David Sheff

“The motivations for using drugs, often it's pretty obvious and common: you know, peer pressure. You know, kids are struggling growing up.”

“Every relapse is dangerous, but often it takes multiple relapses before someone finally gets sober for good.”

“Relapse is very dangerous. However, relapse can be a symptom of the disease. Sometimes there are multiple relapses before you get sober and stay sober.”

“Though addiction is a disease - a brain disease that's often progressive - addicts who relapse are often blamed.”

“You know, we think about addiction as a morally reprehensible choice, but addicts act crazy because, in a way, that they are.”

“Nick spent his first years on walks in his stroller and Snugli, playing in Berkeley parks and baby gyms and visiting zoos and aquariums. His mother and I divorced when he was 4. No child ben...”

“Like most people I knew, I thought drug addicts were the kinds of people we see in doorways in neighbourhoods most of us try to avoid - people obviously strung out, often homeless and possib...”

“The war on drugs is a joke. We spend $40 billion a year, and the proof that it's a failure is that any kid can get almost any drug they want in any city in America within half an hour.”