#addiction

People who have never had an addiction don't understand how hard it can be. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#had #hard #how #never #people

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived. ↗

— Robert Trout

#although #arrived #before #british #chinese

Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society. ↗

— Keith Miller

#beneath #control #disease #mark #our

The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#idolatry #internet #technology #internet

Just because something is addictive doesn't mean that you will get addicted to it. But . . . if your stomach ties up in knots while you count the seconds waiting for a phone call from that special someone . . . if you hear a loud buzzing in your ears when you see a certain person's car (or one just like it) . . . if your eyes burn when you hear a random love song or see a couple holding hands . . . if you suffer the twin agonies of craving for and withdrawing from a series of unrequited crushes or toxic relationships . . . if you always feel like you're clutching at someone's ankle and dragged across the floor as they try to leave the room . . . welcome to the club. ↗

— Ethlie Ann Vare

#ethlie-ann-vare #love-addiction #self-help #sex #sex-addiction

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#psyche #psychology #bad

Every day I ran to that book like it was a bottle of whiskey and crawled inside because it was a world that I had at least some control over, and slowly, in time, it began to take shape. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#control #writing #addiction

In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you. ↗

— Billie Holiday

#america #love

Her loving hands, soft lips, and perfumed scents were an addiction for which he had no cure. ↗

— Travis Luedke

#love #lovers #michelle #stockholm-syndrome #love

Join us. Play the game. It will bring you an untold number of rewards and you will finally have some direction and purpose in your lives. Take control of yourselves and those around you. Bend them to your will and all worldly pleasures will be yours... ↗

— Martin Hopkins

#addiction #crime #edinburgh #erotica #homelessness