Quotes About Addiction

I feel the same about cocaine as I do about eating meat," she said. "It's vile and ultimately morally reprehensible, but as long as I don't pay for it—I find it quite enjoyable.

La pénicilline et la lutte contre l'alcoolisme sont bien plus efficaces que les changements de gouvernements.

You don't need to be drunk all the time to become an alcoholic ! . . . It's that little drink before dinner. That's what gradually poisons your whole system ! . . .

Stay passed out, that's the right dope. There ain't any cool willow trees- except you grow your own in a bottle.

No, I'm afraid I'm like the guy who is always panhandling for a smoke. He hasn't even got the makings. He's got only the habit.

Opium had been prescribed as laudanum, a liquid 'medicine' that was also very popular among working-class men and women struggling to adapt to the industrial revolution.

The cooking oil they use sets off our olfactory senses designed to seek out foods with high fat. We're programmed to be addicted. Add in salt and the fructose in ketchup, and it's the perfect food—if you're a Neolithic caveman getting all his other nutrients by eating gallbladders and animal intestines.

Aga jah, Juku, selles on sul õigus küll, et eks see lugemine ole tõesti üks harjumus, sihuke harjumus, mis jääb külge ja pärast enam lahti ei saa, täpselt nagu suitsetamine. Aga suitsetamine on paha harjumus, lugemine on hea. Lugemise harjumus ei tee tervisele midagi. Suitsu sa teed?

Es gibt nun mal solche Bücher, die schon auf wenigen Seiten, in wenigen Sätzen eine so starke Welt evozieren, dass uns die "Fortsetzung" nicht mehr interessiert, die weitere Lektüre überflüssig oder gar unmöglich erscheint. Man hat einfach nicht mehr die Kraft dazu. Natürlich kommen wir irgendwann darauf zurück, um die nächste Dosis Rauschgift – oder Gift – zu konsumieren.

There is a fine line between social networking and wasting your fucking life.

There is a fine line between social networking and wasting your f**king life.

You can't give yourself fully to someone else as long as you are mastered by something else.

I think we're addicted to being triggered

Kate looked up at her, hollowed-eyed. She wouldn't be use to failure) No. He tried to fix it himself. He self-medicated with drink.

Recovery isn't just about stopping drinking or giving up drugs; it's about taking responsibility. Not easy, if you've been running away from it all your life.

I love 'Sky Whale!' I play it in bed, I play it in church, I even play it on the toilet!

I was addicted to going fast, finding the big hills on the pushbike. It was just something I enjoyed a lot - things with wheels.

Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.

I am a shopaholic, I hit the malls and shops whenever I feel low or bored.

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

There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism.

I had seen my buddies crash and burn. Keith Moon died, and I always thought that was the way he wanted to go. John Belushi was a dear friend. A lot of the guys that I ran with were ending up dead, and I saw myself right on schedule to do that. I had some moments of clarity - once in a while.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

I kind of have a strange addiction to hair dryers. Like on the TV show, where they eat toilet paper or eat the wall or something - I'm addicted to hair dryers. Since I was 8 years old, I've used them to fall asleep. I love the white noise. I love the heat. It just puts me right to sleep.