Quotes About Addiction

'Higher Power' was the result of a personal experience: a friend of mine who went through the process of addiction and recovery. It's a very, very tough thing - very easy to become addicted and very, very hard to become a recovering addict.

MusiCares was really good to me. I can't say enough how MusiCares helps other people. They really, really helped me. They have the greatest groups and support for musicians in recovery.

I think in a lot of ways, 'The Shining' is about alcoholism and 'Doctor Sleep' is actually about recovery. They go together pretty well that way.

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 understand the world of addiction. I get it. I know how fleeting recovery can be.

In the recovery world, it's a higher power that helps you. You have to turn your life over to something greater. Anytime I tried to control my life, I had screwed it up.

When you're willing to play poker for two days and lose millions of dollars, it's no longer recreation. It's taking over.

My husband and I were very addicted to our Nespresso coffee maker. It's incredibly un-eco friendly. Not only is the coffee not organic, you're using these pods where there is no way to recycle them. We gave it away to someone who didn't mind.

I was drinking so much coffee and Red Bull just to keep going it screwed me.

I don't think I could live without a deck of cards in my hands.

I know I can get to the stage where I'm drinking a lot. I tend to be rotten and groggy all day and hanging out for the next drink and five o'clock, ping! I have to just stop.

I'm a happily declared chocoholic. I keep it everywhere, even my nightstand.

Addiction is a disease, just like diabetes and heart disease.

If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.

I shop everywhere. I love to shop online.Ebay is like heaven for me.

Sometimes, when I hear people without experience of addiction blame addicts for their behaviour, I feel like saying to them: 'You simply don't understand - how can a child be held responsible for doing such a dreadful thing to himself?' But then again, at other times I have to acknowledge: it was done wilfully.

I love to help others that are suffering from the disease of addiction, and I'm just very, very passionate about that.

I'm not a big AA guy, but I'll go every once in a while. They do tell you that going out and helping other people really helps you a lot. It seems like a simple thing to say, but it's really true.

Besides, I have seen people becoming helpless when they lose their mobiles. It's actually worse than drug addiction.

Hi, my name is Alexandra, and I'm a netaholic.

When you're constantly involved in domination, what you're really looking for is constant highs.

A man may take to drink because he feels himself a failure, but then fail all the more completely because he drinks.

gambling, the cheapest of all luxuries.

We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely...change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.