Addiction quotes

“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

“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

“The only thing I've ever been addicted to in my life is sugar.”
Crispin Glover

- Moondog: If I may suggest, your honor, I was told about this amazing rehab facility in the Virgin Islands that's got an open bar and 24 hour time massage. A little "jerky-jerk" to take the edge off you in the detox period. Drain the old jizz pipe with the anti toxins.
- Judge: Excuse me?
- Moondog: All due respect to my own personal fluid... (continue)(continue reading)
Matthew McConaughey - Moondog
Jo Marie Payton - Judge

“I kind of have an addictive personality. I think if I'm doing any kind of social media that will take up my entire day. And I like people not knowing what I'm doing. I'd much rather call a friend or see a friend.”

Rebecca Ferguson

“- Don Birnam: It's too late. I wouldn't know how to start!
- Helen St. James: The only way to start is to stop!”

Ray Milland - Don Birnam
Jane Wyman - Helen St. James

“- Don Birnam: Why'd they put me in the alcoholic ward?
- 'Bim' Nolan, Male Nurse: Are you kiddin'? We had a peak of your blood. Straight apple jack. 96 proof.”
Ray Milland - Don Birnam
Frank Faylen - 'Bim' Nolan

“We're both trying, Don. You're trying not to drink, and I'm trying not to love you.”
Jane Wyman - Helen St. James

“There's bars on planes now? This is... Man, I wish my mother was still alive to see this. She was an alcoholic, but a nice one.”
Adam Sandler - Nick Spitz

“- Jesse Pinkman: All right, so where's my money?
- Walter White: Ha!
- Jesse Pinkman: What?
- Walter White: You are joking, right? If I gave you that money, you would be dead inside of a week.
- Jesse Pinkman: Yo man, look, I'm off the heroin. I didn't even like it anyway, it made me sick. And the meth, y'know, I could take it or leave it. I'm...” (continue)(continue reading)

Aaron Paul - Jesse Pinkman
Bryan Cranston - Walter White

“- Sherlock Holmes: You've painted me as a hopeless dope addict just because I occasionally take a five-percent solution of cocaine.
- Dr. Watson: A seven-percent solution...
- Sherlock Holmes: Five percent. Don't you think I'm aware you've been diluting it behind my back?
- Dr. Watson: As a doctor, as well as your friend, I strongly disapprove...” (continue)(continue reading)
Robert Stephens - Sherlock Holmes
Colin Blakely - Dr. Watson

“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