Awakening Quote by Mike Tyson

The inability to stop is the essence of what addiction is, ... my favorite drug was more and all.

— Nora Volkow

I used to do a lot of drugs. I didn't stop because I didn't enjoy them; I stopped because I couldn't handle the commitment.

— Marc Maron

Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor - I had to wait…

— Alex Chilton

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

— Dave Grohl

I tried to give up drugs by drinking.

— Lou Reed

When I stopped drinking, it was only because I thought if I don't stop, I'm going to die.

— Craig Ferguson

I stopped taking drugs [in 1983]. There were a lot of things that led up to it. One thing was that a lover died.…

— Michael Stipe

I think I would have drank myself to death, literally, if I didn't just stop, once and for all when I did. I am…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I quit drinking because I thought somewhere I had fallen in that trap of addiction, and the only way to get out of it…

— Pooja Bhatt

Drugs and alcohol were ruling my life. I made a lot of bad decisions while I was drinking alcohol. The first thing I stopped…

— Ozzy Osbourne

I quit drugs before I quit drinking because drugs were taking their toll on me. I was sick of the headaches and the puking…

— Lars Frederiksen

Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.

— Jamie Lee Curtis