Opinion | Matthew Perry and the Loneliness of Addiction
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Opinion | Matthew Perry and the Loneliness of Addiction
In all honesty, to heal from this requires as rigorous a program of recovery as alcoholics enlist, including sponsors who will love us for who we are.
Mark Nepo • The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
In biochemical terms, any addictive substance or behavior is self-medication, self-administered emotional pain relief. But the ADD person is also treating herself for a condition she is not even aware of having.
Gabor Maté • Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
Nobody has a drinking problem and then stops and then drinks socially and it’s fine. The disease just picks up.
Matthew Perry • Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: 'A candid, darkly funny book' New York Times
What I love about drug addicts, one of many things, is that they don’t care about the news. News is an abstraction.