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Born:
Aug 24
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1947
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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism.
bell hooks
Life
Death
Food
Terrorism
Poverty
Every
Addiction
State
Our
Extreme
No Life
Drink
Life-Threatening
Abuse
Toxic
Domestic
Child
Child Abuse
Closer
Whether
Warfare
Us
Bodies
Act
Found
Mundane
Brings
Violence
Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All too often, lives and families can be shattered by it.
Kate Middleton
Too
Addiction
Complex
Destructive
Impact
Devastating
Simply
Shattered
Families
Hugely
Disease
Often
Lives
All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.
W. H. Auden
Addiction
Addictive
Tend
Point
Terminal
Sins
All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
You
Suffering
Stress
Looking
Addiction
Realizing
Addiction is a tough illness, and recovery from it is a hard but noble path. Men and women who walk that path deserve our support, encouragement, and admiration.
Sheldon Whitehouse
Women
Walk
Path
Men
Men And Women
Tough
Encouragement
Addiction
Our
Admiration
Recovery
Noble
Support
Hard
Who
Illness
Deserve
Qualities you need to get through medical school and residency: Discipline. Patience. Perseverance. A willingness to forgo sleep. A penchant for sadomasochism. Ability to weather crises of faith and self-confidence. Accept exhaustion as fact of life. Addiction to caffeine a definite plus. Unfailing optimism that the end is in sight.
Khaled Hosseini
Life
Faith
You
Patience
Perseverance
School
Discipline
Weather
Addiction
Definite
Sight
Crises
Willingness
Ability
Plus
Fact
Through
Self-Confidence
Caffeine
Qualities
Accept
Exhaustion
End
Optimism
Get
Forgo
Residency
Medical
Medical School
Need
Sleep
What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.
Moby
Life
Me
You
People
Behavior
Addiction
State
Okay
Destroys
Would
About
Feel
Obsessive
Most
Toxic
Altered
Because
Normal
Normal Life
Aspects
Your
Choose
Moment
Fascinates
Brief
Brief Moment
Consciousness
It is hard to understand addiction unless you have experienced it.
Ken Hensley
You
Addiction
Unless
Understand
Experienced
Hard
Addiction isn't about substance - you aren't addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.
Susan Cheever
You
Addicted
Addiction
Mood
About
Alteration
Substance
Brings
No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.
Patrick J. Kennedy
People
Addiction
Immune
Classes
No-One
Afflicts
Races
Ages
Professions
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