“In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.” SelfMomentsChristAnswersForgetWorryStruggleProtectElementsStressAddictionStormFists Author:Ann Voskamp
“No construction stiff working overtime takes more stress and straining than we did just to stay high.” StressAddictionConstructionHeroin Author:Gus Van Sant
“While the Internet generally tends to have a stress-relieving function for adults - as long as they aren't inclined toward sex addiction - I don't see this being the case for adolescents.” LongSexCasesInternetAdultsFunctionStressAddictionSex AddictionStress Relieving Author:Volkmar Sigusch
“I think stress is an addiction. It can be tied to work addiction or busyness addiction or success addiction.” ThinkingStressAddictionTied Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“Science is now documenting that it's not the objects of meditation that are important, it's the process of paying attention to them - the attending - that actually influences the organism in a whole range of different ways. The brain changes significantly enough to impact thought, emotion, and other biological functions. Today, people recognize that they're not going to find well-being from the outside, or from a pill; they're going to find it by looking inside. All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.” PeopleImportantDifferentEnoughTodaySufferingRealizingEmotionAttentionBrainMeditationInfluenceStressAddictionPay Attention Author:Jon Kabat-Zinn
“All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.” SufferingRealizingStressAddiction Author:Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better” WayPositiveStressAddictionGet BetterAffirmationAddictDrug AddictionDrug AddictRecoveringAddiction RecoveryDrug Addiction RecoveryAddicts In RecoveryInspirational Addiction RecoveryOvercoming AddictionInspirational RecoveryDrug RecoveryMotivational RecoveryInspirational Drug Recovery Author:Emile Coue
“Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.” PeopleWellsHardMotivationalTimeFaithStressAddictionBe GoodHard TimesBad TimesLive WellLife WisdomGood Times Bad Times Author:Saint Augustine
“The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.” MindHappinessHeavenInspiringAttitudeVisionHellPositive ThinkingStressAddictionRecoveryHeaven And HellGreat HappinessAddiction RecoveryLooking For HappinessAddicts In RecoveryInspirational Addiction RecoveryMy Own Happiness Author:John Milton
“The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.” MenFactsAbilityHumilityStressAddictionSuperiorsLimitationLife WisdomSuperior ManChinese PhilosophyChinese Philosopher Author:Confucius
“A hurt is at the center of all addictive behaviors. . . . The wound may not be as deep and the ache not as excruciating, and it may even be entirely hidden—but it’s there. As we’ll see, the effects of early stress or adverse experiences directly shape both the psychology and the neurobiology of addiction in the brain” MayHurtBrainPsychologyEffectsShapesBehaviorStressAddictionWoundsAcheAdverseNeurobiology Author:Gabor Mate
“The inability to cope with stress can lead to addiction.” StressAddictionDependenceAddictCopingStress ReliefStress ManagementSubstance AbuseCoping Mechanisms Author:Wayne Gerard Trotman