“Too many people believe they can control their drug of choice. But the drug is almost always in control. If an addict truly wants help, it is available, but it is a rocky path. The monster always calls. Never give an addict money. Clothe them. Feed them. But enabling them is the quickest path to watching them fade away completely. This may seem harsh. But I've watched my own child relapse, after six years sober. I love her. Always. But I can't help her die.” PeopleIfsWantGivingYearsBelieveMayChildrenI CanHelpingSeemsDiesChoicesMy OwnPathDrugSixAvailableMonstersFadesHarshSoberAddictEnablingFade AwayRelapse Author:Ellen Hopkins
“One of the most popular narcotics to ease the pain of economy is cherishing the belief that better days are ahead. This is both efficacious and commendable, but it sometimes turns out to be a habit-forming drug. ... Things to which you look forward too long are almost invariably disappointing when you get them, and you might die first anyway.” FirstsLooksLongSometimesMightPainDiesTurnsBeliefEconomyHabitDrugExpectationsEaseCherishDisappointingNarcoticsBetter DaysCommendable Author:Marjorie Hillis
“The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.” MenWritingArtSongDiesRecordsCuttingDrinkDrugMaking MoneySyndromesNashvilleHank WilliamsWild Man Author:Waylon Jennings
“I was reading an interview with Keith Richards in a magazine and in the interview Keith Richards intimated that kids should not do drugs. Keith Richards! Says that kids should not do drugs! Keith, we can't do any more drugs because you already f-king did them all, alright? There's none left! We have to wait 'til you die and smoke your ashes! Jesus Christ! Talk about the pot and the f-kin' kettle.” ShouldKidsDiesReadingJesusLeftWaitingChristKingsDrugJesus ChristMagazinesSmokeInterviewsPotAshesAlrightKeithKettles Author:Denis Leary
“As part of my job, I got malaria really badly and was put in intensive care, and I had a hallucination because they give you this cocktail of drugs to fix you so you don't die, and I had this hallucination that I was at the Oscars and I won and I was a really good actress, and it was so real that when I came out of the hospital, I started saying to people I'm going to become an actress.” PeopleGivingRealCareJobsDiesDrugActressesHospitalsOscarsCocktailsHallucinationsMalaria Author:Rebel Wilson
“You can say what you want about all the guns in the country [the USA], all the drugs, all the crime, but we all know 400,000 people a year die of cigarette-related deaths. How many people died of drugs, guns, automobile accidents? You add them all together it doesn't come anywhere near that. Yet they let me smoke and get cancer, and they put me in jail for having drugs. What's going on? The government don't care. It's all about money and job security.” PeopleKnowsWantYearsCountryGovernmentCareTogetherJobsDiesSecurityCrimeDrugGunLet MeDiedAddCancerDon't CareAccidentsWhat You WantSmokeUsaRelatedJailCigaretteAutomobile Author:Sonny Barger
“People who think there's no good way to die have obviously never heard the phrase 'Drug-fuelled-sex-heart-attack'.” PeopleThinkingWayHeartHumorFunnyDiesSexHeardDrugPhrasesGood WayHeart Attack Author:Frankie Boyle
“I, quite literally, woke up from a coma, from having tried to kill myself and it was very clear to me what my psychiatrist had been saying for years. The choice is not between a drug that has side effects or not, life is not ideal. Yes, your drug has side effects and yes if you don't take it you're going to die.” IfsYearsLife IsDiesChoicesSidesClearEffectsDrugIdealsPsychiatristSide EffectsComa Author:Kay Redfield Jamison
“For 15 years of my life I smoked, I drank, I used to do drugs... but during that time, I never once thought I was going to die. But the second I set foot on a stairmaster -the second- I am sure my heart is gonna explode and blood is gonna spray out of my nose.” YearsHeartUsedDiesBloodFeetMy HeartDrugNosesDrankSpray Author:Marc Maron
“Kylie Minogue - she's so great. You'd love her if you met her. Everyone would. In a way I wish everyone could, to see what a person she is. She's so sweet and no bull and really funny, man, really funny. The Rolling Stones are like a weight around your neck. All that..'you're not meant to rock after you're 30...you've got to die in a car crash or of a drug overdose.” IfsMenWayPersonsDiesWishRocksCarSweetMetsDrugStonesWeightNecksCrashRollingBullsRolling StonesOverdoseCar CrashFunny Men Author:Michael Hutchence
“If I won a few billion in the lottery, I would create an institute where people who would like to die would come spend a weekend, a week, or a month in pleasure, under drugs perhaps, in order to disappear afterward, as if erased.” PeopleIfsOrderDiesPleasureWeekMonthsDrugDisappearBillionsWeekendInstituteLottery Author:Michel Foucault
“Don't let people treat you like a cigarette, they only use you when they're bored and step on you when they're done. Be like drugs, let them die for you.” PeopleDoneUseDiesStepsDrugTreatsBoredCigarette Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“That is the saddest thing: He [Prince] always thought I would die of a drug overdose, and here it happens he dies of an accidental overdose.” HappensDiesDrugSaddestOverdose Author:Stevie Nicks
“I believe the approach we take to talking to our kids about drugs can, in some cases, mean the difference between life and death. So my approach is really simple: I just don't want them to die. And I want them to be able to save someone's life if they see someone die.” IfsWantBelieveMeanKidsAbleDiesI BelieveDifferencesSimpleTalkingCasesDrugApproachLife And DeathBetween Life And Death Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I was such a heavy drinker I was going to die at age 37. Not to mention the drugs. I'm glad to be sober, I haven't missed a thing. A lot of people never get the chance to come back.” PeopleAgeDiesChanceHavensDrugHeavyGladSoberDrinkersHeavy Drinkers Author:Steve Young
“What kills a person at twenty-five? Leukemia. An accident. But George knows the better odds are that someone who passes at that age dies of unhappiness. Drug overdose. Suicide. Reckless behavior.” KnowsPersonsAgeDiesFiveDrugBehaviorTwentiesSuicideAccidentsUnhappinessOddsRecklessTwenty FiveOverdoseLeukemia Book:Limitations Source: Limitations
“Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right for life. Let us be outraged; let us be loud; let us be bold.” ChildrenDoeDiesThreeAcceptingHealthBirthDrugDetermineSatisfiedLoudYour ChildrenSecondsChild AbuseOutragedAbused ChildrenNeglected Child Author:Brad Pitt
“Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They can give us the impression that our minds are active, because we are required to react to stimuli from the outside. But the power of those external stimuli to keep us going is limited. They are like drugs. We grow used to them, and we continuously need more and more of them. Eventually, they have little or no effect. Then, if we lack resources within ourselves, we cease to grow intellectually, morally, and spiritually. And we we cease to grow, we begin to die.” IfsNeedsGivingMindLittlesUsedDiesGrowsEffectsInformationTelevisionSourceDrugResourcesRadioActiveCeaseImpressionDaily LifeSurroundArtificialAmusementStimulusProps Author:Mortimer Adler
“"I'm so sorry," I whisper. I lean forward and kiss him. His eyelashes flutter and he looks at me through a haze of opiates. "Hey, Catnip." "Hey, Gale," I say. "Thought you'd be gone by now," he says. My choices are simple. I can die like a quarry in the woods or I can die here beside Gale. "I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay right here and cause all kinds of trouble." "Me, too," Gale says. He just manages a smile before the drugs pull him back under.” LooksKindI CanDiesChoicesCausesSimpleGoneTroubleDrugKissingSorryWoodsAll KindsManageHeyLook At MeGaleEyelashesHazeOpiatesQuarryI'm So Sorry Author:Suzanne Collins
“Because if I don’t, Fang will die. (Aimee) Are you high? (Dev) No. (Aimee) C’mon, Aim, admit it. Heavy amounts of drugs are involved here. (Dev)” IfsDiesAmountInvolvedDrugAimHeavyFangs Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“I've had more students die than I ever thought possible. My husband urges me to quit Fairfield and teach at some school without gang members who live their lives only to die or end up as drug dealers.” EndsSchoolDiesTeachStudentsDrugHusbandMembersQuittingUrgesMy HusbandGangDealerDrug DealersGang Members Author:Simone Elkeles