At first, addiction is maintained by pleasure, but the intensity of this pleasure gradually diminishes and the addiction is then maintained by the avoidance of pain. — Frank Tallis
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- At first, addiction is maintained by pleasure, but the intensity of this pleasure gradually diminishes and the addiction is then maintained by the avoidance of pain.
- At first, addiction is maintained by pleasure, but the intensity of this pleasure gradually diminishes and the addiction is then maintained by the avoidance of pain.
- A shot to kill the pain. A pill to drain the shame. A purge to end the gain
- “At the root of all addiction is pain.”
- At the root of all addiction is pain
- There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain
- I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge
- Where life is seen as a burden, full of unpleasant and useless struggles
- Life may bring us pain Jobs may give us gain So take the gain
- “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.” – Rosa Parks