William S. Burroughs Quotes about Addiction

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There isn't a feeling you can get on drugs that you can't get without drugs.

There isn't a feeling you can get on drugs that you can't get without drugs.

William S. Burroughs

Addiction, Drug, Feelings

Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the result is the same: addiction.

William S. Burroughs

Recovery, Addiction, Alcohol

I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness... When I speak of drug addiction I do not refer to keif, marijuana or any preparation of hashish, mescaline, Banisteriopsis caapi, LSD6, Sacred Mushrooms or any other drugs of the hallucinogen group... There is no evidence that the use of any hallucinogen results in physical dependence.

William S. Burroughs

Marijuana, Mushrooms, Addiction

"Deposition: Testimony Concerning a Sickness". William S. Burroughs' introduction to his book "Naked Lunch" (pp. 199-201), 1960 edition.

Addiction is a disease of exposure. Doctors and nurses, for instance, have a high addiction rate.

William S. Burroughs

Doctors, Nurse, Addiction

William S. Burroughs (2001). “Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997”, Semiotext

The Federal Narcotics Bureau does a grave disservice by disseminating a lot of misinformation. Most of what they say is such nonsense that I didn't believe them about addiction.

William S. Burroughs

Believe, Addiction, Doe

William S. Burroughs (2001). “Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997”, Semiotext

I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics in the first place? should never be asked. It is quite as irrelevant to treatment as it would be to ask a malarial patient why he went to a malarial area.

William S. Burroughs

Addiction, Firsts, Would Be

"Way out: a thematic reader". Book by Lois A. Michel (p. 121), 1968.