David Sheff Quotes

Addiction is a terrible thing.

The alcoholic suffers from a disease.

Everybody tells you over and over again that addiction is a disease. But when I read Nic's book I understood not just that this is a disease, but what the disease means.

My mother is still battling alcoholism.

I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it.

It's an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about.

I am a recovering alcoholic.

No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.

I do not live in the world of sobriety.

He’s sick. He’s got an addiction. He’s sick. He’s get a sexual addiction. He needs help.

Drug abuse is a very difficult disease.

Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All too often, lives and families can be shattered by it.

We have all learned that addiction and mental illnesses are illnesses, and I think a lot of people overlook that it is a chemical imbalance; it's like cancer, a sickness, and people need to see it as that.

Though addiction is a disease - a brain disease that's often progressive - addicts who relapse are often blamed.

Addiction is a crazy disease. It's a progressive disease when it's not dealt with; it don't care who it takes, and it takes it all. You wind up losing your house, your home, your reputation.

The tragic fact is that with addiction, like many other illnesses, sometimes you can do everything right and people die.

Every relapse is dangerous, but often it takes multiple relapses before someone finally gets sober for good.

I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years.

When Bugs Bunny walks into rehab, people are going to turn and look. People at rehab were stealing my hats and pens and notebooks and asking for autographs. I couldn't concentrate on my problem.

I saw 28 Days. I don't remember rehab being like a day camp or being that funny. Rehab is a dumping ground. It's a big landfill.

It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said that I would die before I went to rehab. But I thought, 'I'm going to stay here tonight.' And I stayed there for a month. It was great.

I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you've got to. But I try not say that I'm an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it's a disease I've got.

The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke.

I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it. I always went to people who knew more than I did.

Drug abuse is a medical disease that requires medical professionals.