David Sheff Quotes

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

Addiction is a terrible thing.

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

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

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.

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

I've always had an addictive nature.

The alcoholic suffers from a disease.

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.

Men even contract the dirty, filthy habit of chewing tobacco, and when the habit gets a good hold upon them they are never satisfied except when they have a wad of the stuff in their mouth. So with drinking. It is largely a habit.

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.

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

I am an addictive personality.

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

I do not live in the world of sobriety.

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

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.

I've got an addictive personality.

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.

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

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

Alcoholism is a complicated disease, and you never know when you'll be tempted to pick up another drink.

Anybody who does 90 takes has a problem.

Addiction is a really hard thing to kick.