--- title: "8 People Addiction Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 People Addiction quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best People Addiction sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/maia-szalavitz-21394_addiction_punishment-by-definition-isn-t-going-to_55563.jpg" --- > [Punishment by definition isn't going to help. So what you need to do is to help people to change and recover is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maia-szalavitz/punishment-by-definition-isn-t-going-to-help-so-what-you-need-to-do/) [Maia Szalavitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maia-szalavitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/maia-szalavitz-21394_addiction_punishment-by-definition-isn-t-going-to_55563.jpg) > [“It will take centuries to disconnect people from an addiction like religion; no matter how bad and disastrous it could be, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/it-will-take-centuries-to-disconnect-people-from-an-addiction-like/) [M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/m-f-moonzajer-244_addiction_it-will-take-centuries-to-disconnect-peo_322635.jpg) > [I hope 'Warning: This Drug May Kill You' documentary helps to show the humanity of the people who are struggling with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/i-hope-warning-this-drug-may-kill-you-documentary-helps-to-show-the/) [Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/perri-peltz-36101_addiction_i-hope-warning-this-drug-may-kill-you-do_780000.jpg) > [Unconditional love is so important for people with addiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-wicks/unconditional-love-is-so-important-for-people-with-addiction/) [Joe Wicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-wicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/joe-wicks-5720_addiction_unconditional-love-is-so-important-for-p_832541.jpg) > [I just hope by how I live my life every day that people can see there is another side to addiction. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-reynolds/i-just-hope-by-how-i-live-my-life-every-day-that-people-can-see-there/) [Kim Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-reynolds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/kim-reynolds-6201_addiction_i-just-hope-by-how-i-live-my-life-every_887228.jpg) > [ There are whole states where people \[with addiction or mental health issues\] can't get to a doctor. If that were true of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newt-gingrich/there-are-whole-states-where-people-with-addiction-or-mental-health/) [Newt Gingrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/newt-gingrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/newt-gingrich-792_addiction_there-are-whole-states-where-people-with_1424119.jpg) > [People who have never had an addiction don't understand how hard it can be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/payne-stewart/people-who-have-never-had-an-addiction-don-t-understand-how-hard-it/) [Payne Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/payne-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/payne-stewart-18623_addiction_people-who-have-never-had-an-addiction-d_2520000.jpg) > [For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-h-hamilton/for-decades-the-american-people-have-had-an-addiction-to-oil-and-gas/) [Lee H. Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-h-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bea/lee-h-hamilton-21219_addiction_for-decades-the-american-people-have-had_2578087.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-addiction/#itemlist", "name": "People Addiction Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Punishment by definition isn't going to help. So what you need to do is to help people to change and recover is to help them find different areas of passion and help them find better ways of coping. Because about 50 percent of people with addiction have a preexisting mental illness, about two-thirds have had some type of severe trauma during childhood, and they are not using to the point where they're risking their lives because it's fun. 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