Addiction Quote by Michael Botticelli

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

— Perri Peltz

Addiction is not just for bad people or scumbags -- it's a universal disease.

— River Phoenix

“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

“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

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

You know, we think about addiction as a morally reprehensible choice, but addicts act crazy because, in a way, that they are.

— David Sheff

Though addiction is a disease - a brain disease that's often progressive - addicts who relapse are often blamed.

— David Sheff

Drug addiction is not a choice of lifestyle, it is a disorder of the brain and we need to recognize this.

— Anonymous

Addiction doesn't kill the addict. It kills the family, kids and people who tried to help!

— Abhishek Tiwari

Addiction is a serious desease; it will end with jail, mental institutions, or death.

— Russell Brand

Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding or compromise,

— Pope Francis