Quotes About Addiction

Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.

I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.

If you love someone who's an addict and their use is life-threatening, you don't wait until they hit bottom because that can mean that they're going to die. You have to do everything you can to get them in treatment.

Look, you're here to see me, and I can't go on until my dealer is here, and he's waiting to be paid, so give me some money so I can fix up, and then you'll get your show.

I can't wake up at all without caffeine.

I'll quit coffee. It won't be easy drinking my Bailey's straight, but I'll get used to it. It'll still be the best part of waking up.

Addiction is a tough illness, and recovery from it is a hard but noble path. Men and women who walk that path deserve our support, encouragement, and admiration.

Trying to overcome addiction is one of the hardest things for a person to do. And the fact that I had to do it under the scrutiny of tabloid press at first made it seem even more difficult. But in fact, it oddly ended up being a plus. Because of the tabloid stuff, it wasn't like I could walk into a bar and order a drink.

One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression.

I really got into 'The Walking Dead.' That was genius. And I have to say, my husband is on 'Shameless,' and I think it's a brilliant show.

Anyone who's had a tattoo knows once you get your first one, as you're walking out the door, you're planning the next.

You know you have a gambling problem when it's 4 A.M. at the Mirage Sports Book and you're walking around going, 'Hey you get the lacrosse scores?'

Drugs are a bet with your mind.

I knew it was against the rules to bet on football, but when you've got an addiction you just want to win that money back.

If you're betting all the time, everything is just another bet. You don't even think about the money after you've made the arrangements. You're used to it.

I was getting up in the morning and betting on Lithuanian under-20 basketball matches.

I played 'Angry Birds' and tried to see what the hoopla was about.

I have a severe addiction to 'Angry Birds.' I always tell myself, 'One more game...' But then there's always another and another and another.

I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.

Like Lindsay Lohan and Lauren Conrad, Barack Obama is addicted to his BlackBerry.

Dyeing my hair has become a kind of addiction. I can't see myself as anything other than blond. Once you go blond, you stay blond forever.

I go to the movies at least five times a week, and after a while everything becomes a blur to me.

America has a relationship with Bobby and Whitney.

If I wasn't addicted to the idea of performing, I think retiring out of the ring and moving to a backstage position or becoming more of an office guy. That wouldn't bother me so much.