Addicts Quotes
99 quotes by 82 authors
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Working with drug addicts, alcoholics, and so-called juvenile delinquents in New York City convinced me that instead of working with individuals, more effective methods would…
— Jacque Fresco
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I do not think you can trust bankers to control themselves. They are like heroin addicts.
— Charlie Munger
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You can't wear revealing clothes because of the sex addicts. Instead, you wear big bras, big pants and baggy tops. You're taught to respect others'…
— Kerry Katona
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I'll tell you what I'd do if it were up to me: I would establish a strictly controlled distribution network through which I would make…
— George Soros
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The word detox does not appear in the main textbook on cancer or the main medical textbook...the word in medicine refers to heroin addicts and…
— Ralph W. Moss
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According to a recent study, ten percent of 'Star Trek' fans meet the psychological criteria for addiction. Deprived of their favourite show, some Trekkies disply…
— Jay Leno
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I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics in the first…
— William S. Burroughs
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Once and for all, people must understand that addiction is a disease. It’s critical if we’re going to effectively prevent and treat addiction. Accepting that…
— David Sheff
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That's how our system works. It's a giant con game. One thing gets old, then you have to buy the next thing that gets old,…
— Tim Tharp
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Our whole society's a training ground for addicts.
— Tim Tharp
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All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as a disease that…
— Russell Brand
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The opposite of addiction is human connection. And I think that has massive implications for the war on drugs. The treatment of drug addicts almost…
— Johann Hari
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There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated…
— Danny Sugerman
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When people who believe themselves to be addicts or alcoholics come under great stress or trauma, they mentally give themselves permission to drink or use…
— Chris Prentiss
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Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users alike. Our experience…
— Milton Friedman
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...All patients reported a loss of craving for drugs while taking large doses of Vitamin C, during detoxification. Of the first 30 carefully monitored heroin…
— Irwin Stone
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...... an outlaw gulch, a haven for draft resisters, struggling artists, and drug addicts.....a camp for semi-demented adults.... Venice is like the legendary Phoenix -…
— Sara Davidson
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We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change.
— Christopher Lasch
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It's amazing how coke encompasses everything in your life. Addicts cannot confront life because they only think of their next hit. I ruined life for…
— Kirstie Alley
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Sometimes, when I hear people without experience of addiction blame addicts for their behaviour, I feel like saying to them: 'You simply don't understand -…
— Will Self
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