Patrick J. Kennedy Quotes

Unfortunately, with addiction, there's manipulation and deception.

Well, addiction does start with a choice.

Addiction is a terrible thing.

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

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.

Addiction is a disease like anything else. It's like cancer, like heart disease, like diabetes.

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.

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.

If there's an addiction in the Clinton family, it's to problem solving.

I came to understand that Nic on drugs was not the Nic I knew and trusted. Nic on drugs was somebody else. We were afraid of him.

Everyone is connected to somebody with some type of addiction. It's so ramped now. Everyone has an uncle, a cousin, somebody who has addiction. We all have addiction.

Those who have to struggle with addiction in their lives know the 'you only live once' mentality doesn't really work because you can only do that for so often before you're self-destructive.

If you don't know someone who's had a problem with addiction, you will.

The scary part of alcoholism and addiction and that is until a person is ready to stop, they're not gonna, and there's nothing anyone can do. There's nothing anyone can say or do. And the unfortunate part is sometimes people die because of that.

If a child had another disease, we'd be open about what we were going through, but addiction is stigmatised and comes with shame and guilt.

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

This disease of addiction has touched not just me but millions of Americans out there. Me being in the spotlight, I want to tell my story because there are a lot of misconceptions. I want to let people out there know that there's hope.

It's amazing how coke encompasses everything in your life. Addicts cannot confront life because they only think of their next hit. I ruined life for my parents, my sister and all my friends.

My mother is still battling alcoholism.

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

I think I've definitely had my rock bottom and I think that was probably right before I went into treatment where I said, 'I definitely need help.'