addiction-and-recovery

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311c114	If you can stop using substance or stop your addictive behavior for extended periods of time without craving, you are not dependent. You are dependent only if you can't stop without physical or psychological distress (you have unpleasant physical and/or psychological withdrawal symptoms) or if you stop and then relapse.	withdrawal drug-addiction relapse non-12-step alcohol-addiction addiction-and-recovery passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu chris-prentiss alcoholism	Chris Prentiss
6ef6822	"Like most people who decide to get sober, I was brought to Alcoholics Anonymous. While AA certainly works for others, its core propositions felt irreconcilable with my own experiences. I couldn't, for example, rectify the assertion that "alcoholism is a disease" with the facts of my own life. The idea that by simply attending an AA meeting, without any consultation, one is expected to take on a blanket diagnosis of "diseased addict" was to me, at best, patronizing. At worst, irresponsible. Irresponsible because it doesn't encourage people to turn toward and heal the actual underlying causes of their abuse of substances. I drank for thirteen years for REALLY good reasons. Among them were unprocessed grief, parental abandonment, isolation, violent trauma, anxiety and panic, social oppression, a general lack of safety, deep existential discord, and a tremendous diet and lifestyle imbalance. None of which constitute a disease, and all of which manifest as profound internal, mental, emotional and physical discomfort, which I sought to escape by taking external substances. It is only through one's own efforts to turn toward life on its own terms and to develop a wiser relationship to what's there through mindfulness and compassion that make freedom from addictive patterns possible. My sobriety has been sustained by facing life, processing grief, healing family relationships, accepting radically the fact of social oppression, working with my abandonment conditioning, coming into community, renegotiating trauma, making drastic diet and lifestyle changes, forgiving, and practicing mindfulness, to name just a few. Through these things, I began to relieve the very real pressure that compulsive behaviors are an attempt to resolve."	sobriety narcotics-anonymous xa na buddhism alcoholics-anonymous addiction addiction-and-recovery substance-abuse alcoholism recovery secularism oppression trauma	Noah Levine
35f8d51	I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again.	sobriety freedom life philosophy wisdom alcoholism-cure amazon bookstore end-the-cycle great-authors great-books kindle new-book nook cure-addiction author drug-addiction alcohol-addiction-treatment drug-addiction-treatment addiction-free alcohol-addiction addiction-and-recovery passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-cure alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse sober book self-help	Chris Prentiss
bf1403e	If those underlying conditions aren't treated, the return of those symptoms may cause us so much discomfort that we'll go back to using addictive drugs or alcohol to obtain relief. That's the primary reason there is such a high rate of relapse among people who have become dependent of alcohol and addictive drugs. It has little to do with alcohol and addiction themselves and almost everything to do with the original causes that created the dependency.	ecstasy prescription-abuse prescription-drugs dependency alcohol-addiction addiction-and-recovery alcohol-treatment-center passages-ventura pax-prentiss substance-abuse passages-malibu chris-prentiss drug-abuse alcoholism self-help heroin	Chris Prentiss
a9fa838	"Take a few minutes now and see your current circumstances- your physical condition, your emotional condition, your possessions, your financial condition, where and how you live, your relationships, the situations surrounding your life, and the way you believe other people see you- as mirrors showing you "Who You Are."	dependency addiction-and-recovery passages-ventura passages-malibu chris-prentiss self-improvement self-help	Chris Prentiss
5d9006e	The advertise their products in such a fashion as to make it seem wonderful to drink their ethanol products. It does not matter if they give their products fancy name like Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir, or if they put bubbles in an ethanol product and call it champagne or beer- everyone is selling ethanol.	beer ecstasy prescription-abuse prescription-drugs dependency alcohol-addiction addiction-and-recovery alcohol-treatment-center passages-ventura pax-prentiss substance-abuse passages-malibu chris-prentiss drug-abuse alcoholism self-help wine heroin	Chris Prentiss
4e05711	It is ethanol that everyone is after when they drink alcoholic beverages. That is what gives us the euphoric feeling, and that is what all vendors of alcoholic drinks are selling.	holistic-treatment addiction-and-recovery passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-treatment-center alcohol alcoholism	Chris Prentiss
dca1b95	The events that occur in my life are workout situations. They are there for my benefit so I can become strong and gain wisdom and information by working my way through those situations.	pain joy happiness life love philosophy wisdom addiction-free chris-prentiss-quotes addiction-and-recovery passages-ventura passages-malibu chris-prentiss philosophy-of-life peace guilt	Chris Prentiss
08d5137	If I were to create a word that more accurately describes alcoholism and addiction, I would say it was dependencyism. Sounds silly, doesn't it? Yet it's no sillier than the word alcoholism. The reason alcoholism no longer sounds silly to you is because you're used to hearing it, reading it, and thinking about it.	inspiration wisdom addiction-and-recovery alcohol-treatment-center passages-ventura pax-prentiss substance-abuse passages-malibu alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss alcoholism	Chris Prentiss

311c114

If you can stop using substance or stop your addictive behavior for extended periods of time without craving, you are not dependent. You are dependent only if you can't stop without physical or psychological distress (you have unpleasant physical and/or psychological withdrawal symptoms) or if you stop and then relapse.

withdrawal drug-addiction relapse non-12-step alcohol-addiction addiction-and-recovery passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu chris-prentiss alcoholism

Chris Prentiss

6ef6822

"Like most people who decide to get sober, I was brought to Alcoholics Anonymous. While AA certainly works for others, its core propositions felt irreconcilable with my own experiences. I couldn't, for example, rectify the assertion that "alcoholism is a disease" with the facts of my own life. The idea that by simply attending an AA meeting, without any consultation, one is expected to take on a blanket diagnosis of "diseased addict" was to me, at best, patronizing. At worst, irresponsible. Irresponsible because it doesn't encourage people to turn toward and heal the actual underlying causes of their abuse of substances. I drank for thirteen years for REALLY good reasons. Among them were unprocessed grief, parental abandonment, isolation, violent trauma, anxiety and panic, social oppression, a general lack of safety, deep existential discord, and a tremendous diet and lifestyle imbalance. None of which constitute a disease, and all of which manifest as profound internal, mental, emotional and physical discomfort, which I sought to escape by taking external substances. It is only through one's own efforts to turn toward life on its own terms and to develop a wiser relationship to what's there through mindfulness and compassion that make freedom from addictive patterns possible. My sobriety has been sustained by facing life, processing grief, healing family relationships, accepting radically the fact of social oppression, working with my abandonment conditioning, coming into community, renegotiating trauma, making drastic diet and lifestyle changes, forgiving, and practicing mindfulness, to name just a few. Through these things, I began to relieve the very real pressure that compulsive behaviors are an attempt to resolve."

sobriety narcotics-anonymous xa na buddhism alcoholics-anonymous addiction addiction-and-recovery substance-abuse alcoholism recovery secularism oppression trauma

Noah Levine

35f8d51

I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again.

sobriety freedom life philosophy wisdom alcoholism-cure amazon bookstore end-the-cycle great-authors great-books kindle new-book nook cure-addiction author drug-addiction alcohol-addiction-treatment drug-addiction-treatment addiction-free alcohol-addiction addiction-and-recovery passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-cure alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse sober book self-help

Chris Prentiss

bf1403e

If those underlying conditions aren't treated, the return of those symptoms may cause us so much discomfort that we'll go back to using addictive drugs or alcohol to obtain relief. That's the primary reason there is such a high rate of relapse among people who have become dependent of alcohol and addictive drugs. It has little to do with alcohol and addiction themselves and almost everything to do with the original causes that created the dependency.

ecstasy prescription-abuse prescription-drugs dependency alcohol-addiction addiction-and-recovery alcohol-treatment-center passages-ventura pax-prentiss substance-abuse passages-malibu chris-prentiss drug-abuse alcoholism self-help heroin

Chris Prentiss

a9fa838

"Take a few minutes now and see your current circumstances- your physical condition, your emotional condition, your possessions, your financial condition, where and how you live, your relationships, the situations surrounding your life, and the way you believe other people see you- as mirrors showing you "Who You Are."

dependency addiction-and-recovery passages-ventura passages-malibu chris-prentiss self-improvement self-help

Chris Prentiss

5d9006e

The advertise their products in such a fashion as to make it seem wonderful to drink their ethanol products. It does not matter if they give their products fancy name like Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir, or if they put bubbles in an ethanol product and call it champagne or beer- everyone is selling ethanol.

beer ecstasy prescription-abuse prescription-drugs dependency alcohol-addiction addiction-and-recovery alcohol-treatment-center passages-ventura pax-prentiss substance-abuse passages-malibu chris-prentiss drug-abuse alcoholism self-help wine heroin

Chris Prentiss

4e05711

It is ethanol that everyone is after when they drink alcoholic beverages. That is what gives us the euphoric feeling, and that is what all vendors of alcoholic drinks are selling.

holistic-treatment addiction-and-recovery passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-treatment-center alcohol alcoholism

Chris Prentiss

dca1b95

The events that occur in my life are workout situations. They are there for my benefit so I can become strong and gain wisdom and information by working my way through those situations.

pain joy happiness life love philosophy wisdom addiction-free chris-prentiss-quotes addiction-and-recovery passages-ventura passages-malibu chris-prentiss philosophy-of-life peace guilt

Chris Prentiss

08d5137

If I were to create a word that more accurately describes alcoholism and addiction, I would say it was dependencyism. Sounds silly, doesn't it? Yet it's no sillier than the word alcoholism. The reason alcoholism no longer sounds silly to you is because you're used to hearing it, reading it, and thinking about it.

inspiration wisdom addiction-and-recovery alcohol-treatment-center passages-ventura pax-prentiss substance-abuse passages-malibu alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss alcoholism

Chris Prentiss