The road to sobriety is not easy and rehabilitation and the recovery process are not to be taken lightly.

I have a pretty keen ethical compass.

Narcissism is not about self love. It's a clinical trait that belies a deep sense of emptiness, low self-esteem, emotional detachment, self-loathing, extreme problems with intimacy.

Unfortunately, it's not against the law in this country to drink yourself to death.

No matter how difficult life becomes, there is always hope.

The history of the office of First Lady had not been kind to those with mental health issues.

We want to blame people who have brain disorders -- they should somehow be able to magically rise above it. It's a profound misconception.

Secrets keep addicts ill and cost lives.

The term 'doctor' has been so abused lately! I didn't live in a hospital for 10 years so that term could be bastardized.

If you have a history of being attracted to people who have failed you in relationships, find people that aren't so exciting and aren't quite so attractive. Try that on for size and see if you can tolerate that.

Big people take care of little people; we must live up to that trust.

It's bizarre to me that you can have political commentators, sports commentators, weather commentators, but with medicine, people go, You can't do that.

Humans need intimacy. We've destroyed it in our country.

My goal was always to be part of pop culture and relevant to young people, to interact with the people they hold in high esteem.

The way people get hooked on fame... it can behave very much like an addiction.

I love everything about the human experience.

When I started out, no one would talk to young people about HIV or AIDS. I looked around and radio looked like a powerful way to shape culture in a healthy way.

People who have had severe childhood traumas lack the ability to regulate emotions and, as a result, gravitate toward whatever primitive means they can come up with.

Childhood trauma is the rocket fuel for addictive pathology, and this fundamental truth is laid bare in 'Patrick Melrose.'

Treatment of alcohol addiction can take many forms.