Jeffrey

“Patrick Carnes wrote an apt description of the addict’s behavior: “The addict substitutes a sick relationship to an event or a process for a healthy relationship with others. The addict’s relationship with a mood-altering experience becomes central to his life” (Carnes 2001, 14).”
― George Collins, Breaking the Cycle: Free Yourself from Sex Addiction, Porn Obsession, and Shame

“Richard Bandler suggested that one of the major blocks to creativity was the feeling of knowing you are right.”
― John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

“The experience was not of love growing but of its being no longer obscured.”
― Sam Harris, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

“The addict's purpose is to control another person as the source of his drug, the intoxicating effect of which is often enhanced by power, risk, or rage.”
― Connie A. Lofgreen, The Storm of Sex Addiction: Rescue and Recovery