words of wisdom

“You know you’re an alcoholic when you misplace things… like a decade.” – Paul Williams

“I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat. That was until I became one…” ― Cathryn Kemp, Painkiller Addict: From Wreckage to Redemption – My True Story

“People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.” – Ramona L. Anderson

“At first, addiction is maintained by pleasure, but the intensity of the pleasure gradually diminishes and addiction is then maintained by the avoidance of pain.” – Frank Tallis

“Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence if you want, but it’s like a rate in a maze. We all want the same thing. We all have this hole. The thing you want offers relief, but it’s a trap.”  – Tess Callahan

“Addiction begins with the hope that something ‘out there’ can instantly fill up the emptiness inside.” – Jean Kilbourne

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson