Addiction is such an isolating incident in your life. You feel alone. And when you admit, when you come into a fellowship… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
Blunt force didn't knock out the drug epidemic. 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. And half of all federal inmates are… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
One of the drivers of heroin has been the misuse of pain medication. If we're gonna deal with heroin and heroin use in the… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
Addiction is a brain disease. This is not a moral failing. This is not about bad people who are choosing to continue to use… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
Prescription drugs and heroin act in very similar ways on the brain. And, unfortunately, heroin, because of its widespread availability is a lot cheaper. — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
If I, in some small way can help people to see that there is this huge, incredible life on the other side of addiction,… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
Addiction is such an isolating incident in your life. You feel alone. And when you admit, when you come into a fellowship and people… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
I think it's overly simplistic to say that any one single strategy is going to really change the focus and change the trajectory of… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
People drink and do drugs for a reason. Cause it makes them feel good - until it doesn't anymore. — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
We can't arrest and incarcerate addiction out of people. Not only do I think it's really inhumane, but it's ineffective and it cost us… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
I would say that I probably had an unhealthy love affair with drinking. I grew up as this kind of insecure kid, you know,… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
I'm one of 23 million Americans in recovery who have gone on to live productive lives. — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
The hallmark of addiction is that it changes your brain chemistry. It actually affects that part of your brain that's responsible for judgment. — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
