Addiction quotes

“I think that addiction is a very, very important thing that has to be treated, but has to be treated as a health problem and not as a police problem.”
Wagner Moura

“Addiction isn't the problem, it's the solution. And until you remove the solution, you can't see clearly what the problem is. This anger isn't about me. Who are you really angry with?”

CCH Pounder - Julie Marsden

“- Donnie Azoff: Jesus Christ, I think you have a fuckin' drug problem.
- Jordan Belfort: Where are the 'ludes'?
- Donnie Azoff: They're up my ass. Don't worry about it, I got it.
- Jordan Belfort: [sigh of relief] Thank God.”
Jonah Hill - Donnie Azoff
Leonardo DiCaprio - Jordan Belfort

“For the people who don't do drugs, or just do them occasionally, it's something that becomes your life, and you belong. You finally hit bottom and you know who you are, because you can't go any lower.”
Val Kilmer - Danny Parker

“- Angel: Poppy, would you pass the sugar, please?
- Poppy: Okay, but it's really bad for you. Eight times more addictive than cocaine. Five times more likely to cause death. But it's legal. So, you go ahead, knock yourself out. Don't get me started on tobacco and alcohol. Peddle that stuff and you're in Fortune 500. But me? No! I'm out here...” (continue) (continue reading)
Tom Benedict Knight - Angel
Julianne Moore - Poppy

“- Buddy Amaral: You know, I don't think I've ever bought a woman a grilled cheese, before.
- Abby Janello: Oh, yeah. Well, my kids love them, and after a while, you kinda get hooked.
- Buddy Amaral: I'm sure they have a gum for that too.”
Ben Affleck - Buddy Amaral
Gwyneth Paltrow - Abby Janello

“- Phoebe: My last boyfriend was an alcoholic and I promised myself I would never date an addict again.
- Adam: I'm not an alcoholic.”
Gwyneth Paltrow - Phoebe
Mark Ruffalo - Adam

“All addiction is progressive. The addict always needs to take greater risks.”
David Morrissey - Michael Glass

“My mother was a real whore and a junkie, and she traded me for $10 and a fix.”
Lynn Whitfield - Victoria

“You know, booze isn't really your drug of choice anyway. You're addicted to chaos. For some of us, it's coke. For some of us, it's bourbon. But you? You got hooked on disaster.”

William Hurt - Doyle's Sponsor

“I like blackjack a little more than I should.”
Jason Statham - Nick Wild

“- Priest: If you begin drinking again, what will happen?
- Dave Robicheaux: I would lose everything.
- Priest: But knowing this, knowing that you would lose everything, you would lose your wife, your business, and your self-respect, still, you want to drink.
- Dave Robicheaux: Yes I do.
- Priest: You're absolved of your sins. Go in peace.”
Christopher Kriesa - Priest
Alec Baldwin - Dave Robicheaux

- Charlie Anderson: Remember, if they ask you anything about your drinking, it's totally acceptable to say "I don't recall".
- Whip Whitaker: Hey, don't tell me how to lie about my drinking, okay? I know how to lie about my drinking. I've been lying about my drinking my whole life.
Bruce Greenwood - Charlie Anderson
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“You better pray to whatever god you believe in that your character knows what the hell it's doing. I thought I was a man of character. Good character. Then I made a mistake. A bad one that changed everything. That's why I found myself walking into a lousy L.A. bar to buy some Phenolcitrate, synthetic heroin, my personal favorite.”
David Duchovny - Dr. Eugene Sands

“- Xavier Red: What, mommy and daddy won't be all worried about their baby girl?
- Amy Blue: My mom used to be a heroin addict, and now she's a Scientologist.”
Johnathon Schaech - Xavier Red
Rose McGowan - Amy Blue

“I wasn't there anymore. I'd become addicted to a lifestyle of money, sex, and power that was lightyears away from family or anything I'd ever experienced.”
Luke Wilson - Jack Harris

“It really is the end of the world.”

Mike Epps - L.J.

“Well, to begin with, nobody, and I mean nobody, can talk a junkie out of using. You can talk to them for years but sooner or later they're gonna get ahold of something. Maybe it's not dope. Maybe it's booze, maybe it's glue, maybe it's gasoline. Maybe it's a gunshot to the head. But something. Something to relieve the pressures of their everyday...” (continue) (continue reading)
Matt Dillon - Bob

“You got your rich dilettante square-ass who dabbles now and then and always has enough money to run off to the Riviera if he feels he's fucking around to the danger point. Street junkies hate these pricks, but they're always suckers, and their money makes them tolerable. Then you got your upper-middle-class Westchester preppies... same as the...” (continue) (continue reading)

Leonardo DiCaprio - Jim Carroll

“Show me a Catholic, and I'll show you a junkie.”

Scott Wilson - Capt. Billy Cutshaw

“Marijuana is not a drug. I used to suck dick for coke. Now that's an addiction. You ever suck some dick for marijuana?”
Bob Saget - Cocaine Addict

“You were the soul of this band, now every time you're around you're just drunk. The drunk soul of a blind junkie. What a lovely couple.”

Jamie Foxx - Ray Charles

“The biggest problem with my addiction was that, like all addictions, it sneaks up on you slowly; you give into it incrementally in an almost imperceptible way.”
Luke Wilson - Jack Harris

“Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia.”
Barbet Schroeder

“When you're on junk you have only one worry: scoring. When you're off it you are suddenly obliged to worry about all sorts of other shite. Got no money: can't get pissed. Got money: drinking too much. Can't get a bird: no chance of a ride. Got a bird: too much hassle. You have to worry about bills, about food, about some football team that never...” (continue) (continue reading)
Ewan Gordon McGregor - Mark Renton