“He'd been numb a long time, years. All his nights down Ninsei, his nights with Linda, numb in bed and numb at the cold sweating center of every drug deal. But now he'd found this warm thing, this chip of murder. Meat, some part of him said. It's the meat talking, ignore it.” YearsLongSaidNightFoundDealsTalkingColdDrugBedLong TimeMurderWarmMeatEmptinessChipsDetachmentNumbNumbnessSweating Book:Neuromancer Source: Neuromancer
“I was poisoning myself with alcohol and medicating myself. I was trying to numb things. I was trying not to feel things, and that's ridiculous. It's one of the dumbest things you can do, because all you're doing is postponing the inevitable. Someday you'll have to look all those things in the eye rather than try to numb the pain.” FeelsTryingLooksEyePainCan DoDrugAlcoholRidiculousInevitableSomedayNumbPoisoningPostponing Author:Johnny Depp
“Thank God I never hooked on anything. I never had a monkey on my back. I just wanted to self-medicate, to numb myself through liquor. It's how I dealt with life, reality, stress, change, sadness, memories. The list goes on. I was really trying to feel nothing.” FeelsTryingSelfRealityWantedMemoriesSadnessGoes OnDrugStressAlcoholListsThank GodMonkeysLiquorNumbHooked Author:Johnny Depp
“In truth I never really liked any of the heavy drugs, because normally my energy is up when I'm performing, and that's about it. Cocaine is nothing new. It's the pressure, I think. People use it to relieve that, and for me it is about getting numb and forgetting. I have a reverse metabolic reaction to the stuff.” PeopleThinkingUseEnergyStuffForgetDrugPressureHeavyReactionsPerformingReverseCocaineNumbNothing New Author:Robin Williams
“I often think there are three primary responses to suffering - rage, intoxication, or growth. We either want revenge for our pain, or we numb ourselves with the endless array of intoxicants available to us, from drugs to overwork, or we grow in empathy. Emptiness can transform into spaciousness; lack can become an agent of social action. But I think many of us struggle to remain on that third path without backsliding into the other two. I do.” ThinkingWantTwoActionPainSufferingThreeSocialGrowsGrowthStrugglePathDrugEmpathyThirdsResponseAvailableRevengeRageEndlessAgentsPrimariesEmptinessNumbIntoxicationOverworkSocial ActionSpaciousnessBacksliding Author:C.E. Morgan
“We live in a culture of quick fixes. We want to feel better and we want to feel better now. I believe that's why many turn to alcohol and drugs because they want to numb the pain of life. In my life I have a choice. I can sit with my depression and look at Jesus or I can sit with Jesus and look at my depression. What I mean by that is I can focus on what's broken and wonder where God is or I can sit in the companionship of Christ who suffered for us and worship him in the middle of the mess. That gives my pain meaning and context.” GivingBelieveMeanPainChoicesCultureJesusI BelieveChristWonderFocusBrokenDrugWorshipAlcoholMessFeel BetterCompanionshipNumb Author:Sheila Walsh