Martin Amis Quotes

There's no such thing as addiction, there's only things that you enjoy doing more than life.

Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain.

Addiction is a revolt of the soul.

People who have addictive problems usually have some subset of emotional difficulties that causes them to abuse substances.

Addiction - When you can give up something any time, as long as it's next Tuesday.

All addictions have one thing in common - they numb you out to what is happening in the moment.

I think I have an addiction to pretty much everything. I mean, I have to be very careful with myself as far as that goes, which is why I have a support group around me consistently.

I was a functional addict.

I like the idea of generalizing the narcotic thing by making it black meat addiction.

How am I going to listen to that horrible noise I make without a gram of coke and a couple of double Jack Daniels?

I drank from the bottle again and it was a scary plunge because I always wanted to take too much. It hurt, but it was also impressive, like being in the hands of a bigger force. And because of that, a relief.

When you're an addict, you can go without feeling anything except drunk or stoned or hungry. Still, when you compare this to other feelings, to sadness, anger, fear, worry, despair, and depression, well, an addiction no longer looks so bad. It looks like a very viable option.

I'm glad I don't have a drinking problem,' I confided, 'because I don't think I'd ever be able to quit.

I went to rehab [for alcoholism] in wine country, just to keep my options open.

My problem is I'm an addictive personality. I can't have one coffee. I can't eat one piece of chocolate. I can't have a little bit of drugs.

I'm a chronic relapser. I guess I always will be.

I was, I am and I always will be a drug addict. A person who gets involved in drugs has to fight it everyday.

I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.

Addiction is not just for bad people or scumbags - it's a universal disease.

The trouble with addiction is that you can park the car but you can never switch off the engine or stop yourself from hearing the revs.

I do believe that I'm an addict on one level or another at all times.

Addiction is a really hard thing to kick.

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.

If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring and painful, filling your system with something that makes you stare at your shoes for six hours.

Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.