“My designation as a person in recovery from addiction has given me endless gifts, not the least of which is a clear-cut pathway to an exceptional life. It has been like hitting the jackpot, though it certainly didn't seem like it at the beginning.”— Tommy Rosen, amazon.com
“My definition of addiction: any behavior you continue to do despite the fact that it brings negative consequences into your life.”— Tommy Rosen, amazon.com
“When I commend her on avoiding the standardized addiction-and-recovery story arc, she shrugs off the compliment. ‘That’s what everyone says, but I’d so much rather have that story arc.”— Emily Gould, Cat Marnell, nymag.com
“While working on her book, Marnell had stuck to a regimen: waking up at a normalish hour, Barry’s Bootcamp, prepackaged cut veggies and half-sandwiches from Starbucks and 7/11, Adderall just to focus and not to get high, a few drinks with friends, and maybe a little coke, ‘but not, like, lines of it…”— Emily Gould, nymag.com
“Look, I couldn’t spend another summer meeting deadlines behind a computer at night when I could be on the rooftop of Le Bain looking for shooting stars and smoking angel dust with my friends and writing a book, which is what I’m doing next.”— Cat Marnell, pagesix.com
“Samuel Jackson struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction early on in his career. It was so detrimental to his ability to act and function, he was replaced in two different Broadway productions. He tried supporting himself by working as a camera stand-in for Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show and perfor…”— Katie Mather, thoughtcatalog.com
“And I know she'll be the death of me, at least we'll both be numb and she'll always get the best of me, the worst is yet to come.”— The Weeknd, play.spotify.com
“I know something about dread myself, and appreciate the elaborate systems with which some people fill the void, appreciate all the opiates of the people, whether they are as accessible as alcohol and heroin and promiscuity or as hard to come by as faith in God or History.”— Joan Didion, amazon.com
“Addiction doesn't kill the addict. It kills the family, kids and people who tried to help!”— Anonymous, wiseoldsayings.com
“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.”— Cornelius Platinga, wiseoldsayings.com
“Addiction begins with the hope that something "out there" can instantly fill up the emptiness inside.”— Jean Kilbourne, wiseoldsayings.com
“Addiction- When you can give up something any time, as long as it's next Tuesday.”— Nikki Sixx, wiseoldsayings.com
“The blackouts were horrible. It was hideous to let those nights slide into a crack in the ground. But even scarier was to take responsibility for the mess I’d made. Even scarier was to remember your own life.”— Sarah Hepola, amazon.com
“Alcohol was an escalating madness, and the blackout issue was the juncture separating two kinds of drinking. One kind was a comet in your veins. The other kind left you sunken and cratered, drained of all light.”— Sarah Hepola, amazon.com
“Be kind to drunk people, for every one of them is fighting an enormous battle.”— Sarah Hepola, amazon.com