“Funny how someone can be so beautiful and totally fucked up at the same time.” — Missy Anne Copy Share Image
[Jack Nash from The Andromeda Strain] was not in the original film, but he was kind of a Geraldo Rivera almost kind… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
“America today is a "save yourself" society if there ever was one. But does it really work? The underdeveloped societies suffer from… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“When you're using drugs, you're driven by this mystical black energy, a force inside you that just won't quit. And the weaker… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
“Choosing sides, the captain of the Red Team says, “We’ll give you our best -pitcher.…” And we’ll take the kid who picks… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
In my family and in my community, I see people struggling with drug addiction, with poverty and the effects of generational poverty;… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
It seemed that the problem of Americans overdosing and dying from drug addiction was being described as bad people, particularly kids, who… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
Cocaine for me was a place to hide. Most people get hyper on coke. It slowed me down. Sometimes it made me… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The disease concept of homosexuality as with the disease concept of all so-called mental illnesses, such as alcoholism, drug addiction, or suicide… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
“Between 1990 and 2005, a new prison opened in the United States every ten days. Prison growth and the resulting “prison-industrial complex”—the… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Drug addiction is not a choice of lifestyle, it is a disorder of the brain and we need to recognize this. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Maybe if I had gone on like that I could have stopped myself in time. Maybe at that point I still had… — Liz Thebart Copy Share Image
Onstage it was always comfortable for me because that's where I felt at home. Offstage it was a different situation. I was… — Elton John Copy Share Image
“Every time I draw a clean breath, I'm like a fish out of water.” — Narcotics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Not only do we avert our eyes from the hardcore drug addict to avoid seeing ourselves; we do so to avoid facing… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Mihadarati ni chanzo kikubwa cha matatizo ya wanadamu. Mshahara wake ni wazimu, uhalifu na mauti.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
Addiction isn't about using drugs. It's about what the drug does to your life. — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“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
“Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy—just a boy.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Beauty Junkies is the title of a recent book by New York Times writer Alex Kuczynski, “a self-confessed recovering addict of cosmetic… — Gabor Maté 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
“The indispensable foundation of a rational stance toward drug addiction would be the decriminalization of all substance dependence and the provision of… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
The thing we want for all our kids is that they be connected with a learning community and that they have strong… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
I remember once Prince dropped by to see me when I was in Minneapolis and I was sick, with a bag of… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image