“ Altitude sickness, unregulated drugs and medical gas enabled workers to become drug abusers/addicts Steven Magee
“ It is time to embrace mental health and substance use/abuse as illnesses. Addiction is a disease. Steven Kassels
“ AA purports to be open to anyone, as it is stated in Tradition Tree, The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking, but it isn't open to everyone. It's open only to those who are… Chris Prentiss
“ I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again. Chris Prentiss
“ You are not an alcoholic or an addict. You are not incurably diseased. You have merely become dependent on substances or addictive behavior to cope with underlying conditions that you are now going to… Chris Prentiss
“ 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. Chris Prentiss
“ Alcohol and drugs are not the problems; they are what people are using to help themselves cope with the problems. Those problems always have both physical and psychological components- anything from a… Chris Prentiss
“ There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use. Layne Staley
“ What the hell is that? he asked.Magic mushrooms.I've always wanted to try those, he exclaimed. They sound so cute. Heather O'Neill
“ Life isn't like a Full House episode. There isn't going to be an easy out to every conflict. There is no milkman, paperboy, or evening TV. There are good moments and bad moments and not everything wil… Jodie Sweetin
“ One of the first actions we take at Passages is to ruthlessly scrutinize, always under a doctor's supervision and care, the specific necessity of any mind- altering or mood-altering medications that o… Chris Prentiss
“ Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not. Layne Staley
“ Treatment for dependency at substance abuse treatment centers must change if alcoholism and addiction are to be overcome in our society. Chris Prentiss
“ Let them have guns' is as much a solution to mass murder and gun violence as 'Let them have drugs' is a solution to drug addiction. DaShanne Stokes
“ It was a myth you couldn't function on opiates: shooting up was one thing but for someone like me-jumping at pigeons beating from the sidewalk, afflicted with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder practicall… Donna Tartt
“ The question is frequently asked: Why does a man become a drug addict?The answer is that he usually does not intend to become an addict. You don’t wake up one morning and decide to be a drug addict. I… William S. Burroughs
