David Sheff Quotes

Addiction is a really hard thing to kick.

If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.

I was the one that put myself in rehab. I was the one that went to my parents and said, you know, 'I have a problem and I need to take care of it.'

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 am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

If you want to ask about my drug problem, go ask my big, fat, smart, ten pound daughter, she'll answer any questions you have about it.

I tried to give up drugs by drinking.

Sometimes the ignorant are among the most educated.

Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.

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

Well, all I can say is, it's a day-by-day program, and so I'm very worried about relapsing, but I don't know. I don't want to use. I don't want to go back to that place because nothing good came of it. It was super dark; it's not nice.

I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend.

Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.

But the fact is, nobody gets off drugs unless they really want to, and I really wanted to.

I was really proactive in trying to heal my family. I wouldn't give up. My whole life was about trying to get my father healthier, and there were moments when he was healthier. Then someone would give him a drink. I always felt if he had one person in his life who supported his healthy side, he'd be on his way.

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.'

Unfortunately, addicts don't respond to reason or rationality.

I was a functional addict.

Well, I’ll never have to talk about crap like dope addiction again.

People who need [drug abuse] treatment have got to get it. You don't have to be a humanitarian to believe addicts need treatment. The public is threatened every time a drug addict is told to come back next week.

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.

Many years ago, when I was working on Broadway, I used to go to a drug rehabilitation centre on Sundays. I didn't lecture them against the perils of drug-taking; I gave them drama therapy.

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

I chose a rehab center for Nic that was recommended by a friend who had sent her son there. The program lasted 28 days, after which he relapsed. Over the next six years, he was admitted to six residential treatment programs and four outpatient programs. He would do better for a while, but then relapse. Each relapse was crushing.

Addicts are hard workers.