Love and Addiction Quotes

“to the world, and there is no more powerful expression of that relatedness than love, or true responsiveness to another person. The issue of love versus addiction is one that is very close to our lives, and thus one that we can do something about as individuals. The environment that is most important to us is the human one. This is why, when we get addicted, we tend to get addicted to people. Similarly, our best hope of breaking out of addiction is by learning better ways of dealing with people. This is true not only for romantic involvements but also for family ties and friendships. Our families have”
― Stanton Peele, Love and Addiction

“From this perspective, love at first sight becomes understandable in the sense that addiction to heroin on the first injection is understandable.”
― Stanton Peele, Love and Addiction

“ask a group of your friends about their smoking histories some time over dinner—keeping in mind that smoking is at the top of the list of hardest addictions to quit.)”
― Stanton Peele, Love and Addiction

“About 14 or 15 years ago, I was 60 years old, just a kid with a crazy dream. Since then I’ve taken a lot of Prozac, Paxil, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Ritalin, Focalin. I’ve also studied deeply in the philosophies and the religions, but cheerfulness kept breaking through. But I want to tell you something that I think will not easily be contradicted—there ain’t no cure for love. —Leonard Cohen, Introduction to “Ain’t No Cure for Love,” Live in London”
― Stanton Peele, Love and Addiction