Top 10 best quotes about addictions

Addiction is a condition where a person becomes physically or psychologically dependent on a substance, action, or behavior. Addiction can lead to serious problems in life, such as poor health, reduced quality of life, social isolation, and even death. There are several types of addictions: physical (for example drugs, alcohol, and some drugs), psychological (for example gambling, the Internet, social networks, sex, food, and others), mixed (for example smoking, which causes physical dependence on nicotine, and psychological dependence on the habit of smoking), dependence on behavior (example: drug addiction, alcoholism, prostitution and other forms of unwanted behavior). Addiction is a serious problem and it is important to understand its types in order to determine how to treat it.

Here are 10 quotes about different addictions:

• The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.  -Samuel Johnson (addiction to substances)
• Addiction is the only prison where the locks are on the inside. –Dianna Jennings  (addiction to substances)
• We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking. -Santosh Kalwar (addiction to negative thinking)
• Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. -Elizabeth Gilbert (addiction to relationships)
• Addiction is a self-destructive behavior that destroys everything in its path. -Unknown (addiction to gambling)
• Addiction begins with the hope that something “out there” can instantly fill up the emptiness inside. -Jean Kilbourne (addiction to shopping)
• Addiction is a disease, but it’s the only disease that tries to convince you that you don’t have it. -Unknown (addiction to substances)
• The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Nelson Mandela (addiction to alcohol)
• It’s not the drugs that make a drug addict, it’s the need to escape reality. -Unknown (addiction to drugs)
• Addiction is a family disease. One person may use, but the whole family suffers. -Unknown (addiction to substances)