In the back of my mind for many years, I had always felt that my relationship with alcohol, although seemingly harmless was unhealthy and somewhat destructive.
We will not solve the addiction problem in America if we don't address social connection.
Having been hit by drug addiction, knowing how many are hit by it and what a big problem it is in our neighborhoods and our culture, I feel a responsibility to do something. I can see what's wrong with the system - that we have to recognize mental illness as we do cancer or broken bones - and how we need to make it better.
I drink too much, way too much; my doctor drew blood he ran a tab!
Marijuana addiction is a serious problem
I came home and found that my son was taking drugs - my very best ones too!
Whether talking about addiction, taxation [on cigarettes] or education [about smoking], there is always at the center of the conversation an essential conundrum: How come we're selling this deadly stuff anyway?
I think when people are abusing drugs it is probably a symptom of a bigger problem that they need to address.
Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.
If I brought another car home, there would be problems. I have a lot of cars as it is. I'm a car addict.
My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.
Alcohol was the background color in the fabric of Reggie's life.
Marijuana is a much bigger part of the American addiction problem than most people - teens or adults - realize.
