“The pains that you suffer, the loneliness that you encounter, the experiences that are disappointing or distressing, the addictions and seeming pitfalls of your life are each doorways to awareness. Each offers you an opportunity to see beyond the illusion that serves as the balancing and growth of your soul.” SoulPainSufferingOpportunityGrowthAwarenessLonelinessOffersIllusionAddictionYour SoulEncountersSeemingDisappointingDoorwaysPitfallsDistressing Author:Gary Zukav
“Advertising doesn't cause addictions. But it does create a climate of denial and it contributes mightily to a belief in the quick fix, instant gratification, the dreamworld, and escape from all pain and boredom. All of this is part of what addicts believe and what we hope for when we reach for our particular substance.... Addiction begins with the hope that something "out there" can instantly fill up the emptiness inside. Advertising is all about this false hope.” BelieveDoePainBeliefCausesParticularClimateAddictionAdvertisingDenialSubstanceInstantBoredomEmptinessAddictGratificationInstant GratificationFalse HopeQuick FixesEmptiness Inside Author:Jean Kilbourne
“I was into pain reduction and mind expansion, but what I've ended up with is pain expansion and mind reduction.” MindPainAddictionExpansionAlcoholismReduction Book:Postcards From the Edge Source: Postcards From the Edge
“[On her morphine addiction:] I was meant to 'taper off.' At times I felt such pains as must afflict a creature while a bigger beast eats and claws at its middle. God-awful things were hiding underneath my bed, and it was no use telling me they were not there - I knew they were, and felt their dreadful ever-changing shapes.” UsePainFeltMiddleShapesBedCreaturesBiggerAddictionAwfulBeastHidingClawsMorphine Author:Evalyn Walsh McLean
“I wanted a drink. There were a hundred reasons why a man will want a drink, but I wanted one now for the most elementary reason of all. I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was telling me that I needed a drink, that I couldn't bear it without it. But that voice is a liar. You can always bear the pain. It'll hurt, it'll burn like acid in an open wound, but you can stand it. And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.” MenWantFeelsLongReasonFeelingsWantedPainVoiceHurtGoes OnBearsNeededDrinkHundredAddictionWoundsReason WhyReliefLiarsKeep GoingAcid Author:Lawrence Block
“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