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Addictions Quotes

Honest words on habits, pain, and control.

These addictions quotes look past the surface, describing addiction as a way of covering pain rather than a simple bad habit - a distinction explored further in Bad quotes.

Everyone likes to hear that their eccentricities and their addictions are simply evidence of their sensitive artistic nature.

Quotes by Russell Smith

Learning about all those different things psychologically - about grief and my own addictions and problems and stuff like that, and really getting an education on it, I think it was part of the process of it, learning about it...

Quotes by Richie Sambora

The effects of unresolved trauma can be devastating. It can affect our habits and outlook on life, leading to addictions and poor decision-making. It can take a toll on our family life and interpersonal relationships. It can trigger real physical...

Quotes by Peter A. Levine

I've always thought legal addictions are a great way to create a business. Starbucks is a wonderful example.

Quotes by Nolan Bushnell

Always Quotes

Habits can be good or bad, whereas addictions are always bad.

Quotes by Nir Eyal

I talk to my kids about my mother's energy and how she would have loved them. I talk about how kind and polite my father was. So that they have some kind of remembrance that even though my parents died...

Quotes by Lemon Andersen

There is no single cause of homelessness, and vulnerable people, those with mental health problems and addictions for example, need support not punishment.

Quotes by Layla Moran

Religious work is one of the best ways to keep from facing your reality if you are Christian, if you are using it to calm the pain, because that it what all addictions are, attempts to cover the pain of...

Quotes by Keith Miller

Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society.

Quotes by Keith Miller

Bad Quotes

We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having the life they say they want. It can be a simple thing, such as watching...

Quotes by Judith Wright

Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit.

Quotes by Judith Wright

It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell. My character is addicted to television, chocolate, coffee, to her dream of her son, which has no basis in reality.

Quotes by Ellen Burstyn

I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.

Quotes by Chuck Palahniuk

I'm focused on the next generation, because I think it's very hard to break the habit of adults who've got salt and sugar addictions and just ways of being in this world. It's very hard even for the most enlightened...

Quotes by Alice Waters

Best Quotes

My three addictions of choice are food, love and work.

Quotes by Alanis Morissette

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspective do these Addictions quotes take?
They look past the stereotype of addiction as just a bad habit, with one quote describing addictions as ways people cover up deeper pain rather than face it directly.
Do any of these quotes connect addiction to business?
Yes, one quote points to legal addictions, like the everyday habit built around a coffee brand, as an example of how businesses can be built on repeat cravings.
Is there a distinction drawn between habits and addictions?
One quote draws that line directly, noting that ordinary habits can be good or bad, but addictions are described as consistently harmful.
Do these quotes touch on faith or religion?
One does, suggesting that religious practice can sometimes be used to avoid facing pain rather than genuinely process it, which the quote treats as its own kind of addiction.
Where can I find related quotes about good and bad habits?
See the Bad page for more quotes on harmful patterns and behavior.

For related reflections on discipline and society, see Business quotes, or browse Best quotes for more on building healthier patterns.