'Higher Power' was the result of a personal experience: a friend of mine who went through the process of addiction and recovery. It's a very, very tough thing - very easy to become addicted and very, very hard to become a recovering addict.
When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection.
Marijuana is a much bigger part of the American addiction problem than most people - teens or adults - realize.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy.
Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
This dark diction has become America's addiction.
I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.
Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil.
A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.
It is time to end the discrimination against people who need treatment for chemical addiction. It is time for Congress to deal with our Nation's number one public health problem.
I am glad that Wimbledon is my last slam. I love the atmosphere and courts of SW19, and it is an addiction, which I will find tough to give up.
Exercise is like an addiction. Once you're in it, you feel like your body needs it.
I have a slight addiction to Diet Coke, and, of course, I absolutely shouldn't touch it because it makes the kidneys work really hard.
That is the one single word that the food industry hates: 'addiction.' They much prefer words like 'crave-ability' and 'allure.'
I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.
That's it. With equal parts regret and relief, the Jane's Addiction experiment is at an end.
Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a threat to our national security, and we must address that threat.
I have a bit of a traveling addiction, and, ah, yeah. I went to, ah, Bali this summer.
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.
Working and being involved in multiple businesses and fixing things has almost turned into an addiction, but I can't seem to want to change it.
For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.
I was happier when pursuing success than I was when savoring its fruits; the attraction, perhaps the addiction, was in the process, as much as in its end.
It is hard to understand addiction unless you have experienced it.
I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.
There's a certain addiction to sweat, for sure. I'm not the same person without it. If I don't get my hour of exercise in every day, then I'm not the person that I want to be.
I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.
I don't have, you know, an 'overcoming addiction' story, other than the guitar itself, and I haven't overcome that. I don't have a jail time, you know, story, or any arrests.
I have a bag and shoe addiction. If I were a doctor or a lawyer, I'd still have it.
America's addiction to violence is partly evident in the heroes it chooses to glorify.
Pomegranate juice has staying power. It's not a fad. Once people have tasted POM Wonderful, they say they are addicted - and it's a good addiction to have.
All behavioral or mood disorders - including depression, OCD, ADHD and addiction - have some neurochemical components, but sufferers can still work to overcome them.
A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has not been my experience. I don't find it to have anything to do with strength.
We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as possible, and we need to develop new technologies that can further help address our addiction to oil in the future.
