Addiction Quote by Vivek Murthy

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

— Michael Botticelli

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

— David Sheff

This is the 21st century, we are a highly evolved race, our capabilities are so great compared to what we are doing. We have…

— Neil Young

“The mainstream view of addiction in North America is that it's a choice, it's an ethical lapse, it's a bad decision, it's a moral…

— Gabor Maté

“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

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values.

— Christopher Lasch

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

— Lance Dodes

“Addiction is in fact a kind of embodied cultural critique of modernity and the addict a kind of unwitting modern prophet. The church has…

— Kent Dunnington

Once and for all, people must understand that addiction is a disease. It’s critical if we’re going to effectively prevent and treat addiction. Accepting…

— David Sheff

“People suffering with addictions as a rule tend to be well aware of the many “wrongs” they have committed. Awareness of this fact doesn’t…

— Lance Dodes

I felt that if people understood the struggle of recovery, then some of the stigma of addiction might be reduced because the audience would…

— Brian Lindstrom