#addict

An intensely gripping narrative...expertly crafted and totally addictive...a must read! ↗

— Maggie Reese

#bipolar-disorder #blog #blogger #depression #insomnia

Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to the Internet and Internet gambling - grew by an alarming 20 percent between 2004 and 2005 alone. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#alarming #alone #between #due #exposure

I am a work in progress. ↗

— Violet Yates

#depression #poetry #recovery #progress

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#addictive #damnation #point #sins #tend

For me, for the type of addict I am, when I start getting those swirly thoughts and stuff, and they talk about slippery places, slippery people and slippery things, you know, I need to - I needed to take my cell phone and eliminate all the phone numbers, change the phone numbers so no one I knew before could call me or reach me. ↗

— Daniel Baldwin

#addict #am #before #call #cell

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. ↗

— Josh Billings

#exaggeration #lying #people #some #some people

The Gillard government must give up its addiction to wasteful spending borrowing and taxing. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#borrowing #give #government #must #spending

I'm a tek addict myself. No matter where you are, people are looking for something to tear them away from reality, challenge their state of mind. ↗

— Greg Evigan

#away #challenge #i #looking #matter

In a world addicted to speed, I blur the moments into one unholy smear. ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#blur #life #smear #speed #unholy

What would you rather have?" "Cheeseburger and a small fry. Coke classic. Better yet, dope classic." "Sure. I'll take a milkshake. What's the special flavor this week, chocolate Jack Daniels?" "Strawberry scotch." "Stick one of those paper umbrellas in mine." "Shove a syringe in mine. And a plastic tombstone. RIP, baby. He was born a rock star. He died a junkie." "Rock in peace." [...] "He wanted the world and lost his soul. [...] Sold it all for rock and roll. Lost his heart in a needle. Found his life in the grave. The road to hell is paved in marijuana leaves. Now he rocks in peace. ↗

— L.F. Blake

#drug-addiction #humor #rehab-talk #rock-star #life