Addiction Quotes

I think it’s the misperception of addiction and living life on the edge, as if it’s cool.

Sobriety itself is today's high, for it is ultimately in the most centered consciousness that we find our power to transcend the world.

Writing is not a profession, it's an addiction.

Addiction to food is unfortunately really grave, also to alcohol or to anything else.

My addiction has always been beautiful women, being surrounded by them.

Unhealthy cultures create addiction. Healthy cultures create social bonds.

If you're to the point where you're trying to overcome that means you're at the point where you've admitted that you have a problem, and that might be your strongest point in the addiction.

Were Moses to go up Mount Sinai today, the two tablets he'd bring down with him would be aspirin and Prozac.

The thing you love right away, don't do it, because that's the very thing that's going to be your addiction for the rest of your life.

I was an addict. That's why, ... I tell you, addiction is a very cunning enemy.

The welfare system is the breeding ground of crime, addiction and radical politics.

[A]ny desired additional nicotine 'kick' could be easily obtained through pH regulation.

Dishonoring what we feel is an epidemic that has us self-medicating as a culture and trying to numb ourselves.

If you examine your motive for doing anything, you'll soon discover that your reason is that you believe it will make you happy.

It was one thing to use computers as a tool, quite another to let them do your thinking for you.

Life without a phone is riskier, lonelier, more vivid.

I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions.

Oftentimes winning can become an addiction, whether good or bad, to the point where you would rather lose it all before you lose at all.

Twitter is not just for Journalists. You don’t have to be a writer to Tweet.[Social Media]

When people who believe themselves to be addicts or alcoholics come under great stress or trauma, they mentally give themselves permission to drink or use drugs as a remedy.

Who shall I shoot? You choose. Now, listen very carefully: where's your coffee? You've got coffee, haven't you? C'mon, everyone's got coffee! Spill the beans!

Every person in the AA program who's successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and alcohol- the power to stop.

The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind.

I am a fan of overdoing something, but not running it into the ground. They are complete opposites with only a fine line separating them.

There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.

The need to find out what will happen if I don't relent or moderate my actions has been a constant source of difficulty and discomfort in my life.

Stephanie, I'm begging you. Eat some doughnuts. I can't keep going like this." - Morelli

Social media is addictive precisely because it gives us something which the real world lacks: it gives us immediacy, direction, a sense of clarity and value as an individual.

Drugs don't really fix anything, except for everything.

Competition works best in sports, but humans get addicted to stuff.

End-stage addiction is mostly about waiting for the police, or someone, to come and bury you in your shame.

Tempted to type meaningless twaddle all the time on Twitter...with alliteration, no less!

I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again.

At the end of the day, we all live in this world together and to practice bringing peace onto social media is a huge step into bringing peace into our world.

I never met an addict who came from a nice home . I've met addicts that came from families that had money and nice houses. But never from a nice home.

I think we need to educate our doctors about addiction.

Addiction is a symptom of not growing up.

Somehow, it was so happy a time. Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

I like the idea of generalizing the narcotic thing by making it black meat addiction.

I started riding bikes when I was really young, but I stopped when I was 19 because my mother asked me too, so I stopped riding for 35 years and now I'm just addicted. It is my only addiction...

I do think, as crazy as it sounds, that sports is an addiction and that it should be accorded some of the same supports as any other addiction.

I always think I am one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food. I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.

i want to stay with you." it was easier to say in the darkness, knowing as i spoke my voice would betray me, my hopeless addiction to him.

A staggering 63 percent of Americans say that addiction to alcohol or other drugs has had an impact on them at some point in their lives.

I treasure my mornings. I get up early and ignore everything work-related for the first few hours. It's just me and my coffee addiction.

Some crave grief like strong drink.

Addicts turn their pleasures into vengeful Gods.

There are worse addictions than reality TV, chocolate and coffee.

We can and we must do better as prolonged recovery is now an achievable result of comprehensive addiction treatment.

A fierce and sentimental addiction to forms makes us shudder at change. It is much easier to say that the system is all right-only the people need to be improved.