#addict

We clearly need to break our addiction on Saudi Arabian oil that is a security threat to the United States. ↗

I rarely drink, I don't smoke, so my vice is probably creating. I'm addicted to creating. And women. ↗

Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the centre of all addictive behaviours. It is present in the gambler, the Internet addict, the compulsive shopper and the workaholic. The wound may not be as deep and the ache not as excruciating, and it may even be entirely hidden—but it’s there. As we’ll see, the effects of early stress or adverse experiences directly shape both the psychology and the neurobiology of addiction in the brain. ↗

— Gabor Maté

#behavior #psychology #stress #experience

Law is a very addictive profession. ↗

— George Carman

#law #profession #very

I've been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb. ↗

— Anderson Cooper

#been #emerged #i #since #tv

I have a little bit of an addiction to work. So I'm always hiding in the bathroom with my Blackberry to work when I'm on holiday. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#always #bathroom #bit #blackberry #hiding

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health. ↗