“The reason the program is so successful is because alcoholics help other alcoholics. I've never met a Normie (our lingo for a person who doesn't have a problem with drugs and alcohol) who could even conceive of what it's like… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
The fact that I was a junkie for a long time is only one slice of my own personal pie, which is made up… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
“I kept going deeper and deeper into this world of repetition...The sad thing is, people don't want to believe that the person they're in love with is out of his mind, drinking and using, so if you give them even half an excuse, they're going to want to believe it. A girl with no prior exposure to the disease had… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share
“And then I realized I was high. I loved the sensation. It felt like medicine to soothe the soul and awaken the senses. There… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
I think people that have fear that, 'Oh if I have a kid I won't be able to do this and I won't be… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
“It started when we were little kids. Free spirits, but already tormented by our own hands given to us by our parents. We got together and wrote on desks and slept in laundry rooms near snowy mountains and slipped through whatever cracks we could find, minds altered, we didn't falter in portraving hysterical and tragic characters in a smog filled… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share
...for the first time in my life, a voice went off in my head:'You have no power over what happens in your life. Drugs dictate exactly what you're going to do. You've taken your hands off the steering wheel, and you're going wherever the drug world takes you.' That had never changed. The feeling would well up inside of me,… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share
Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best intentions. — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
We used to fight to the death but we tried the experiment, rolled the dice and like we got. — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
Buddhism helps me to have a healthy relationship with my body and spirit. — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
I'm very aware of the chemistry. It's something you can't take for granted. I'm very thankful for it and I recognise the power of… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
