Quotes by Addiction The priesthood holds consummate power. It can protect you from the plague of pornography-and it is a plague-if you are succumbing to its influence. If one is obedient, the priesthood can show how to break a habit and even erase an addiction. Holders of the priesthood have that authority and should employ it to combat evil influences. Boyd K. Packer addiction influence evil One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough. Brendan Behan irish-drinking addiction enough We live in a world where most people still subscribe to the belief that shame is a good tool for keeping people in line. Not only is this wrong, but it’s dangerous. Shame is highly correlated with addiction, violence, aggression, depression, eating disorders, and bullying. Brené Brown bullying addiction people I think the scariest addiction on this planet is to alcohol. Because alcohol is a very addictive drug, and it ruins families, it ruins relationships. And it is socially acceptable, and it is easy to find. Controlled substances, other drugs are more difficult to get, and it's a crime to... to buy them. But alcohol is everywhere. And if you are unfortunate enough to become addicted to it, it can be disastrous. And there is still a stigma attached to alcohol addiction, or addiction in general. It is perceived as... an addict is perceived as somebody of weak moral fiber Brian Molko moral-fiber addiction thinking The more armed we are with information about the seduction of technology, the more we can build systems to better deal with it. I had no idea that I got a hit of dopamine, which is the pleasure hormone that also governs addiction, every time that little email bing goes off. Brigid Schulte seduction addiction technology It's been one of the greatest challenges that ever came along in my life; it was one of the more difficult things to do. Buzz Aldrin addiction drug challenges People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for a short time. I didn't let go of my negative thoughts; I questioned them, and then they let go of me, and so did my addictions and depression. Byron Katie addiction letting-go people Those who fervently love God are intoxicated by His warmth and live out their addiction like moths drawn to a flame. Calvin Miller addiction flames religious Sex addiction is a subject that should be discussed Carey Mulligan addiction should sex Crack in the early 1980s or mid 1980s I'm sorry is that one of the worst myth is that one hit and you're addicted for life. We saw that in 1980s and we're seeing it again with methamphetamine today, one hit and you're addicted and it simply not true, addiction requires work not the people should go out and experiment or do these themselves but the fact is that's a myth and the concern is that, it's dangerous because when people perpetuates that myths and then when young people are people actually try methamphetamine or crack cocaine and find that, that doesn't happen to them. Carl Hart addiction sorry people Once it's established that we are a team, I can demand of you and expect you to demand of me. Life without pain is an addiction and the fantasy of perpetual happiness is like the "delusion of fusion." Carl Whitaker addiction pain team So it persists, for many of us, hunger channeled into some internal circuitry of longing, routed this way and that, emerging in a thousand different forms. The diet form, the romance form, the addiction form, the overriding hunger for this purchase or that job, this relationship or that one. Hunger may be insatiable by nature, it may be fathomless, but our will to fill it, our often blind tenacity in the face of it, can be extraordinary. Caroline Knapp addiction romance jobs Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell. Carrie Fisher recovery addiction heaven I was into pain reduction and mind expansion, but what I've ended up with is pain expansion and mind reduction. Carrie Fisher addiction pain mind I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present the CliffNotes of the emotional me, as opposed to the twelve-column read. Carrie Fisher addiction emotional mean Saying you're an alcoholic and an addict is like saying you're from Los Angeles and from California. Carrie Fisher los-angeles california addiction Addiction is a symptom of not growing up. C.C. DeVille addiction growing growing-up Impossible loves. I am very much afraid they can become an addiction. Cesare Borgia impossible-love addiction impossible If someone's going to publish a book about addiction, it has to say something new and different. It has to be something we haven't read before. A lot of these books are published because the writing is wonderful. The Frey book has superb writing, and that can be enough to sell a book. Charles Adams addiction writing book Addiction, self-sabotage, procrastination, laziness, rage, chronic fatigue, and depression are all ways that we withhold our full participation in the program of life we are offered. When the conscious mind cannot find a reason to say no, the unconscious says no in its own way. Charles Eisenstein addiction procrastination self «1234567891011»
