#rug

When you're using drugs, you're driven by this mystical black energy, a force inside you that just won't quit. And the weaker you get, the more you feed into that energy, and the more it fucks with you. When your spirit becomes dark and your lifestyle becomes dark, your existence is susceptible to infiltration by dark spirits. I've seen it so many times with addicts. You can see that they're controlled by dark energy, the way they look, their appearance, their voice, their behavior, it's not them. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#lifestyle

Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated push of daily exercise. It's a trite axiom, but practice DOES make perfect. If you want to be a strong swimmer or an accomplished musician, you have to practice. It's the same with sobriety, though the stakes are higher. If you don't practice your program every day, you're putting yourself in a position where you could fly out of the orbit one more time. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#musician

We lived in the bowels of New York City. It was a struggle just to survive. This nice suburban kid hadn't had to do much of that before. ↗

— Peter Bergman

#bowels #city #had #hadn #just

Hope is the crystal meth of emotions it hooks you fast and kills you hard. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

#metaphor #revolution

If I have a near-beer, I’m near beer. And if I’m near beer, I’m close to tequila. And if I’m close to tequila, I’m adjacent to cocaine. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#beer #cocaine #drinking #drugs #tequila

Scott glanced at his watch but didn't register what it said. The notion of time had become as absurd as the quietly glowing trees. ↗

— R.D. Ronald

#philosophical-musings #visual-moments #visualization

I came out even with all the struggles I endured on Rikers Island. ↗

— Foxy Brown

#endured #even #i #i came #island

It's inspiring, I think, for women out there to see I'm a regular person. I am the every woman who's struggled with my weight. ↗

— Ricki Lake

#every #i #i am #i think #inspiring

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#away #dalai #dalai lama #die #disagree

Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#economic #forward #hand #internationalism #isolationism