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“as i discovered, the path to sobriety is a precarious, complex journey. you obviously want to purge yourself of something that has been so destructive and has had such a grip on you. but in the dee...”
“I have resisted temptation for two and a half minutes at least: my redemption is sure.”
“you calls it Possesiveness,i calls it Fear Of Loosing You.”
“Alcoholism is a choice... not a life sentence.”
“addiction is an insidious disease that's always lurking nearby like a snake ready to strike.”
“You know you are a human when a beautiful image appearing on television/computer/smartphone/tab screen appears more alive than a living being.Basically, we are stupid.”
“[On writing Jeeves and Wooster stories]:You tell yourself that you can take Jeeves stories or leave them alone, that one more can't possibly hurt you, because you know you can pull up whenever you ...”
“It starts raining harder, I've got a long way to go walking and pushing that sore leg right along in the gathering rain, no chance no intention whatever of hailing a cab, the whiskey and the Morphi...”
“Faced with our addiction to oil, what does our leadership say? Get more o”
“Krissa, tough Lady Krissa, who had stood by impassively while Areau vomited out ten years of bitter addiction, wiped her eyes and offered Areau Mrs. Wrinkles pie in comfort, and it suddenly occurre...”
“Once, during the drinking phase, Wendy had accused him of desiring his own destruction but not possessing the necessary moral fiber to support a full-blown deathwish. So he manufactured ways in whi...”
“Sometimes being a nice person is all about knowing when to be an asshole.”
“Gately can't even imagine what it would be like to be a sober and drug-free biker. It's like what would be the point. He imagines these people polishing the hell out of their leather and like playi...”
“People can become addicted to fame, money, and attention as deeply as they become addicted to drugs.”
“As I sit today, I am a genuine, often pleasant person. I am able to imitate a human being for long spurts of time, do solid work for a reputable organization, and have, over the breadth of time, pr...”
“End-stage addiction is mostly about waiting for the police, or someone, to come and bury you in your shame.”
“There is no such thing as 'just one last cigarette' except the last cigarette that you've already had.”
“--Thing is though, Spud, whin yir intae skag, that's it. That's aw yuv goat tae worry aboot. Ken Billy, ma brar, likes? He's jist signed up tae go back intae the fuckin army. He's gaun tae fucking ...”
“YANNI JOHNNY BACOLAS: I would always tell him, Layne [Staley], why dont you take off, go to some deserted island, hire the best counselors, and just kick this shit? Go for six months if you have to...”
“Yet they enjoy the high. In the surest sign that selenium actually makes them go mad, cattle grow addicted to locoweed despite its awful side effects and eat it to the exclusion of anything else. I...”
