The battle for self-control over an intense undesired habit consists of an endless series of skirmishes, in which our urges and our better angels clash several times each day.
The trick here is, while the actual pleasure begins to recede and blur, we simultaneously bring the imagined pleasure more fully into focus. And when we do, even the memory of the pleasure becomes mor...
(n.) The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
Do we? Our problem is whatever wedges between us and God.
Well, I totally understand why people take huge drugs. Like heroin, or cocaine. I can understand why you would want to be literally out of your own head, because being in your own head is unbearable....
Always love, always encourage, and never let despair get in the way.
Using excuses for the predicament you're in and minimizing your situation, whether it is drug or alcohol use, is a sure sign of an addict.
Her screams are heard across generations who dared not scream and died without joy,in silence and isolation.
I lived to be forgotten because I'd forgotten how to live
...patriarchy, hierarchy, and capitalism create, encourage, maintain, and perpetuate addiction and dependency. Patriarchy and hierarchy are based on domination and subordination, which result in fear....
you calls it Possesiveness,i calls it Fear Of Loosing You.
Hello, my name is Jaako and I am an addict. I am addicted to reading.
I once tried to give him a friendly little "drugs chat". He politely corrected me on every single fact, then said he'd noticed I drank above the recommended guidelines of Red Bull and did I think I mi...
If I have one addiction in life, it's probably food.
I have a slight addiction to Diet Coke, and, of course, I absolutely shouldn't touch it because it makes the kidneys work really hard.
Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.
Romantic love is an addiction.
Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil.
Remember what I used to tel you when you were a little girl? ‘A fool and her money soon part.’ Current-day translation? Stop pissing away your assets at Bloomingdale’s.
The biggest potential for helping us overcome shame is this: We are those people. The truth is…we are the others. Most of us are one paycheck, one divorce, one drug-addicted kid, one mental health ill...
The life of the Addict is always the same. There is no excitement, no glamour, no fun. There are no good times, there is no joy, there is no happiness. There is no future and no escape. There is only...
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