Quotes About Addiction

Edward St. Aubyn

There was only one thing left to do: that authentic-sounding flush with which every junkie leaves a bathroom, hoping to deceive the audience that crowds his imagination.

I like heroin, cocaine, nice houses. good furniture, and pretty girls,' said Alexander, 'and I've had all of them in large quantities. 'But you know, they never made me happy.' 'My word, you're hard to please, aren't you?

Then, when shame strikes, it is so nasty you have to numb yourself, and what better anesthetic than your addiction? It is the perfect vicious circle.

If addictions are really as prevalent as they seem, we would think that Scripture would be preoccupied with this struggle. And it is.

It is just to say that, for the addict, slavery with the object of desire is sometimes preferable to freedom without it.

Addiction is bondage to the rule of a substance, activity, or state of mind, which then becomes the center of life, defending itself from the truth so that even bad consequences don't bring repentance, and leading to further estrangement from God.

Addicts have already proven to themselves that there are things in this world that are more attractive to them than God himself, whether it is comfort, power, pleasure, or reputation. Whatever they have worshipped, however, cannot compare to the God who has revealed himself as the One who always says, "I love you," before we say it to him.

When addicts turn away from the Lord and gaze at the object of their desire, God becomes a distant memory. Since one common belief is that God is going to keep us from something good, we try to distract ourselves from remembering him.

Dope broke the back of this already moribund

to be able to enter into the stillness that is one's own true nature, one must break up constantly the addiction and fascination with being something.

Las dependencias, supongo, son vicios difíciles de quebrar.

Your kiss is bitter with cocaine.

I drank to see him again at the bottom of your wine

Tal vez si prohibieran la literatura como la cocaína, la gente por puro morbo, buscaría meterse un par de líneas.

The occultist G. I. Gurdjieff (1877–1949) demanded that a student, who was an inveterate smoker, quit smoking, and until he quit, Gurdjieff forbade any visit from him. The student fought for four years against the habit. When the student managed to overcome his habit, he very proudly presented himself in front of the teacher: "So! I quit smoking!" Gurdjieff responded, "Now, smoke!

Adventure is the vice of all Woodcutters.

My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent.

Pizza is my life, if you take it away, I'll blow to bits

Women have this obsession with shoes.

Smoking helps you lose weight — one lung at a time!

I always felt really guilty if I spent too much time playing video games. It's a colossal waste of time. And I can't say it's a very satisfying feeling at the end of the day, if you've spent eight hours playing a video game; you just end up feeling kind of spent, and used.

Every day I tell myself that reading newspapers is a waste of time, but then... I cannot do without them. They are like a drug.

The biggest waste of time of my life was playing 'Call of Duty.' But I got really good at 'Call of Duty' - a little bit too good at that time.