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“I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat.
That was until I became one...”
― Painkiller Addict: From Wreckage to Redemption - My True Story
That was until I became one...”
― Painkiller Addict: From Wreckage to Redemption - My True Story
“Every time I draw a clean breath, I'm like a fish out of water.”
― Narcotics Anonymous
― Narcotics Anonymous
“At the bottom of every person's dependency, there is always pain, Discovering the pain and healing it is an essential step in ending dependency.”
― The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
― The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“It is time to embrace mental health and substance use/abuse as illnesses. Addiction is a disease.”
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“If I had to offer up a one sentence definition of addiction, I'd call it a form of mourning for the irrecoverable glories of the first time...addiction can show us what is deeply suspect about nostalgia. That drive to return to the past isn't an innocent one. It's about stopping your passage to the future, it's a symptom of fear of death, and the love of predictable experience.
And the love of predictable experience, not the drug itself, is the major damage done to users.”
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And the love of predictable experience, not the drug itself, is the major damage done to users.”
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Lauren’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lauren’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
7 books
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1 friend
4 books
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72 friends
2 books
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156 friends
9 books
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27 friends
0 books
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12 friends
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