Quotes About Addiction

My problem was not only drinking; it was selfishness. The booze was leading me to put myself ahead of others, especially my family. I loved Laura and the girls too much to let that happen. Faith showed me a way out.

She must have been pretty once. At least, like everyone, she had been young. Now her eyes, her mouth, her whole body exuded weakness. Could it be that she was ill and waiting for her next attack? Some people who know that at a particular hour they are going to start suffering again have that expression, subdued and yet tense, like drug addicts waiting for the hour of their dose.

My God, Justin, do you hate him so? Bah! said his Grace...does one hate an adder? Because it is venomous and loathsome one crushes it underfoot, as I shall crush this Comte.

Similarly, grace seeks us but will not control us. Saint Augustine once said that God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them. If our hands are full, they are full of the things to which we are addicted. And not only our hands, but also our hearts, minds, and attention are clogged with addiction. Our addictions fill up the spaces within us, spaces where grace might flow.

In a spiritual sense, the objects of our attachments and addictions become idols. We give them our time, energy, and attention whether we want to or not, even—and often especially—when we are struggling to rid ourselves of them. We want to be free, compassionate, and happy, but in the face of our attachments we are clinging, grasping, and fearfully self-absorbed.

Reading was my first solitary vice (and led to all others). I read while I ate, I read in the loo, I read in the bath. When I was supposed to be sleeping, I was reading.

Here's your first problem, he said, pointing at a sentence. 'Religion is the opium of the people.' Well, I don't know about people, but I think you'll find that the opium of pirates is actual opium.

You know I love pot, and I love beer, but I am totally sober, just because it completely stopped working for me.

I was working the Gulf of Mexico on oil rigs, flying helicopters. I'd lost my family to my years of failing as a songwriter. All I had were bills, child support, and grief. And I was about to get fired for not letting 24 hours go between the throttle and the bottle. It looked like I'd trashed my act. But there was something liberating about it.

I'll never be able to stop working or playing darts.

Working together with Democrats and Republicans, I passed legislation to help break the grip of addiction. By investing in prevention, treatment, and recovery, empowering law enforcement, and stopping the overprescribing of painkillers, we can turn the tide.

I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because I feel accomplished.

I discovered Orangetheory and I'm totally hooked! It combines running, which is my favorite workout, with weight training, which I never do on my own.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

If we bought everything on the Internet, our eyes and mouths and nostrils would probably begin to film over with a tegument - one initially tissue-thin and capable of being removed each morning, but which gradually thickened and hardened until we were imprisoned in our own tiny minds.

It was more that his career was going down again and he was tired of the songs. He was tired of the routine. And there was a point where he just kind of gave up. He couldn't face being 40. And he resorted to stimulants. There's a dark side there, a really dark side.

Personally I ride a bicycle, travel by train and bus and campaign tirelessly for a car taxation system that will hammer ignorant, selfish, petty, fat, spoilt, stupid car abusers into giving up their addiction and walking.

As for what rejuvenates me - deep tissue massages. I am addicted to massages.

I need it to survive. But most specifically, McDonalds Big Mac's and McDoubles (with no pickles).

My go to - if I were on a desert island and there was one thing I could eat forever - I am obsessed with Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Obsessed.

Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.

But you can count the dead bodies from alcohol, tobacco, and legal pharmaceuticals by the millions.

I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.

If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.