-anything-our-soul-has-lived-so-many/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [His saliva tasted like the wet dicks of ten thousand lonely truck drivers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/his-saliva-tasted-like-the-wet-dicks-of-ten-thousand-lonely-truck/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [“shoulder. They weigh that much. Tyler’s a banquet waiter,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/shoulder-they-weigh-that-much-tyler-s-a-banquet-waiter/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [We'll never be as young as we are tonight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-ll-never-be-as-young-as-we-are-tonight/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [“We drive west the rest of the night, away from where the sun will come up, trying to outrace it, trying not to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-drive-west-the-rest-of-the-night-away-from-where-the-sun-will-come/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [Just for the record, how I feel right now is very terrific.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/just-for-the-record-how-i-feel-right-now-is-very-terrific/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [Nobody's told me anything to date that I've been completely reviled by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/nobody-s-told-me-anything-to-date-that-i-ve-been-completely-reviled-by/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [“Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/then-you-re-trapped-in-your-lovely-nest-and-the-things-you-used-to/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/some-stories-you-use-up-others-use-you-up/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [Verbs allow you to communicate a story in a much more converged or involuntary way for a reader. The verbs allow you to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/verbs-allow-you-to-communicate-a-story-in-a-much-more-converged-or/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [Waiters will always pee in soup, people will always fall in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/waiters-will-always-pee-in-soup-people-will-always-fall-in-love/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [“Branch Bacardi, star of The Da Vinci Load, To Drill a Mockingbird, The Postman Always Cums Twice, Chitty Chitty Gang Bang, The Twilight Bone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/branch-bacardi-star-of-the-da-vinci-load-to-drill-a-mockingbird-the/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [“Every unkind remark or crude gesture by others is a blessing, an opportunity to exercise our own capacity to forgive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/every-unkind-remark-or-crude-gesture-by-others-is-a-blessing-an/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) > [“Nuestro deber es enseñar a esos hombres y mujeres la libertad a través de la esclavitud; y el coraje a través del miedo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/nuestro-deber-es-ense-ar-a-esos-hombres-y-mujeres-la-libertad-a-trav/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/chuck-palahniuk/#itemlist", "name": "11 Addiction Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Help me give up my addiction to Hope.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Palahniuk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/help-me-give-up-my-addiction-to-hope/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_help-me-give-up-my-addiction-to-hope-154_1549334.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_help-me-give-up-my-addiction-to-hope-154_1549334.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_help-me-give-up-my-addiction-to-hope-154_1549334.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Help me give up my addiction to Hope.” — Chuck Palahniuk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm fascinated by the whole issue of arousal addiction, which seems to be mostly a problem for young men.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Palahniuk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-m-fascinated-by-the-whole-issue-of-arousal-addiction-which-seems-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_i-m-fascinated-by-the-whole-issue-of-aro_2151782.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_i-m-fascinated-by-the-whole-issue-of-aro_2151782.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/chuck-palahniuk-37_addiction_i-m-fascinated-by-the-whole-issue-of-aro_2151782.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm fascinated by the whole issue of arousal addiction, which seems to be mostly a problem for young men.” — Chuck Palahniuk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. 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