Quotes about Drug addiction

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It was painful to contemplate the distance between the future of accomplishment I'd imagined for myself twenty years ear — Ann Marlowe
Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy—just a boy. — Shannon A. Thompson, Take Me Tomorrow
The face of "evil" is always the face of total need. A dope fiend is a man in total need of dope. Beyond a certain frequ — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
I've done everything. All of it. You think it, I've done it. All the things you never dared, all the things you dream ab — Melvin Burgess, Smack
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, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure
Looking back, I have come to realize that the gang lifestyle back then—the fame, the respect, and the recognition—was st — Drexel Deal, The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
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 — 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 bea — Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in — Cathryn Kemp, Painkiller Addict: From wreckage to redemption - my true story
The onset of adulthood is an organic, creeping process. No one wakes up one day and decides, "Lo, on this day I shall fo — David Carr, The Night of the Gun
Every person in the AA program who's successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and — Chris Prentiss, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure
AA purports to be open to anyone, as it is stated in Tradition Tree, "The only requirement for AA membership is a desire — Chris Prentiss, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure
Altitude sickness, unregulated drugs and medical gas enabled workers to become drug abusers/addicts — Steven Magee
Over-the-counter ‪‎drug‬ ‪‎abuse‬ or addiction was a problem that I observed at Mauna Kea — Steven Magee
I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present — Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
The fear of the drugs running out is managable-the fear of time running down isn't. — Ann Marlowe
I believe you can consider yourself a successful prose writer when the number of words you put on a page each day is equ — Roman Payne
The question is frequently asked: Why does a man become a drug addict?The answer is that he usually does not intend to b — William S. Burroughs, Junky
My daughter, Carly, has been in and out of drug treatment facilities since she was thirteen. Every time she goes away, I — Dina Kucera, Everything I Never Wanted to Be
I take opioids to treat chronic pain. Stigmatizing them will harm me. — Sonya Huber