“Creative people probably do run a greater risk of alcoholism a...
“Creative people probably do run a greater risk of alcoholism and addiction than those in other jobs, but so what? We all look pretty much the same when we’re puking in the gutter.” - Stephen King
Being addicted to laughter seems so great but the addiction to no matter who satis...
Being addicted to laughter seems so great but the addiction to no matter who satisfies you, no matter who you love, you're never gonna be satisfied with that one person's laugh, you need more and more until there's no more people to make laugh. -Unknown
"The [Social Media] incentive structure is to maximize 'eng...
"The [Social Media] incentive structure is to maximize 'engagement,' which is a sanitized way of talking about addiction." -Jaron Lanier (during interview from the Ezra Klein podcast)
"What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebo...
"What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction." - Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
We’re all just one step away from a psychotic break.—One ...
We’re all just one step away from a psychotic break.—One wrong answer from a drug addiction. One bad day from becoming homeless. One moment away from any given crisis. - Unknown
It is intriguing to consider that disorders such as depression, OCD and addiction could be functio...
It is intriguing to consider that disorders such as depression, OCD and addiction could be functional in some sense, perhaps working to resist a more catastrophic collapse to primary consciousness—onset of a psychotic episode, for example—by reinforcing stable patterns of activity.—RL Carhart-Harris
"Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a diseas...
"Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it."-Jeanette Winterson
In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds ...
In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. -Ivan Illich, philosopher and priest (1926-2002)