"Why does it help to read others' stories?……" — David Sheff
"Why does it help to read others' stories? It is not only that misery loves company, because (I learned) misery is too self-absorbed to want much company. Others' experiences did help with my emotional struggle..."
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21 Quotes by David Sheff
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The hopeful part about that is when you do have that help, you will feel better. It still doesn't make…
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Wherever you be, wherever you may, seek the truth, strive for the beautiful, achieve the good.
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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…
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This stigma associated with drug use--the belief that bad kids use, good kids don't, and those with full-blown addiction are…
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If you subscribe to the idea that # addiction is a disease, it is startling to see how many of…
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How innocent we are of our mistakes and how we responsible we are for them.
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I didn't cause it. I can't control it. I can't cure it.
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I'm not sure if I know any 'functional' families, if functional means a family without difficult times and members who…
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How can both Nics, the loving and considerate and generous one, and the self-obsessed and self-destructive one, be the same…
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I am becoming used to an overwhelming, grinding mixture of anger and worry...
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Here's a note to the parents of addicted children: Choose your music carefully...There are millions of treacherous moments.
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Through Nic's drug addiction, I have learned that parents can bear almost anything....I shock myself with my ability to rationalize…
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