My first addiction was to books. -B. Chelsea Adams

There comes a time. The pain of existence transcends the fear of change. There comes a time.

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 to...

I was just a little buckaroo when they first invited me to Marlboro Country. I loved being a cowboy; and smoking seemed to fit right in with riding, roping and wrangling. But once I got...

All drugs of any interest to any moderately intelligent person in America are now illegal.

We labor under the great delusion that we are in control. Silly humans.

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...

When the door to suicide opens it becomes a viable option that you never considered before, but, once ajar, it initiates an invasion strategy. Day by day thoughts blacken under the occupation of the new...

Drugs don’t really fix anything, except for everything.

We are open to the investigation. We have the same objective of eradicating drug addiction in the city.

Smoking is suicide by instalments.

You have chosen to exist, and more than just exist– you’ve been chosen to share in the Universal consciousness.

You do anything long enough to escape the habit of livinguntil the escape becomes the habit.

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy

Sitting on the train I watch the scenery speeding by, notice a cobweb in the top corner of the window, undulating with a gentle breeze I can’t feel. I lean back in my seat and...

That first drunk, first high, first sexual encounter, those feelings of first are the most intense, the best remembered, always impossible to attain again.

Getting sober is a radically creative act.

As I stand at the edge of the pit, searching for his body amongst all the others, I am slightly frightened by the violent clashes. It seems almost savagery, the way they throw themselves into...

Most stories are not about peoplebut about life, an addiction like the rest of themthat destroys you even as you love it,but you love it anyway and can never get enough.

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who...

here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered; happiness might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat-pocket; portable ecstasies might be...

Who shall I shoot? You choose. Now, listen very carefully: where’s your coffee? You’ve got coffee, haven’t you? C’mon, everyone’s got coffee! Spill the beans!

The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind.

Life is an addiction Wind to feel ,Love to crave ,Power to have ,Cigarette’s to smoke.

End-stage addiction is mostly about waiting for the police, or someone, to come and bury you in your shame.

I know in my soul when something feels like a sell out and I think for me, I knew that if I did the Jane’s Addiction reunion thing, that I would feel like a sell...

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.

Hello, my name is Jaako and I am an addict. I am addicted to reading.

We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely…change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am...

. . . is it better to throw yourself head first and laughing into the holy rage calling your name?

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to...

An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn’t try.

A Short Alternative Medical DictionaryDefinitions courtesy of Dr Lemuel Pillmeister (also known as Lemmy)Addiction – When you can give up something any time, as long as it’s next Tuesday.Cocaine – Peruvian Marching Powder. A stimulant...

People addicted with technology.Technology has indulged mankind. Beware of technology dependency!

One who will not accept solitude, stillness and quiet recurring moments…is caught up in the wilderness of addictions; far removed from an original state of being and awareness. This is ‘dis-ease.

Our culture has bred consumers and addicts. We eat too much, buy too much, and want too much. We set ourselves on the fruitless mission of filling the gaping hole within us with material things....

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

When you are secure in yourself, know what turns you on, and enjoy watching your partner watch you experience sexual pleasure, you have a highly novel relationship grounded in love. The experience of seeing and...

What American would not want truthful and complete information about every product sold in the United States so that we can be more capable of making wise decisions concerning our lives and the lives of...

If you examine your motive for doing anything, you’ll soon discover that your reason is that you believe it will make you happy.

Her screams are heard across generations who dared not scream and died without joy,in silence and isolation.

The hardcore drug addicts that I treat, are, without exception, people who have had extraordinarily difficult lives. The commonality is childhood abuse. These people all enter life under extremely adverse circumstances. Not only did they...

I could have gone for gambling or sex addiction, … But I went for obesity because of the tremendous impact it has.

I must give due praise to the man who first extracted morphine from poppyheads. He was a true benefactor of mankind. The pain stopped seven minutes after the injection. Interesting: the pain passed over me...

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:...

He was falling between glacial walls, he didn’t know how anyone could fall so far away from everyone else in the world. So far to fall, so cold all the way, so steep and dark...

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.

Do we? Our problem is whatever wedges between us and God.

You know when you send a text message to someone and you don’t get a response right away, you feel depressed? You send a text message to someone you really like and you get a...

Those who nurse secrets, nurse a chaotic world of amplified silence.