Quote by Barbara Vance

“Denial makes it easier to keep an addiction progressing smoothly along and, being a lie, it’s just better form.”

— Geoffrey Wood

“Addiction is only a hopeless attempt to deal with the pain of living cutoff from who we really are.”

— Dragos Bratasanu

“Addicts are brilliant liars, Inspector. They lie to themselves and then to everyone else. They’re in denial about their problem, and they are experts…

— Fiona Barton

“More fool he to let himself become an addict to anything, even to living.”

— Frank Herbert

“I looked into the face of addiction and it terrified me!”

— David W Earle

“They say addiction is a way of escaping from yourself…”

— Arun Prabhu- aradhya

“What is addiction? Only those that have been kept secret; are addictions. Those that are openly visible cannot be called addiction.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“addiction is an insidious disease that's always lurking nearby like a snake ready to strike.”

— Lou Gramm

“Well, I admit it. I’m a people addict, and I don’t want to quit!”

— Amber Hurdle

“We must do away with any shred of denial, minimization, justification, or rationalization. To recover, we must completely and totally understand and accept the…

— Noah Levine

“Ironically, the effects of addiction are worse in cases where the addict seldom affords the addiction.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You forget: I have an addictive personality. I'm addicted to you.”

— Richelle Mead