Addiction Quote by Gabor Mate

We must remind people that there is no typical or predictable person suffering from addiction, and that their pain must be met with resolve…

— Wes Moore

“Results have not been encouraging. We seem up against a dilemma built into Nature, much like the Heisenberg situation. There is nearly complete parallelism…

— Thomas Pynchon

“Opiates don't only relieve physical pain, they also relieve emotional pain. It turns out that the same part of the brain that experiences the…

— Gabor Maté

“The question is never “Why the addiction?” but “Why the pain?”

— Gabor Maté

I spend a lot of time unpacking the pain surrounding my addiction - both my own and the pain I caused other people.

— Caroline Calloway

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

— Lance Dodes

Addiction is a relationship, a pathological relationship in which... obsession replaces people.

— Patrick Carnes

I felt that if people understood the struggle of recovery, then some of the stigma of addiction might be reduced because the audience would…

— Brian Lindstrom

“Why do prostitutes when they get straight always try and get so prim? It's like long-repressed librarian-ambitions come flooding out.”

— David Foster Wallace

“AA makes inflated claims about itself. Its foundational document, Alcoholics Anonymous (commonly referred to as the “Big Book” and a perennial best seller), spells…

— Lance Dodes

“...patriarchy, hierarchy, and capitalism create, encourage, maintain, and perpetuate addiction and dependency. Patriarchy and hierarchy are based on domination and subordination, which result in…

— Anonymous

“Issues are like tissues. You pull one out and another appears!”

— Gary Goldstein