Addict Quote by David Sheff

Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and…

— David Sheff

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

— Dragos Bratasanu

“Addiction brings apathy. Break the apathy, and you break the addiction.”

— Mango Wodzak

“It’s too easy to brand someone as an addict and look down on them, but there’s always a reason why you end up there.…

— Helen Jane Rose

“Addiction is not a moral defect, and to suggest that does a great disservice to people suffering with this disorder.”

— Lance Dodes

“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

“It is time to embrace mental health and substance use/abuse as illnesses. Addiction is a disease.”

— Steven Kassels

“Addictions of any nature or degree are temporary emotional and/or mental escapes we create to prevent us from dealing with a certain reality.”

— Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

“Addiction,” I say simply. “It can span an entire lifetime if untreated.” “What’s the treatment?” “I don’t really care.” “Me neither,” she says.”

— Tarryn Fisher

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Arun Prabhu- aradhya

“Another powerful dynamic perpetuates addiction despite the abundance of disastrous consequences: the addict sees no other possible existence for himself. His outlook on the…

— Gabor Maté