--- title: "12 Think Addiction Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Think Addiction quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Think Addiction sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/matthew-perry-5674_addiction_a-lot-of-people-think-that-addiction-is_2199791.jpg" --- > [A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-perry/a-lot-of-people-think-that-addiction-is-a-choice-a-lot-of-people/) [Matthew Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/matthew-perry-5674_addiction_a-lot-of-people-think-that-addiction-is_2199791.jpg) > [“He didn’t think it was addiction. At some point, he had simply forgotten how to wake up. The wolf’s blood no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valon-g/he-didn-t-think-it-was-addiction-at-some-point-he-had-simply/) [Valon G](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valon-g/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/valon-g-26172_addiction_he-didn-t-think-it-was-addiction-at-some_241483.jpg) > [You know, we think about addiction as a morally reprehensible choice, but addicts act crazy because, in a way, that they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/you-know-we-think-about-addiction-as-a-morally-reprehensible-choice/) [David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/369/david-sheff-7087_addiction_you-know-we-think-about-addiction-as-a-m_1052151.jpg) > [It's probably weird to think about an addiction like it's a sentient being, but that's how it feels. Like it's something living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/it-s-probably-weird-to-think-about-an-addiction-like-it-s-a-sentient/) [Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/ellen-hopkins-475_addiction_it-s-probably-weird-to-think-about-an-ad_585459.png) > [I'm calling for a cultural change in how we think about addiction. For far too long people have thought about addiction as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivek-murthy/i-m-calling-for-a-cultural-change-in-how-we-think-about-addiction-for/) [Vivek Murthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivek-murthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/vivek-murthy-4508_addiction_i-m-calling-for-a-cultural-change-in-how_1737670.jpg) > [I think I have an addiction to pretty much everything. I mean, I have to be very careful with myself as far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-haim/i-think-i-have-an-addiction-to-pretty-much-everything-i-mean-i-have/) [Corey Haim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-haim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/corey-haim-17597_addiction_i-think-i-have-an-addiction-to-pretty-mu_1207925.jpg) > [I think that addiction is a very, very important thing that has to be treated, but has to be treated as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wagner-moura/i-think-that-addiction-is-a-very-very-important-thing-that-has-to-be/) [Wagner Moura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wagner-moura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/wagner-moura-25812_addiction_i-think-that-addiction-is-a-very-very-im_3194481.jpg) > [“I think I may have an addiction. A sex-maniac beast has awoken, and I am a horny mess nearly all the time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-park/i-think-i-may-have-an-addiction-a-sex-maniac-beast-has-awoken-and-i/) [Jessica Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-park/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/jessica-park-1882_addiction_i-think-i-may-have-an-addiction-a-sex-ma_1996953.jpg) > [This is what I think. Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/this-is-what-i-think-addiction-is-just-a-way-of-trying-to-get-at/) [Tess Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-callahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/tess-callahan-45739_addiction_this-is-what-i-think-addiction-is-just-a_2572473.jpg) > [I think the addiction stuff, because I was already sort of outed in my family as a sexual person: as a sexually-adventurous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-febos/i-think-the-addiction-stuff-because-i-was-already-sort-of-outed-in-my/) [Melissa Febos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-febos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/melissa-febos-7449_addict_i-think-the-addiction-stuff-because-i-wa_1405969.png) > [Actually, I think all addiction starts with soda. Every junkie did soda first. But no one counts that. Maybe they should. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/actually-i-think-all-addiction-starts-with-soda-every-junkie-did-soda/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/073/chris-rock-767_addiction_actually-i-think-all-addiction-starts-wi_1064409.jpg) > [I once tried to give him a friendly little "drugs chat". He politely corrected me on every single fact, then said he'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-once-tried-to-give-him-a-friendly-little-drugs-chat-he-politely/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/anonymous-1_addiction_i-once-tried-to-give-him-a-friendly-litt_1442570.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-addiction/#itemlist", "name": "Think Addiction Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has not been my experience. 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