Addiction Quote by Kate Madison

The book is about drug addiction and alcoholism.

— James Frey

“Memoirs are often about difficult things in a person's life. In my situation, my story starts with about the stupidest, most immoral thing I've…

— Piper Kerman

After writing about addiction in a pair of books, I frequently hear from addicts and their family members about serial relapses followed by treatments…

— David Sheff

All the authors who've ultimately published Louder Than Words memoirs have been very happy to be chosen and excited about the possibility of having…

— Deborah Reber

“Addictions are strategies we use to keep the truth from ourselves by blinding us from seeing what’s true about us.”

— Michael John Cusick

“The hardest thing I had to deal with in sobriety was my own anger and the violence I lived through in my childhood. I…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“achieving true sobriety goes beyond abstinence. it's also about healing your soul, apologizing for damage you did to other, and seeking forgiveness.”

— Lou Gramm

Addiction is a very compelling subject for literature - especially now that it's nearly impossible to come out of adult experience without some addiction…

— Porochista Khakpour

A remarkable memoir that's packed with anecdotes, advice and humor, all while maintaining a high level of dignity and self-awareness.

— Steve Martin

I review books as a day job, and through the years I've come to view the contemporary memoir as, almost always, a saga of…

— Walter Kirn

I, myself, have not infrequently come across recovering addicts years later that I had given up on. It is like seeing a ghost come…

— Drew Pinsky

“blinds them to anything and everything that falls outside that system. What they see and feel is only what feeds their addiction or what…

— Richard Rohr