Quotes About Addiction

We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are.

I do believe that when I'm writing music, I get addicted to the music of the concept of what the outcome of the song is, or the passion behind the lyrics.

I go to coffee shops for my outlet. Which is just not healthy at all.

I don't have, you know, an 'overcoming addiction' story, other than the guitar itself, and I haven't overcome that. I don't have a jail time, you know, story, or any arrests.

Life is becoming no more than staring at the screen.

It will finish badly when she dries out, I suppose, and probably end with madness, but almost everything does.

Food during my early years was a very difficult issue for me. I grew up in an addictive family. My mother had serious problems with alcohol and prescription drugs. I was an overweight kid. I can remember back in those days there weren't the strategies that there are today to deal with those issues.

I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.

Those words—"Trust me, I'm a junkie"—should have been a clue right there.

So at twelve, I discovered that alcohol could dull pain and saw it as a friend. It was only in later years I realized that a friendship with a bottle can overnight turn into a relationship with the enemy.

Even if she had realized that she had a problem, she would not have cared. All she knew was that with each sip she took, the better she felt: her fear receded, her misery disappeared and her confidence grew.

Had a doctor tell me I ought to quit this stuff [bourbon] because it was affecting my eardrums and I told him I liked what I was drinking better'n what I was hearing.

'Breaking Bad' is the best, the greatest, the most amazing thing I have ever watched on television.

Opium is the perfect drug for people who want to remain articulate while being completely trivial.

The heroin I bought last night was so-so at best, but I dumped a lot into my wake up shot and managed to find a decent vein in my ankle. The dope flooded my bloodstream and I could feel normality returning: my aching muscles relaxed, the ice unthawed around my bones, my jangling nerves subsisted. I looked at my watch; it was 6:30 a. m. Another perfect fucking day had begun.

Our luck was still good. Sometimes a junkie and a whore can still make out in the Land of the Free.

Watching television is the mental and emotional equivalent of eating junk food.

Det er som en abstinens ikke å få se den man er forelska i. Du kjenner det, fysisk, i hele deg, hvordan du mangler noe essensielt, hvordan det som får deg til å puste, det som får føttene dine til å bevege seg, ikke fins lengre. Alt annet mister betydning. Folk sier det er vanskelig å slutte å røyke. Forsøk å slutte å være forelska når du er det. Det er umulig.

JOHNNA: What pills does she take? BEVERLY: Valium. Vicodin. Darvon, Darvocet. Percodan, Percocet. Xanax for fun. OxyContin in a pinch. Some Black Mollies once, just to make sure I was still paying attention. And of course Dilaudid. I shouldn't forget Dilaudid.

Since my addiction to motion is what feeds my writing, the main purpose of travel for me is to get lost.

felt increasingly bleary as a result of his late-night visits to the library. He could not help creeping downstairs to read each night, though. The temptation was too strong

There's a lot of people who, a cigarette is about the only vacation they have.

The damage caused by opioids is largely caused by their prohibition

Becoming a healthy organization takes a little time. Unfortunately, many of the leaders I've worked with suffer from a chronic case of adrenaline addiction, seemingly hooked on the daily rush of activity and firefighting within their organizations. It's as though they're afraid to slow down and deal with issues that are critical but don't seem particularly urgent. As