Quotes About Addiction

I hate to admit it, but anytime you're at a stoplight and your phone is within reach? You pick it up. It's become instinctual. Even if you put the phone down and walk out of the room, you're always aware of where it is. It's become an extension of you.

People don't just stop playing Facebook games. They divorce them.

Facebook is my life.

Well, c'mon, everyone is a Facebook addict!

Bad writing is like a bad relationship. Don't be addicted to it just because you are familiar with its ways. Let go.

Drugs ruin peoples lives, break up families and have disastrous effects on our communities.

I'm a tek addict myself. No matter where you are, people are looking for something to tear them away from reality, challenge their state of mind.

I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.

I've always been a technological junkie.

To address the open question of whether we are addicted to technological devices and platforms, Congress must understand the current scientific consensus, potential gaps in research, and the best way to build a body of evidence that can inform effective policymaking.

Technology is causing a set of seemingly disconnected things - shortening of attention spans, polarization, outrage-ification of culture, mass narcissism, election engineering, addiction to technology.

For the self-conscious or insecure girl, technology can become a crippling addiction, an insatiable hunger not just for connection but the elusive promise of being liked by everyone.

Marijuana is a much bigger part of the American addiction problem than most people - teens or adults - realize.

My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig there, and next thing you know it's gone. It's a habit I have to stave off. I don't want to lose all my teeth.

I love Facebook. I could brush my teeth with Facebook.

I tell you, the Pokemon industry has bled me dry.

I remember telling Mom, 'I can't go to the Betty Ford Center. That's like going to the high school where your mom is the principal.' But maybe I could have gotten the family rate.

We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It's why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted to painlessness. That tells you a lot.

If the Internet went down or there was no telly I would be 'oh no, oh no.'

I am the kind to sit in front of the telly for hours. In fact, my parents and I are addicted to food shows. We can watch them endlessly. People who have seen us like, this call us a crazy family.

One game I'm always on is 'NBA Jam.' And 'Bejeweled,' games like that, and 'Temple Run.'

giving up caffeine would be like cutting off gasoline from a car engine.

Researchers also trace the dramatic increase in addiction to a shift in health-care philosophy that started to emphasize treating a patient's pain rather than treating the underlying ailments. That led to an increase in opioid use.

The loss of hope is nearly as dangerous as the drug itself. Addicts have a lot of self-hatred. They believe they're worthless.