Neurotic subjects are perhaps less addicted than any, despite the time-honoured phrase, to "listening to their insides": they can hear so many things going on inside themselves, by which they realise later that they did wrong to let themselves be alarmed, that they end by paying no attention to any of them. The end of the world loomed as a row of empty tequila bottles. ~Anne Sexton, "The Addict," Live or Die, 1966 ~Jason Sellards and Scott Hoffman, "Return to Oz," 2004 (Scissor Sisters)Īddiction is an anchor that won't break out. ~Erica Jong, Any Woman's Blues: A Novel of Obsession, 1990 Nothing but depression and sadness and pain. But what choice did I have? There was nothing left in the bottle for me. It's no easy thing to give up booze and a lover at the same time. ~Henry Saul Zolinsky, “Two Poems,” c.1921 I would rather let the blood of my veins freeze to red ice,Īnd the muscles of my legs stiffen to cold stone, I would rather tread barefoot on thin, sharp stones, We must beware of thinking of good and evil as absolute opposites. ~Ralph Nader, 2000Įvery form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. It has to be treated as a health problem. ~Illangelo, Lana Del Rey, and The Weeknd, "Prisoner," Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015 ♫Īddiction should never be treated as a crime. I'm addicted to a life that's so empty and so cold Recovery is giving up one thing for everything. Taub, M.D.Īddiction is giving up everything for one thing. They ruin health, happiness, and life itself. Addictions injure the body, enslave the mind, and suppress the capacity of the human spirit to experience joy. They are toxic energy that disrupts the flow and balance of your natural energy. ~Robin Williams, 2006Īddictions - particularly nicotine and alcohol - are energy thieves. then the next thing you know, it's not okay. It lays in wait for the time when you think, "It's fine now, I'm okay." And then. I don't like something having control over me, and I think that having an addiction to something is letting something control you - and I'm a control freak. ~ Elementary, "Dead Man's Switch," 2013, teleplay by Liz Friedman & Christopher Silber It is absurd to measure sobriety in units of time. ~ T2 Trainspotting, 2017, written by John Hodge, based on the books Porno and Trainspotting by Irvine WelshĪddiction has a more powerful pull than just about anything else on earth. It's not getting it out of your body that's the problem. R ENTON: What does that even mean? It doesn't mean anything. ~Leo Tolstoy, The Pathway of Life, translated by Archibald J. But the flesh can never be satisfied, and men. the majority of men are discontented with their life, and seek the pleasures of the flesh. (1836–1886), "Alcohol and Individuality or, Why Did He Become a Drunkard?" the poor creature enjoys the spin of his own mind until it is a passion so to do. alcohol acts upon them as a poison of the soul. ~Deepak Chopra, 1997, as quoted in Leonard Roy Frank, Quotationary, 1999 The question is never "Why the addiction?" but "Why the pain?" ~Gabor Maté, M.D., In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, 2008Īddiction is the number one disease in our civilization. My addiction turns to food or booze or workaholism with equal enthusiasm. Addiction is a monster, and it's a really difficult monster to fight.
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