“ I grew up being told, "If you do marijuana you'll be a slave for the rest of your life," and it only took me ten minutes to realize smoking marijuana was pretty cool. Then it was, "If you take LSD you… Jon Wiederhorn
“ Our brains are embodied—much of the problem with the debate over addiction and psychiatry more generally is a refusal to accept this and our ongoing need to see “physical,” “neurological,” and “psycho… Maia Szalavitz
“ Black-and-white thinking is the addict's mentality, which can be a bar to recovery when one is still active. But an addict who finds the willingness can then rely on the same trait to stay clean: "Jus… Michael Prager
“ Addiction does not cause partner abuse, and recovery from addiction does not “cure” partner abuse. Lundy Bancroft
“ 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. Eva Blanco
“ Over-the-counter drug abuse or addiction was a problem that I observed at Mauna Kea Steven Magee
“ 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. Criss Jami
“ I felt that if he touched me, I'd die. and then the thought crawled into my brain that if he didn't touch me, I'd die. Kitty Thomas
“ Drug addicts had their drugs. Alcoholics had their bottles. Serial killers had their murders. Jess C. Scott
“ Here’s a simple test to check and see if you have surrendered or if you are still struggling with control. When you are miserable, stressed, doubtful, and fearful, you are in control. When you are hap… Toni Sorenson
“ That night I slept like a baby. When I woke the next morning I knew I was going to smoke heroin again. Everything that day was enjoyable: sitting on the bus, working all day – it all felt good. It was… Christine Lewry
“ I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat.That was until I became one... Cathryn Kemp
“ Every single one of them with their eyes open and on him, their mouths, too, halfway screaming, halfway begging. Offering themselves to him, because the call was irresistible despite being recognizabl… Glen Hirshberg
“ THE RELIABLE WAY OUT OF OBESITY IS VIA PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. This point has been lost on the hundreds of folks who have railed against my arguments for food addiction in periodicals, so I"m eager t… Michael Prager
“ There is good weird and good strange and bad weird and bad strange. Your Daddy is good weird and good strange. Roger Hamlet
“ Do not focus your gaze on things that are wrong, for what you see, slowly begins to penetrate you. You are addicted to fixing your eyes on the wrong; you pay attention only to what is wrong inside you… Osho
“ Once you have known awareness, nothing is worth it-- you have known the greatest bliss of life. Then, suddenly, many things simply drop; they become stupid,become foolish. The motivation is not there,… Osho
