Quotes About Addiction

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

La soledad es peligrosa. Es adictiva. Una vez que te das cuenta de cuánta paz hay en ella, no quieres lidiar con la gente".

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

Here is a list of the PINS: Alcohol and drug abuse; Addiction to media products; Aimlessness; Fascination with weapons and violence; Experience with guns; Access to guns; Sullen, Angry, Depressed (SAD); Seeking status and worth through violence; Threats (of violence or suicide); Chronic anger; Rejection/humiliation; Media provocation.

That's the end of the drugs," he promised. "I don't want to go down to the place that's so dark it'll annihilate me.

the world was shocked when River Phoenix overdosed, but the people working on this film should not have been . . . this performance should have been seen by someone as a cry for help.

The temptation is strong to remain in the Zone of Excellence; it's where your own addiction to comfort wants you to stay.

Unfortunately, sometimes the things we love can also kill us.

Strider: Red hots dude. He'd ruin anything for a mouthful of those. Now pull over. William: Gummy Bears. You should have said so.

You are my sickness, and I want nothing to do with a cure. ~ Torin

Las dos veces anteriores, sólo su sabor había causado que los instintos de Noelle se propulsaran sobre una cornisa que no podía ver hasta ser muy tarde. Él era una droga para ella, capaz de destruir cualquier barrera, rápidamente adictivo, calentándola inexorablemente, haciéndola girar más y más hasta el fondo de lo que podría llegar a ser una profunda y oscura caverna de soledad, o un brillante y devorante lecho de pasión.

compulsive eating is basically a refusal to be fully alive. No matter what we weigh, those of us who are compulsive eaters have anorexia of the soul. We refuse to take in what sustains us. We live lives of deprivation. And when we can't stand it any longer, we binge. The way we are able to accomplish all of this is by the simple act of bolting -- of leaving ourselves -- hundreds of times a day.

Gin was mother's milk to her.

Literature is a drug.

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.

the wretcheder one is, the more one smokes; and the more one smokes, the wretcheder one gets—a vicious circle.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

He felt like an addict who, after abusing a narcotic for years, somehow found himself sober

hated casinos. The lure of easy money brought out the worst in people. The air smelled of greed, disappointment, and desperation.

I hated casinos. The lure of easy money brought out the worst in people. The air smelled of greed, disappointment, and desperation.

Coffee! Coffee!

I can't see why anyone would want to go on living when they've got like that. Whatever can he look forward to?' 'The next drink.' 'Well, you would! I think old age is awful. I hope I'll never be old.

Misery and drink made him a sound sleeper.

don't let jesus in. AA is just one obsession replaced with another