Addict Quote by Melissa Febos

I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for some reason, it was not…

— Natalie Cole

For me, I never knew what addiction was. I just knew my heroes, like [New York Dolls guitarist] Johnny Thunders, did heroin. I didn't…

— Nikki Sixx

I'm not a drug addict. My wild period wasn't about drugs; it was about sexual freedom.

— Calvin Klein

I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that some people…

— Brian Lindstrom

I promise you that I did not become an addict because of anything to do with the behavior of either of my parents. Everybody…

— Steve Earle

I also had my own addiction to cocaine and heroin in my 20s. I knew that it was driven not by the things that…

— Maia Szalavitz

Making my family laugh when I was little - it became an addiction. It was a kind of survival.

— Sarah Silverman

Getting into my teen years, I was filled with so much shame and pain that I got really involved with drugs and alcohol. I…

— Pattie Mallette

When I was a child, my parents didn't know anything about drugs. They didn't even drink.

— David Sheff

For me, addiction never really included telling myself that everything was okay. By the time I was deep in my addictions, I knew things…

— Rob Roberge

My battles with addiction definitely shaped how I am now. They really made me deeply appreciate human contact. And the value of friends and…

— Robin Williams

My view of addiction, whether it's drugs, food, alcohol or any list of other things, is the same reason I asked my mother why…

— Bernie Siegel