addiction

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. (107)

One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order to first assure personal fortification is not selfish, but to elude needless self-destruction; martyrdom is only practical when the thought is to die, else a good man faces the consequence of digging a hole from which he cannot escape, and truly helps no one in the long run.

I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.

Jesus came to bring life more abundantly. He came to save the soulsick, to deliver those bound up in sin, to break the chains of bondage and addiction. He came to heal the hurting, and comfort and restore the used, abused, bruised, battered, and broken. He came to forgive the worst sinner and to bring life to the lifeless. He came to reconcile us with God so we can have relationship with our Father.

Be careful not to appear obsessively intellectual. When intelligence fills up, it overflows a parody.

I loved books, even as I loved the similar way opium had of transporting a mind elsewhere

Addiction to reading... There are worse things in the world to be Addicted to. I admire your hobby choice it's mine as well.

He read because it gave him instant gratification in a way nothing else did,and as was the case with all addicts,gratification was the important thing.

Reading is an addiction, much like living and breathing is an addiction.

I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions.

Reading is an addiction that I adore.

A lot of people here some South in your mouth, and they automatically think you're dumb. They think if you talk funny, you are funny. _ Lloyd Hand

We are all hungry for genuine connection and caring, and we will not get this unless we find our Soul's tribe. If we don't find this, we'll kill ourselves, either by finding an addiction to mask the pain or by ignoring what we need to stay healthy.

The Bible does not deny that we were various things__ddicts, homosexuals, hateful, prideful, pornographic masturbators__ut that is what we were (past tense) (1 Cor. 6:9-11; Titus 3:3-5). The emphasis in Scripture is on what we are and what we are called to be. The Christian does not say, Hello, my name is _____ and I am an X Y or Z._ The Christian says I was dead, but now I am alive. The Christian says I am a struggling sinner, yet I am a saint. The Christians says I am a new creation; I am transformed.

Change is inevitable. Progression is a choice. We all move, but are you going to move forward?

Stop looking back when your future is ahead of you

If you do not cultivate your life's environment, you will not captivate the worlds enlightenment.

Don__ ever forget you are beautiful, although your life, your past and your present situation may be ugly. You are beautiful.