#addiction

Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#addiction

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. I used to refer to my drug use as putting the monster in the box. I wanted to be less, so I took more - simple as that. Anyway, I eventually decided that the reason Dr. Stone had told me I was hypomanic was that he wanted to put me on medication instead of actually treating me. So I did the only rational thing I could do in the face of such as insult - I stopped talking to Stone, flew back to New York, and married Paul Simon a week later. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#alcoholism #bipolar #celebrities #celebrity #drinking

I am a work in progress. ↗

— Violet Yates

#depression #poetry #recovery #progress

Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a threat to our national security, and we must address that threat. ↗

— Jim Costa

#address #before #congresses #dependency #despite

I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#addiction #binge #continue #damage #does