Every habit he’s ever had is still there in his body, lying dormant like flowers in the desert. Given the right conditions, all his old addictions would burst into full and luxuriant bloom. – Margaret Atwood
Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. – Louisa May Alcott
It’s not the situation…… it’s your reaction to the situation. – Bob Conklin
It was the hardest boyfriend I ever had to break up with.
The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief. – Russell Brand
Addiction is the only prison where the locks are on the inside.
The chains of alcohol are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
The first thing in the human personality that dissolves in alcohol is dignity.
The first step to overcoming addiction is acknowledging and accepting it.
You’ve recognised a fundamental feature of an addict’s life. Maintaining your habit is so important you’ve no real interest in anything else. – Marian Keyes
Addiction of drugs and alcohol is nothing but suicide.
Breaking an addiction is never easy, but it can be done. You are stronger than that red-faced demon screaming in the bathroom. – Callie Bowld
At every stage, addiction is driven by one of the most powerful, mysterious, and vital forces of human existence. What drives addiction is longing-a longing not just of brain, belly, or loins but finally of the heart.
You don’t have to be ready to recover, you need only to be willing.
Addiction is a serious disease; it will end with jail, mental institutions, or death.
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. – Frederick W. Faber
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
It’s not addiction I call it recreation.
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. – Jean Cocteau
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