#addiction

Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#athletes #based #competition #excitement #generated

We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#life-lessons #philosophy #thinking #thoughts #change

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#convinced #i #language #main #obstacles

What was so painful about Amy’s death is that I know that there is something I could have done. I could have passed on to her the solution that was freely given to me. Don’t pick up a drink or drug, one day at a time. It sounds so simple; it actually is simple but it isn’t easy; it requires incredible support and fastidious structuring. ↗

— Russell Brand

#amy-winehouse #drug-addiction #recovery #death

A smartphone is an e-toy designed for the lonely inner child hidden in each and everyone of us. ↗

— Saurabh Sharma

#humor #smartphone-addiction #design

If you are an approval addict, your behaviour is as easy to control as that of any other junkie. All a manipulator need do is a simple two-step process: Give you what you crave, and then threaten to take it away. Every drug dealer in the world plays this game. ↗

— Harriet B. Braiker

#approval-of-others #manipulation #life

Imagine trying to live without air. Now imagine something worse. ↗

— Amy Reed

#drugs #life #imagination

Drugs don't really fix anything, except for everything. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#contradictions #cure #drugs #life #problems

It is never easy being the one who takes the first step. But if we want things to mature in our life, we must fight for them relentlessly without compromise or excuse. ↗

— M.W. Moore

#autobiograhpy #bi-sexual #life

There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?' If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble. ↗

— Sam Keen

#clinging #codependency #dysfunctional-relationship #howard-thurman #manhood