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“In sum, the 12 steps are not a road to recovery, let alone the road to recovery. They are, instead, a road… — Charles Bufe Copy Share Image
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
We've always had a tradition in America of hounding our artists to death. Look at the list of our great artists, you… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
The subject of eating disorders is very common, and it is an abuse that affects all the people around the sick person,… — Sanna Lenken Copy Share Image
“Donald Lydecker: Alcoholism is not a disease, it's a failing. You've turned it into a church. You worship the altar of self-pity.… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
“For years I had rejected or been rejected by friends, lovers, family, and God. I was alone and afraid. My life had… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
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In rock 'n' roll, as we all know, the image is that it's one big party. But many times the reality is… — Nathan East Copy Share Image
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“There are millions of people out there who live this way, and their hearts are breaking just like mine. It’s okay to… — Dina Kucera Copy Share Image
When someone tells me that they insist on having drinks with me, and there are some cultures where sealing the deal or… — Andrew Zimmern Copy Share Image
“You're walking down Fool's Street, Laura used to say when he was drinking, and she had been right. He had known even… — Robert F. Young Copy Share Image
“AA makes inflated claims about itself. Its foundational document, Alcoholics Anonymous (commonly referred to as the “Big Book” and a perennial best… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“To truly quit alcohol, you must first gather all your empty bottles, arrange them in a perfect pyramid under a full moon,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I pawned the remote to my misery, trading it in for liquor that was cheap; screwdrivers for my vitamin c, and a… — Volatalistic Phil Copy Share Image
During my drinking decades, I lived like a pig. My room was a hazardous pile of stilettos, tube tops, wine bottles, ashtrays,… — Glennon Melton Copy Share Image
One main problem with raising awareness of LGBT abuse is the denial. The term "domestic violence" is perceived as something akin to… — Kim Kardashian Copy Share Image
I've always felt that there's a very thin membrane between madness and alcoholism, and/or destitution and being an OK American guy in… — August Kleinzahler Copy Share Image
“People don't like to talk about alcohol. They don't like to think about it, except in the most superficial of ways. They… — Olivia Laing Copy Share Image
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
“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
I don't say that the drunk man is the real man, and the sober man merely a shell. But you find out… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
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If you decide on having an alcoholic at your party, make sure it's a large gathering. This way, until the alcoholic begins… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
I did a comedy with Al Franken about his character Stuart Smalley, which was really about alcoholism and addiction and codependency. It… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
[Richard Avedon's] camera dwells on the horrible things that age can do to people's faces - on the flabby flesh, the slack… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
“I dun knw things get trapped In my mind Then itss smethin That I wanna find I dun get the answer Is… — B Bhardwaz Copy Share Image
It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery:… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I went to a Catholic University and there's something about being a Catholic-American. You know, St. Patrick's Day is, I'm Irish-Catholic. There's… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Not only did God deliver me from the bondage of alcoholism, he also blessed my family financially because of my commitment to… — Richard Kiel Copy Share Image
I think a person who is disabled should be disabled by no act of their own. If you become disabled because of… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Like so many other recovered alcoholics, I am to this day bewildered that it took so long for me to understand that… — Mercedes McCambridge Copy Share Image
There is only one really safe, mild, harmless beverage and you can drink as much of that as you like without running… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I personally know of scores of cases (of alcohoics) who were of the type with whom other methods had failed completely…because of… — William Duncan Silkworth Copy Share Image
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