Addiction Quotes
But I came to see that Las Vegas is not a freak but is, instead, deeply integrated with the rest of the country, and the world beyond. It is symptom, mirror, metaphor.
The high is what you crave, what you would kill for... and believe me, you will lie to yourself until it's to late to stop.
In a world of selfie-addiction smile usually is the brand name for an essential drug called pretense
Have you ever gotten to a point where you looked at your own life, thought "Fu** this, " and reached for the economy-sized Valium? Ah, suicide. So dark and seductive.
But show me just this one thing, my darling, i seek a heart stained like a poppy flower.
We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely...change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.
I am good enough, attractive enough, important enough just as I am. I do not have to fix, help, or caretake others to earn their love.
With God’s help in the grasp of addiction you’ll find the truth. When we understand this and its purity, then true healing can begin.
We wouldn't have much need of a war if people stopped using drugs. It's like taking up a fight against the use of headache remedies
Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy—just a boy.
. . . is it better to throw yourself head first and laughing into the holy rage calling your name?
We're all princes and princesses, at 5, 50, or 100! It's never too late, we're never too old to rock the world and contribute! Reaching for intimacy in all relationships? Delicious.
The first 10 days of a cattle drive were the most critical, as a stampede was most likely when the cattle were closest to their habitual home.
Imperfect parenting does not cause addiction. If that were so, everyone would be one.
Loving you has been worse than an addiction to drugs. At least I don't have the drugs c r a w l i n g into my bed at night.
The cakes and pies and casseroles beckoned like gastronomic sirens, and there was no one to lash me to the mast.
That was when it became abundantly clear to me that simply eating in a way that avoided hurting others was never going to be enough if my eating habits were still hurting me.
You have chosen to exist, and more than just exist-- you've been chosen to share in the Universal consciousness.
Nothing worse than someone who goes to the dance, is excited to dance, dances all night, and then complains all the next day about his feet being sore.
Her loving hands, soft lips, and perfumed scents were an addiction for which he had no cure.
He was the kind of boy to crush your heart into dust then snort it off the table in front of you.
My first addiction was to books. -B. Chelsea Adams
Sometimes it's hard to see the rainbow when there's been endless days of rain.
Apathetic in my adolescence, my heart is fluorescent. It flickerslike liquor store lights in the ghetto.
Mindfulness helps us see the addictive aspect of self-criticism— a repetitive cycle of flaying ourselves again and again, feeling the pain anew.
Once upon a time there was a girl named Debbie Jacobs and a boy named Teddy Dennis.
Wait for me.” The words come out choked and pained. “I need you to wait for me.
No one told me you can love someone and still be miserable. How is that possible?
I love you, ” he says again, “and no other man will ever say those words and mean them the way I do.
Fine. Such a stupid word really. It feels empty and weightless. It’s the kind of word you use to hide the truth.
People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media.
Let them have guns' is as much a solution to mass murder and gun violence as 'Let them have drugs' is a solution to drug addiction.
Domestic violence rarely affects only those directly involved in the abusive relationship.
When denial is in play, a person simply refuses to recognize the truth, no matter how apparent.
When we are true to ourselves, all that is toxic and burdensome simply falls away
People addicted with technology.Technology has indulged mankind. Beware of technology dependency!
The onset of adulthood is an organic, creeping process. No one wakes up one day and decides, "Lo, on this day I shall forever put away childish things and begin clipping coupons to go to Wal-Mart.
Either way, he was always staring into a bottomless pit, or into a whirlpool that forever sucked him inexorably inward to its vortex.
Maria, it sounds like he was insane. Rational people don't intentionally addict people. I feel sorry for those poor people who were unsuspecting victims.
...Studies have found that children who witness abuse are more likely to accept relationships that are abusive.
I am here for readers to see parts of themselves during my dark days, but also for a better way of living in my triumphs and gained wisdom.
Addiction does not cause partner abuse, and recovery from addiction does not “cure” partner abuse.