A fierce and sentimental addiction to forms makes us shudder at change. It is much easier to say that the system is… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share Image
The hallmark of addiction is that it changes your brain chemistry. It actually affects that part of your brain that's responsible for… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
Openness is the first step toward recovery... addiction remains a secret because of the overwhelming shame associated with it. — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Addiction to food is unfortunately really grave, also to alcohol or to anything else. — Laura Huxley Copy Share Image
I spent years searching for effective programs that would lower drug use and prevent addiction. — David Sheff Copy Share Image
“All disease, disorder and addictions stem from the yearning to reunite with one’s soul.” — Gerard Armond Powell Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness helps us see the addictive aspect of self-criticism— a repetitive cycle of flaying ourselves again and again, feeling the pain anew.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Sobriety itself is today's high, for it is ultimately in the most centered consciousness that we find our power to transcend the… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“There is nothing inherently wrong with apologizing to those who have been harmed, directly or indirectly, by the consequences of addiction. The… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
I have to admit, I have a little sad addiction. I love watching on the E Channel that stupid show, The Girls… — Julie Halston Copy Share Image
“One who will not accept solitude, stillness and quiet recurring moments...is caught up in the wilderness of addictions; far removed from an… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
While I liked hamsters, too, the Habitrail cage was expensive. Even I could see that the interconnecting boxes, tubes, and spheres could… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Investigators from Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts recently found that a meal high in refined carbohydrates produced brain effects consistent with those… — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
A hurt is at the center of all addictive behaviors. . . . The wound may not be as deep and the… — Gabor Mate Copy Share Image
I bought myself a rubber brain, familiarized myself with its many parts, listened intently, and read more. In fact, I read obsessively,… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Being mad at a drug addict for doing what drug addicts do, is like being mad at a shark for doing what… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
“I never lie ― I am a blatantly truthful person about almost everything. My addiction (or disease as some call it) always lies.… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
“Prisons are about addictions. Most prisoners are casualties of their own habits. They have all created victims, some in cruel and callous… — Stephen Reid Copy Share Image
“Even if we're among the lucky few who benefit from civilization, we find ourselves curiously unsatisfied, plagued by stress, worry, and conflict...… — Michael Carter Copy Share Image
I feel very blessed that at a young age I was able to navigate my battle with drug and alcohol addiction, and… — Cara Santana Copy Share Image
“Page 142: "When a spouse says to the alcoholic, "you need to go to AA," that is obviously not true. The addict… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“It's the causes, not the dependent person, that must be corrected. That's why I see the United States' War on Drugs as… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“I took my time, running my fingers along the spines of books, stopping to pull a title from the shelf and inspect… — Beth Pattillo Copy Share Image
“One who would really like to know himself would have to be a restless, fanatical collector of disappointments, and seeking disappointing experiences… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
“Somewhere along the way, I forgot why I'm doing this. I want to be bigger. I want to be better. I want… — gian andrea Copy Share Image
“What every man should desire is an ugly woman with a beautiful heart, not a beautiful woman with an ugly heart.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Addiction is only a hopeless attempt to deal with the pain of living cutoff from who we really are.” — Dragos Bratasanu Copy Share Image
“Maria, it sounds like he was insane. Rational people don't intentionally addict people. I feel sorry for those poor people who were… — Dianne Harman Cornered Coyote Copy Share Image
I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop. — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
“You have chosen to exist, and more than just exist-- you've been chosen to share in the Universal consciousness.” — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“Just because something is familiar, doesn't mean it's safe. And just because something feels safe, doesn't mean it's good for you.” — Brittany Burgunder Copy Share Image
“Gunner had many traits. He could be relaxing to be around. He could be bullheaded. He could be demanding. But most of… — Jodi Linton Copy Share Image
...we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil...The best way to break this addiction is through technology — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Much of our waste problem is to be accounted for by the intentional flimsiness and unrepairability of the labor-savers and gadgets that… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Addiction is a disease of exposure. Doctors and nurses, for instance, have a high addiction rate. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
We can no longer continue feeding our addiction to fossil fuels as if there is no tomorrow. For there will be no… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
People are going to keep getting prescribed medication that is counter to what their real disease state is, which is addiction. — Patrick J. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I have the obsessiveness of someone who's a sober, recovering addict displacing his addiction. Except I never had the addiction. — John Mayer Copy Share Image
