Quotes from Drew Pinsky

What people think when they see me on TV is that they're experiencing me but they're not.

There are different techniques - some interventionists are really loving, others are very tough.

What our culture lacks are honest messages about what it really means to be a healthy human being. Or how you make humans grow.

Unfortunately, it's not against the law in this country to drink yourself to death.

No matter how difficult life becomes, there is always hope.

We want to blame people who have brain disorders - they should somehow be able to magically rise above it. It's a profound misconception.

If people fit together, they fit for a reason. It's usually the sickest part of one person fitting into the attraction of the sickest part of another.

What people have trouble getting their head around is the idea that a celebrity, somebody whom they admire, somebody who seems to have everything, would even be depressed.

If someone wants to offer me some money to talk about something that I feel strongly about on Twitter - and I don't feel it's diminishing in any way my messages - I don't see why not.

The people and places that cause terror in childhood cause attraction in adulthood. We end up being repetitively attracted to the same kind of person that obliges us by acting out the same behavior over again.

Guys are much happier when someone puts a limit on their behavior and causes them to make a real connection with another person.

I don't want people to think I'm exploiting my followers.

Nothing demonstrates a celebrity's basic drive for attention more powerfully than a willingness to check one's dignity at the door, week after week, in front of millions of viewers.

For me, addiction exposes all of the brain mechanism under the influence of a profoundly distorted primary motivation. It's such a window into how we function as human beings. And the patient doesn't know that's happening! Doesn't believe that's happening! That's the fascinating part.

Thank God I'm a horrible musician. Good singer, horrible musician.

The history of the office of First Lady had not been kind to those with mental health issues.

The problem with my peers is they don't understand television. You have to work within the confines of what executives will allow you to put on TV. Otherwise, we've not done anything, we've not really struggled to change the culture at all.

Medicine saved my life, quite literally. I woke up every day of my training thinking, 'I love doing this,' feeling like it was so important what I was doing.

In terms of establishing a connection between a therapist and a patient, that work needs to be done in person.

People have sort of been swirling around me, going, 'Oh, you should run for mayor.' Well I didn't really want that job. 'Well, you should run for governor.' Well, that's not really possible.

Women are upset if their partner has an intimate conversation of any kind with someone who isn't them. They consider it a violation, a betrayal. Men should think this way, but they don't.

Back in the day, I was the first non-recovering doctor working in recovery. People would say, 'You can't do that! We need recovering guys in this.' But usually recovering doctors have a lot of baggage and so there's a certain amount of liability with a recovering doctor. But of course it can be ideal.

I suppose I'm a healthier role model than, say, Slash of Guns N' Roses.

If you have a history of being attracted to people who have failed you in relationships, find people that aren't so exciting and aren't quite so attractive. Try that on for size and see if you can tolerate that.