“ There are a lot of victims when it comes to addiction. I know there's an overdose epidemic. We see those faces. But then I see these other faces - the ones who commit suicide because they can't handle… Donna Marsh
“ It was painful to contemplate the distance between the future of accomplishment I'd imagined for myself twenty years earlier, and the reality...it was painful to understand that the cushion of excepti… Ann Marlowe
“ Resentment is like a drug. Once you pick it up, it will only get worse and worse until you surrender and do the work to let it go. Samantha Leahy
“ Addiction is the primary way people escape the modern world. Unfortunately, it is destroying the modern world. Christyl Rivers
“ Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it. That's a terrible thing to inflict on someone. Labeling alcoholism as a disease… Chris Prentiss
“ Several medical professional organizations acknowledge the utility of opioid therapy and many case series and large surveys report satisfactory reductions in pain, improvement in function and minimal… Andrew Rosenblum
“ I've had so much of you in such little time that I shouldn't be suffering from withdrawal! Ahmed Mostafa
“ Anyone who takes opioids on a regular basis will become dependent upon them, meaning they will have to taper off gradually to avoid withdrawal symptoms. But very few chronic pain patients exhibit the… Karen Lee Richards
“ I bought salvation from a man on the street. He said, "Go down to the beach and let the waves wash your feet. Gabriel Rheaume
“ I'm not crying out for help, but I am sharing my experience in the hopes that readers will get something out of it. I'm not the one who gets to decide what that is, if anything. I'm just starting the… Ashly Lorenzana
“ Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues. Lady Gaga
“ Once upon a time the future was supposed to be brighter, shinier and more fun. When did that vision pass? When did the word 'new' lose it's luster? Now the past is supposed to hold the hopes we once c… Ann Marlowe
“ The lack of culpability of the perpetrator and his or her transference of blame onto alcohol or other substances only perpetuates the violent behaviors. Asa Don Brown
“ Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person. Marilyn vos Savant
“ Every pain, addiction, anguish, longing, depression, anger or fearis an orphaned part of usseeking joy, some disowned shadow wanting to returnto the lightand homeof ourselves. Jacob Nordby
“ I think Amy Winehouse's decision not to go to rehab was a bad one. In fact, I think it was the worst idea since Dodi Al Fayed said to Princess Diana, "Ooh, look! A tunnel! Whack that seat belt off and… Robert Clark
“ 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. Sophie Kinsella
“ If it is irrational and hypocritical to hold a minor to the same standard of behaviour control as a mature adult, it is equally unjust to hold a traumatised and neurologically impaired adult to the sa… Marin Teicher
