12-step-program Quote by Lance Dodes

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

— Lance Dodes

Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.

— Boyd K. Packer

“Dismissing addictions as “bad habits” or “self-destructive behaviour” comfortably hides their functionality in the life of the addict. It is impossible to understand addiction…

— Gabor Maté

“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

“There is nothing inherently wrong with apologizing to those who have been harmed, directly or indirectly, by the consequences of addiction. The problem is…

— Lance Dodes

Addiction is a brain disease - this isn't a moral failing - and we have got to stop looking at it that way.

— Perri Peltz

“The more I drank to relieve my shame-based loneliness and hurt, the more I felt ashamed. Shame begets shame. The cycle begins with the…

— John Bradshaw

“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

Addiction is a brain disease. This is not a moral failing. This is not about bad people who are choosing to continue to use…

— Michael Botticelli

I'm calling for a cultural change in how we think about addiction. For far too long people have thought about addiction as a character…

— Vivek Murthy

Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction

— Aldous Huxley

“It is not a lack of morality or any deep character flaw that creates addiction; it is almost always just a lot of pain…

— Noah Levine