“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
“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
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
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
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
“now believe addiction to be a calling. A blessing. I now hear a rhythm behind the beat, behind the scratching discordant sound… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
The idea that addiction is somehow a psychological illness is, I think, totally ridiculous. It's as psychological as malaria. It's a matter… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Learning about all those different things psychologically - about grief and my own addictions and problems and stuff like that, and really… — Richie Sambora Copy Share Image
In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
There are whole states where people [with addiction or mental health issues] can't get to a doctor. If that were true of… — Newt Gingrich 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
“motivation for not eating meat and dairy is to maintain optimal health, not to rid myself of the obsession and compulsion that… — Susan Peirce Thompson Copy Share Image
“Addiction to alcohol is also a neurological phenomenon, the result of a complex set of molecular alterations that take place in the… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
“Another powerful dynamic perpetuates addiction despite the abundance of disastrous consequences: the addict sees no other possible existence for himself. His outlook… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
One day [when I relapsed] I walked into a store and saw a little bottle of Jack Daniel's. And then that voice… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
As sure as we are born we are going to die some choose to hasten the process through addiction of any kind,… — Rodney Brabham Copy Share Image
It turns out that dopamine is a chemical on double duty in the brain. Along with its role in motor commands, it… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in school, where… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Before conducting this research I thought that numbing and taking the edge off was just about addiction, but I don’t believe that… — Brené Brown 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
Openness is the first step toward recovery... addiction remains a secret because of the overwhelming shame associated with it. — David Sheff 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
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 good weird and good strange and bad weird and bad strange. Your Daddy is good weird and good strange.” — Roger Hamlet Copy Share Image
Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“The condition in extreme is identifiable but the less obvious version of addiction is still painful and arguably worse because we simply… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“...she was a junkie. But she wasn't locked up for a drug crime, so she wasn't getting any kind of treatment for… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
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
[A]ny desired additional nicotine 'kick' could be easily obtained through pH regulation. — R. J. Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Using excuses for the predicament you're in and minimizing your situation, whether it is drug or alcohol use, is a sure sign… — Alexandra Sobetsky Copy Share Image
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![“One day [when I relapsed] I walked into a store and saw a little bottle of Jack Daniel's. And then that voice - I call it the 'lower power' - goes, 'Hey. Just a taste. Just one.' I drank it, and there was that brief moment of 'Oh, I'm okay!' But it escalated so quickly. Within a week I was buying…” quote by Robin Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/robin-williams-682_addiction_one-day-when-i-relapsed-i-walked-into-a_1841086.jpg)
![“[A]ny desired additional nicotine 'kick' could be easily obtained through pH regulation.” quote by R. J. Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76f/r-j-reynolds-37283_addiction_a-ny-desired-additional-nicotine-kick-co_1835735.jpg)
