“Cognitive states of mind are seldom addictive, since they depend upon exploration of the world, and the individual encounter with the individual object, whose appeal is outside the subject's control. Addiction arises when the subject has full control over a pleasure and can ponder it at will. It is primarily a matter of sensory pleasure, and involves a kind of short-circuiting of the pleasure network. Addiction is characterized by a loss of the emotional dynamic that would otherwise govern an outward-directed, cognitively creative life.” WorldMindKindMatterStatesIndividualLossPleasureCreativeSubjectsObjectsEmotionalDependsAddictionAriseAppealsEncountersExplorationState Of MindPonderingCognitiveSensoryCreative Life Author:Roger Scruton
“I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present the CliffNotes of the emotional me, as opposed to the twelve-column read.” KindMeanDesireEmotionalWasteAddictionChemicalsTwelveColumns Author:Carrie Fisher
“Addiction might be redefined not as a character flaw but as a "biochemical deficit management." Our emotional habits will become an accepted factor of good health, along with slogans like "Heartache can be harmful to your unborn children."” ChildrenCharacterMightPainEmotionalHabitManagementAddictionAcceptedFactorsTherapyHeartacheInjuryFlawsDeficitSlogansGood HealthUnbornUnborn ChildCharacter Flaws Book:Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign Source: Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign
“I am on an emotional roller coaster ride to survive and to conquer obesity, not only for myself but also for everyone that battles some kind of addiction.” KindEmotionalBattleAddictionConquerObesityRoller CoasterCoastersRoller Coaster Rides Author:Ruby Gettinger
“We all know to feel sympathy for those who've suffered from drug addiction, child abuse, and terminal illness, so the set up elicits an emotional response that the story itself very well may not earn. Energy generated by the fiction itself is likely to produce more light.” KnowsFeelsWellsMayChildrenStoriesLightEnergyFictionProduceEmotionalDrugAbuseResponseAddictionIllnessChild AbuseDrug AddictionDrug AddictTerminalEmotional ResponseTerminal Illness Author:Anthony Marra
“Complications take many forms, including an imbalanced lifestyle, toxic relationships, hidden emotional debts, resistance, indecision, addictions, and negative conditioned beliefs. When our life is overly complicated, we're weighed down by superfluous things at every level.” FormLife IsBeliefLevelsOur LivesEmotionalNegativeAddictionIncludingComplicatedDebtLifestyleResistanceToxicSuperfluousComplicationIndecisionToxic Relationship Author:Deepak Chopra