Addiction Quote by Irene Tomkinson

I really think the disease aspect gets lost when you're talking about alcoholism and addiction; it's not like you're battling leukemia or a heart…

— Jim Irsay

“Alcoholism, of course, is more than a habit. It’s a physical addiction with psychological and perhaps genetic roots.”

— Charles Duhigg

Alcoholism is the disease of more.

— Caroline Knapp

Remember that alcoholism is incurable, progressive, and fatal.

— Anonymous

Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it. That's a…

— Chris Prentiss

“Alcoholism is the one illness that tells you, you don't have it”

— Paul Campbell

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

— Steven Kassels

Addiction is a disease, just like diabetes and heart disease.

— Leana S. Wen

Everybody tells you over and over again that addiction is a disease. But when I read Nic's book I understood not just that this…

— David Sheff

“Alcoholics are, in truth, failures, and their failure is a simple failure of will. They have made bad choices, and they continue to do…

— Martin E.P. Seligman

Alcoholism isn't a disease. It's a failure of self-image.

— Terence McKenna

But it needs to be understood that alcoholism is a disease not a lifestyle choice.

— Adrian Dunbar