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It is hard to understand addiction unless you have experienced it.

There are all kinds of addictions, and I've got every single one. If you set me in front of anything, I will do it until I ram it into the ground and it's done working for me.

Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.

A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has not been my experience. I don't find it to have anything to do with strength.

What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.

Addiction isn't about substance - you aren't addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.

Everyone likes to hear that their eccentricities and their addictions are simply evidence of their sensitive artistic nature.

Addiction is a really hard thing to kick.

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

There is a quality of selfishness that is associated with an individual when they are in the depths of addiction.