“If a man is to become fully himself - and this is not something that happens automatically just because you arrive at a particular age - he is going to have to give up some things in the process. Be it drugs, infidelity, childishness, lying, fear of intimacy, violence - none of these things contribute to being a man” IfsMenGivingHappensAgeLyingProcessViolenceParticularDrugGiving UpIntimacyInfidelityChildishness Author:Rod Stryker
“If you're an asshole, you have an excuse for being an asshole because you're a junkie. But then once you give up the drugs, and you're still an asshole, that's problematic.” IfsGivingStillsDrugGiving UpExcuseJunkie Author:Jerry Stahl
“The terror of drugs is a terror of giving up control. This is what people are most alarmed about by psychedelics, is the giving up control.” PeopleGivingDrugGiving UpTerrorGiving Up Control Author:Terence McKenna
“I'm a Christian. I'm committed to Jesus Christ and I want people to know about Christ, because it's the most wonderful thing. People can say, 'I'll try and give up drugs,' or 'I'll try and live a better life,' but actually, if you're trapped in that lifestyle, you need, I think, some supernatural power to get you out of it. It's not easy to get out of the kind of lifestyles those people are in where all your family are criminals and all your friends are criminals - that is not an easy break to make, and it is a hard thing for a lot of these people.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsGivingTryingKindHardChristianJesusEasyChristBreakWonderfulDrugGiving UpJesus ChristCommittedCriminalsLifestyleOur FamilyTrappedWonderful ThingsBetter LifeHard ThingsEasy To GetSupernatural Powers Author:Nicky Gumbel
“Drug addiction is an incredibly difficult challenge to manage on one's own. When I think of all the stories I've heard from people, the common denominator is that they all were ultimately able to find somebody who was willing to support them. Maybe it was someone they knew, like a parent or a sibling or a friend; other times it was a treatment center with a compassionate staff who didn't give up on them. That made all the difference.” PeopleThinkingGivingParentDifficultChallengesCommonSupportDrugGiving UpAddictionManageCompassionateSiblingDrug AddictionDrug Addict Author:Vivek Murthy
“I don't think the criticism is fair. I think the criticism is assuming that Donald Trump giving up on something. He's not. I think if you do end up seeing - if you do end up seeing - some type of agreement regarding DACA and this massive-but-not-wall border security, talking about technology and people, all the things that we need to stop drugs and illegals from coming across the border. If that does become the framework for an agreement that does not mean the president's giving up on his priorities.” PeopleThinkingGivingMeanTechnologySecurityDrugGiving UpCriticismAssumingPriorities Author:Mick Mulvaney
“I've written and passed laws to give Medicare beneficiaries access to life saving cancer drugs and to ensure that seniors don't have to give up the prospect of a cure when they go into hospice care.” GivingCareLawWrittenDrugGiving UpCancerAccessCuresSavingSeniorMedicareBeneficiariesLife SavingHospice Author:Ron Wyden