Will Self Quotes

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'

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.

Well, addiction does start with a choice.

I used to kind of blame someone for not being able to get through that - I'm talking about the addiction part - but I've had a few experiences recently where you don't blame the person anymore.

Shame is the root of all addictions.

Nothing harms or destroys us but the wrong use of that liberty of choice which God has entrusted to us.

Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs.

Don't tell me what they did to you as though you had no choice. Tell me, isn't that your picture? Isn't that your voice.

You do it to yourself, you do, And that's what really hurts, Is that you do it to yourself, Just you and no one else, You do it to yourself...

shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us

Since we own our bodies, we also inevitably own the effects of our actions, be they good or bad. If we own the effects of our actions, then clearly we own that which we produce, whether what we produce is a bow, or a book - or a murder.

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 know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.

I do what I can to make young people understand that drugs can destroy their lives. I'm the perfect example of what people can accomplish when they have regained a sane body and spirit.

One person's embarrassment is another person's accountability.

Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.

Take care that no one hates you justly.

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.

I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.

Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers.