784 quotes found
“The high is what you crave, what you would kill for... and believe me, you will lie to yourself until it's to late to stop.”
“Honesty can force any dysfunction in your life to the surface. Are you in an abusive relationship? A refusal to lie to others How did you get that bruise? would oblige you to come to grips with t...”
“People say hate is like a poison but they're wrong. It's like a drug. You never forget your first hit, how it seduces you with its strength and power, and takes you completely by storm. It colors ...”
“It was painful to contemplate the distance between the future of accomplishment I'd imagined for myself twenty years earlier, and the reality...it was painful to understand that the cushion of exce...”
“The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind.”
“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 cant feel. I lean back in my seat and take my book out of th...”
“Sitting cross-legged on her bed, I watch her take out her gear. Shes been smoking so much the room stinks of it. Over the last few weeks, Ive seen her do it so often Ive resisted the urge. Its surr...”
“99% of all addicts are liars and thieves. This might sound unfair and even close-minded, but it's the truth. There are some exceptions to the rules, but they are incredibly rare. Most people are no...”
“I can pretty much guarantee that you will at some point find yourself doing something that at one point you swore you'd never do. You'll do it for the sake of getting high, either directly or indir...”
“In a world of selfie-addiction smile usually is the brand name for an essential drug called pretense”
“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 liv...”
“Once upon a time there was a girl named Debbie Jacobs and a boy named Teddy Dennis.”
“A lot of people who find out about the things I do immediately figure I'm just a pathetic "druggie" with nothing to say that is worth hearing. They talk endless bull shit of "recovery!" They make i...”
“All human life, we may say, consists solely of these two activities: (1) bringing ones activities into harmony with conscience, or (2) hiding from oneself the indications of conscience in order to ...”
“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...”
“After I binged last night -or was it tonight - I was convinced yet again that there were people coming to get me. It was more than just shadows and voices, more than just fantasies....it was real, ...”
“As children become increasingly less connected to adults, they rely more and more on each other; the whole natural order of things change. In the natural order of all mammalian cultures, animals or...”
“Wait for me. The words come out choked and pained. I need you to wait for me.”
“No one told me you can love someone and still be miserable. How is that possible?”
“I love you, he says again, and no other man will ever say those words and mean them the way I do.”
