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When John left the band, I resented him for not being my friend and for abandoning our musical comradeship. But all the time that he was out of the band and going through his anguish, I prayed for him constantly. From going to meetings I'd learned that one of the reasons that alcoholics get loaded is because they harbor resentments. One of the techniques they teach to get rid of a resentment toward somebody is to pray for him or her to get everything that you want for yourself in life-to be loved, to be successful, to be healthy, to be rich, to be wonderful, to be happy, to be alive with the light and the love of the universe. It's a paradox, but it works. You sit there and pray for the person you can't stand to get everything on earth that you would want for yourself, and one day you're like 'I don't feel anything bad toward this person.


Anthony Kiedis


#life

I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. Books are unconvertible assets, to be passed on only to those who possess them already.


Anthony Powell


#being-a-reader #biblioholism #bookishness #books #learning

To have the beginning of a truly great story, you need to have a character you're completely and utterly obsessed with. Without obsession, to the point of a maddening addiction,there's no point to continue.


Jennifer Salaiz


#madness #obsession #writing #obsession

Mirrors on the ceiling, The pink champagne on ice And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device' And in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives, But they just can't kill the beast Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before 'Relax,' said the night man, 'We are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave ...


The Eagles


#california #gluttony #greed #shallowness #sin

Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb.


Anne Lamott


#addiction

An intensely gripping narrative...expertly crafted and totally addictive...a must read!


Maggie Reese


#bipolar-disorder #blog #blogger #depression #insomnia

Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive.


Loni Anderson


#already #body #cigarettes #craves #three

Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to the Internet and Internet gambling - grew by an alarming 20 percent between 2004 and 2005 alone.


Spencer Bachus


#alarming #alone #between #due #exposure

I prefer to say that I am a beautiful person. But the addict is a horrible person.


Daniel Baldwin


#am #beautiful #beautiful person #horrible #i

The addict will screw you over and lie to you and do all kinds of things.


Daniel Baldwin


#kinds #lie #over #screw #things