Overcoming Addiction Quotes

“This book is dedicated, with love, to Bobby, who has found the only pound of pure- Faith in a Loving God.”
― Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream

“A ship doesn't sink because it is in the ocean in the midst of a storm. It only sinks when the hull is breached, and the ocean get inside it.”
― Arthur Jackson Jr., Out of the Darkness: One mans journey from a New Orleans gangster to a Licensed Minister.

“Remember that anything you bring to your
life again and again will not give you the
same excitement as it gave you the first
time. It can only lead to addiction, not
happiness.
- HDH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivoham, in the book "Living Enlightenment”
― Paramahamsa Nithyananda, Living Enlightenment

“Through thought discipline comes self discipline. Actions are products of thoughts.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“[When] man directs his organs of sense through which he enjoys, towards the object of his desire, he can never be satisfied, and his desires increase in double force.

On the contrary, if he can direct his organs of sense inward towards his Self, at that time he can satisfy his heart immediately.”
― Yukteswar Giri, The Holy Science

“The opposite of addiction is connection.”
― Pamela Cox