“Being fat is the absolute nadir of the misfit. You're a misfit because nothing fits. You don't fit in. You're not fit. You're fat. Fat doesn't have the poetic cachet of alcohol, the whiff of danger in the drug of choice. You're just fat. Being fat is so un-American, so unattractive, unerotic, unfashionable, undisciplined, unthinkable, uncool. It makes you invisible. It makes you conspicuous.” ChoicesDangerFitDrugWeightAbsolutesAlcoholInvisibleFatsPoeticUnthinkableUnattractiveMisfitsUndisciplinedUncoolNadirBeing Fat Author:Claudia Shear
“When you become rich and famous and you get a lot of attention, very few people get to go through that cycle without having a hard time. Everybody in their lives has a hard period. I don't know anybody who's ever been alive who hasn't had like, heartbreak, despair, depression, death, drug or alcohol, or weight problems, or health problems.” PeopleKnowsHardProblemAttentionRichAlivePeriodsDrugDespairWeightAlcoholHard TimesCyclesBecome RichHealth ProblemsHaving A Hard TimeWeight Problems Author:Kelly Cutrone
“Too many people are stuck on sickness benefits because of issues that could be addressed but instead are not, some have drug or alcohol problems, but refuse treatment. In other cases, people have problems with their weight that could be addressed, but instead a life on benefits rather than work becomes the choice.” PeopleLifeProblemChoicesCasesIssuesDrugBenefitsWeightRefuseAlcoholStuckSicknessTreatment Author:David Cameron
“We've got a recipe for disaster. It's huge -- this combination of body image issues and the drug's weight loss appeal.” BodyLossIssuesHugeDrugWeightDisasterAppealsCombinationRecipesBody ImageWeight Loss Author:Robert Hughes
“The welfare state has bred a generation of obnoxious, drug-addled criminals and ne'er-do-wells. It has also, incidentally, burdened what was once the world's biggest, most dynamic economy with the dead weight of an obstructive and vastly expensive state machine.” WorldWellsStatesEconomyGenerationsDrugMachinesWeightCriminalsWelfareExpensiveObnoxiousWelfare State Author:Martin Durkin
“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
“I was a big rugby player and into my motocross, so I lost loads of weight and a rumor went around the town that I had picked up a drug addiction!” BigsLostPlayerDrugWeightTownsAddictionLoadRumorRugbyDrug AddictionDrug AddictMotocross Author:John Newman
“I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight.” WayDrugWeightDietsPillsFastingAmerican Diet Author:Carre Otis