When you can stop you don't want to, and when you want to stop, you can't... — Luke Davies Copy Share Image
All drugs of any interest to any moderately intelligent person in America are now illegal. — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
“Every time I draw a clean breath, I'm like a fish out of water.” — Narcotics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Tusipambane na madawa ya kulevya peke yake. Tupambane na elimu ya madawa ya kulevya pia.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“When the youths have jobs to do, they won’t have drugs and crimes to do.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The worst gift I was given is when I got out of rehab that Christmas; a bottle of wine. It was delicious. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Drug addiction is something you realize you are chasing the first high… — Shiv Adhikari Copy Share Image
Addiction isn't about using drugs. It's about what the drug does to your life. — Enock Maregesi 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
The work became like the drug addiction, the clothes, anything in my life. It became - it's become an addiction. I'm addicted… — Elton John Copy Share Image
It takes away a lot of the thrill of killing yourself when people are looking for you and you're disappointing them, because… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
The onset of adulthood is an organic, creeping process. No one wakes up one day and decides, 'Lo, on this day I… — David Carr 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
“In the debate over opioid addiction, there’s one group we aren’t hearing from: chronic pain patients, many of whom need to use… — S. E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Men who have found tbe right way of life do not seek to escape from awareness, to obliterate their consciousness, and to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
No time for drug addiction, no time for smoke or booze. Too strong for a shortened life span, I've got no time… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Have this Chet Baker movie coming out and in that situation, I went down the rabbit hole studying Chet Baker and being… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
“It was as if the pearly gates had just opened and God had walked out and said, "Pax, my son, I'm going… — Pax Prentiss Copy Share Image
From personal experience, I completely agree that it is often easier to go for monotone sadness. When I was starting out, I… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
Alcohol ruined me financially and morally, broke my heart and the hearts of too many others. Even though it did this to… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I will lift mine eyes unto the pills. Almost everyone takes them, from the humble aspirin to the multi-colored, king-sized three deckers,… — Malcolm Muggeridge 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
“Joy Green has that beast in her. That thing that devours. That greedy parasitic whisper that resides in the bones. And it’s… — Daniel Abbott Copy Share Image
One thing that the white man can never give the black man is self respect. The black man in the ghettos, have… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“To reform a religion, one must at first be able to recognize the follies of that religion, then only one can take… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
A "snapshot" feature in USA Today listed the five greatest concerns parents and teachers had about children in the '50s: talking out… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
“Drug addiction was a disease, and just as I wouldn’t judge a cancer patient for a tumor, so I shouldn’t judge a… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“All addictions — whether to drugs or to nondrug behaviours — share the same brain circuits and brain chemicals. On the biochemical… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“I didn't see it happening, but the wheels were falling off of me. I didn't care about responsibilities like paying rent, I… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“The next time you drive into a Walmart parking lot, pause for a second to note that this Walmart—like the more than… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do. — Eric Hodgins Copy Share Image
Seven years sober. I'm really grateful. It's really lovely to be present in my life. — Colin Farrell 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
“This is no quick fix. There is no Band-aid big enough for his life.” — Daniel Abbott Copy Share Image
“I take opioids to treat chronic pain. Stigmatizing them will harm me.” — Sonya Huber Copy Share Image
“It is time to embrace mental health and substance use/abuse as illnesses. Addiction is a disease.” — Steven Kassels Copy Share Image
