Quotes About Addiction

But we keep on going, he continued, fostering all kinds of crazy hopes. To redeem the lost, some sliver of personal revelation. It's an addiction, like playing the slots, or a game of golf.

Today, 80 percent of the world's opioid prescriptions are written in the United States, even though only 5 percent of the world's population lives there.

Doch am Ende sind Bücher kein Luxus, sondern eine Notwendigkeit, und Lesen ist eine Sucht, von der er keinesfalls geheilt werden möchte.

Quand on me demande pourquoi je fume, je réponds que c'est parce que j'aime tousser.

whenever someone asks him why he smokes, he inevitably answers: "Because I like to cough.

in the end books are not luxuries so much as necessities, and reading is an addiction he has no wish to be cured of.

They say a cigarette takes three minutes off your life, but good hashish makes dying seem so far away.

Alcoholism is the one illness that tells you, you don't have it

Prayer is abandoning my addiction to other glories and delighting in the one glory that is truly glorious-the glory of God

3. We replace vertical awe with horizontal addiction.

As parents we need to be rescued from our addiction to the law of our comfort, pleasure, success, and control. It's not our children's sin that is in the way of good parenting; it's our tendency to make parenting about our little kingdom of wants, needs, and desires, and our tendency to want our children to serve the purposes of our kingdom rather than submit to the purposes of God's kingdom.

whenever you ask creation to do what only the Creator can do, you are on your way to addiction.

Wrong is an addictive, repetitive story; Right is where the movement is.

(W)hile challenging, mental health issues can actually make relationships stronger. When addictions or mental health issues exist in the context of a romantic relationship, the couple must learn to set boundaries, communicate painful truths, and tolerate the often imperfect process of recovery."

Patients who suffer from sexual addictions enter treatment paralyzed by shame and humiliation. They describe themselves as "evil" and "defective." They desperately want to be liberated from the crush of their destructive behavior, but can't get out from under it's demoralizing weight

People [also] lie because they suffer from an addictive or relational condition like a narcissistic, anti-social or borderline personality disorder. These people lie to manipulate others,

The most significant and destructive characteristic of addictions is that they occur in isolation

Any man who watches three games of football in a row should be declared legally dead." – Erma Bombeck

speed freaks with shotguns." His imagination worked up one horrific image after another. Bobby lost or injured. Bobby sold for half-a-dozen rocks of crack. The next day, Steve flew to Tallahassee, rented a car, and drove west through the

It will not compete. It demands top priority in the alcoholic's life.

we alcoholics, when we are willing, can also learn a great deal by attending Al-Anon meetings.

Oddly enough, not everyone wants to be affected in a positive way. Some individuals are addicted to their negative feelings. Just as many drinking people place little value on physical sobriety and never get sober, so too, many of us place little value on our emotional sobriety and never get comfortable.

When Diane's desire for life becomes greater than her desire for drugs, her recovery will begin, and not until then.

In my mind, people and situations "drove me to drink." Once I became sober, I had to learn to handle my emotions so these same people and situations could no longer do this to me.