Addiction Quotes - Page 32

• The work became like the drug addiction, the clothes, anything in my life. It became - it's become an addiction. I'm addicted to working.

  Elton John

  Clothes, Drug, Drug Addiction

  "A More Reflective Leap On Elton John's 'Diving Board'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 1, 2014.

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• Women's genetic celebrity power magnifies men's protector instinct. It inspires the government-as-substitute-husband. Men's addiction to the genetic celebrity is either invisible or in the denial stage thus we either don't see it, or when confronted, deny it.

  Warren Farrell

  Husband, Men, Inspire

  "Why Men Earn More". Book by Warren Farrell, 2005.

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• Addiction is more malleable than you know. When people come to me for therapy, they often ask me whether their behavior constitutes a real addiction (or whether they are really alcoholic, etc.). My answer is that this is not the important question. The important questions are how many problems is the involvement causing you, how much do you want to change it, and how can we go about change?

  Stanton Peele

  Real, People, Important

  Stanton Peele. Ph.D., J.D. (2007). “7 Tools to Beat Addiction: A New Path to Recovery from Addictions of Any Kind: Smoking, Alcohol, Food, Drugs, Gambling, Sex, Love”, p.17, Harmony

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• All people talk of money sometimes, everywhere. But not for all people, everywhere, is money the addiction, the obsession, the stimulant, that it seems to be in New York. It is a large part of the clamor, and it is the voice - quite literally - of the man in the street.

  Marya Mannes

  New York, Men, Voice

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• the reward for total abstinence from alcohol seems, illogically enough, to be the capacity for becoming intoxicated without it.

  Rebecca West

  Drinking, Alcohol, Rewards

  Rebecca West (2010). “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia”, p.373, Open Road Media

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• An addiction is anything we do to avoid hearing the messages that body and soul are trying to send us.

  Marion Woodman

  Soul, Trying, Body

  Marion Woodman (1993). “Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman”

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• Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!

  Hannah More

  Pain, Strange, Pleasure

  Hannah More (1847). “The Complete Works of Hannah More”, p.179

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• By the Reagan era, the 'culture of poverty' had become a cornerstone of conservative ideology: poverty was caused not by low wages or a lack of jobs but by bad attitudes and faulty lifestyles. The poor were dissolute, promiscuous, prone to addiction and crime, unable to 'defer gratification' or possibly even set an alarm clock. The last thing they could be trusted with was money.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Jobs, Attitude, Alarms

  "Tomgram: Barbara Ehrenreich, American Poverty, 50 Years Later". www.tomdispatch.com. March 15, 2012.

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• Sobriety itself is today's high, for it is ultimately in the most centered consciousness that we find our power to transcend the world.

  Marianne Williamson

  Sobriety, World, Today

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.10, Random House

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• Once you've been overweight you never want to be overweight again, so you keep going, keep going, like for any addiction. Health can be an addiction, it doesn't have to be drugs or alcohol.

  Craig David

  Alcohol, Drug, Want

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• My father taught me to not fear anything. Having said that, much of my addiction to alcohol and drugs was tied to fear: fear of flying, fear of talking to women, etc. I conquered those fears years ago.

  Derek Sanderson

  Father, Talking, Years

  "Q&A: 10 Questions With Hockey Legend Derek Sanderson". "George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight ", www.cbc.ca. October 27, 2012.

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• I carry a strong anti-drug message, and it's important young people especially hear a "real" story about addiction and how it affects not only the addict but also the people who love him/her, rather than "just say no."

  Ellen Hopkins

  Strong, Real, People

  Source: ncac.org

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• Addiction is rarely conquered alone.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Source: monsterlibrarian.com

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• For me, addiction comes down to basically where a pattern of behaviour has developed and that pattern of behaviour is becoming a very damaging cycle. It's sort of damaging your relationships, friends or lovers, it's damaging your own personal health and it's damaging for you and your workplace.

  Michael Fassbender

  Behaviour, Patterns, Becoming

  "Shame - Michael Fassbender interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• The traditional dictionary definition of the difference is that an alcoholic will steal your wallet in a blackout, come to, and apologize for it. A junkie will steal your wallet and then help you look for it. But ultimately I think all addictions boil down to just not being able to be with yourself for any long degree of time.

  Jerry Stahl

  Thinking, Differences, Long

  "Jerry Stahl Talks Smack". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 25, 2013.

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• Saying you're an alcoholic and an addict is like saying you're from Los Angeles and from California.

  Carrie Fisher

  California, Los Angeles, Repetition

  Carrie Fisher (2012). “Wishful Drinking”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• I was into pain reduction and mind expansion, but what I've ended up with is pain expansion and mind reduction.

  Carrie Fisher

  Pain, Mind, Expansion

  Carrie Fisher (2011). “Postcards From the Edge”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose a single child to ill-health, under-education, abuse, addiction, jail, or gun violence. America's highest goal should be for every child to grow up to be a successful young adult -- healthy, educated, free, secure, and a good citizen.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Children, Growing Up

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• All addictions have one thing in common - they numb you out to what is happening in the moment.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Common, Moments, Numb

  Barbara De Angelis (1997). “Are You the One for Me? ; Real Moments”, Fine Communications

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• Of all the tyrannies which have usurped power over humanity, few have been able to enslave the mind and body as imperiously as drug addiction.

  Freda Adler

  Drug, Humanity, Mind

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• [Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Dog, Enough, Feeding

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• Nobody understands that by the time the addiction has set in the alcoholic is mandated to drink ... he cannot not drink! Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, 'Jiminy Cricket, I feel sensational! My life is really in great shape! I think I'll become an alcoholic!' I firmly believe that when a shaking-to-pieces alcoholic says he needs a drink or he will die, he means it.

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Morning, Believe, Mean

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• If a child has an older sibling involved in an addiction, there is a 90 percent chance that he or she will get involved too.

  Virgil Miller Newton

  Children, Sibling, Chance

  "How to Stop Your Relatives from Driving You Crazy: Strategies for coping with 'Challenging' Relatives". Book by Denise Lang, 1992.

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• Now I understand what exhaustion is. It’s not just a code word for heroin addiction. People don’t teach you how to handle the workload that comes from a little bit of success, and it’s something I’d never had to handle, because I’d been rejected for so long.

  Felicia Day

  Long, People, Littles

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• My bulimia was my addiction. Hurting myself was my addiction... The music is what saved me. That's the only thing I can trust.

  Nicole Scherzinger

  Hurt, Bulimia, Music Is

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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