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d73db23	Alcohol and drugs are not the problems; they are what people are using to help themselves cope with the problems. Those problems always have both physical and psychological components- anything from anemia, hypoglycemia, or a sluggish thyroid to attention deficient disorder, brain-wave pattern imbalances, or deep emotional pain.	drug-addiction alcohol-addiction pax-prentiss addiction-cure addiction-treatment alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse	Chris Prentiss
2982823	Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it. That's a terrible thing to inflict on someone. Labeling alcoholism as a disease, a cause unto itself, simply no longer fits with what we know today about its causes.	confidence addictions-treatment-centers alcohol-disease cure-addiction overcome-addiction rehab-centers addiction passages-rehab passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu addiction-treatment chris-prentiss healing-abuse healing-trauma healing alcoholism disease change-the-world self-image	Chris Prentiss
c54e764	Depression can be due to a low endocrine function, nutritional deficiencies, blood sugar problems, food allergies, or systemic yeast infection. Depression can also result from medical illnesses such as stroke, heart attack, cancer, Parkinson's disease, and hormonal disorder. It can also be caused by a serious loss, a difficult relationship, a financial problem, or any stressful, unwelcome life change.	reading depression sadness cause-of-depression passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center chris-prentiss quotes	Chris Prentiss
db14a86	To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they are addicts or alcoholics so they can speak in a meeting is shameful and demoralizing.	change philosophy recovering-addict passages-treatment rehab holistic-treatment passages-rehab non-12-step life-improvement passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu addiction-treatment alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss healing-abuse healing alcoholism therapy alcoholic recovery self-help	Chris Prentiss
0db7694	One of the first actions we take at Passages is to ruthlessly scrutinize, always under a doctor's supervision and care, the specific necessity of any mind- altering or mood-altering medications that our clients are taking. As soon as any non essential drugs are out of their systems, the feelings they were trying to suppress usually emerge. When that happens, we can see what symptoms the client was masking with drugs or alcohol.	depression drug-addiction alcohol-addiction-treatment drug-addiction-treatment holistic-treatment holistic-health non-12-step alcohol-addiction passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse quotes	Chris Prentiss
e1456ef	"...there is a saying used in twelve-step programs and in most treatment centers that "Relapse is part of recovery." It's another dangerous slogan that is based on a myth, and it only gives people permission to relapse because that think that when they do, they are on the road to recovery."	reading books relapse alcoholics-anonymous passages-malibu addiction-cure addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse alcoholism recovery	Chris Prentiss
3e7ed5c	Only discovering and healing the root causes of each individual's dependency puts an end to dependency. One-on-one sessions are key because the individual issues at the core of dependency are just that- completely individual.	change philosophy addiction-help addiction-philosophy change-the-world-change-life healing-addiction holistic-therapy one-on-one-therapy non12step chris-prenitss non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-treatment alcoholism	Chris Prentiss
7fd5f17	The treatment must fit the malady and the malady is not alcoholism or addiction, or addictive drugs and alcohol. Once the correct cause is diagnosed, healing will take place and hoped-for cure will come about.	depression addictive-drugs holistic-healing alcohol-rehab drug-rehab passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-cure addiction-treatment alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse health	Chris Prentiss
00cdb23	Staying sober is easy once you have been successful in healing the underlying conditions that were responsible for your dependency in the first place.	addiction-rehab california-rehab malibu-rehab non12step alcohol-rehab drug-rehab passages-rehab non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-treatment chris-prentiss	Chris Prentiss
b3545ff	Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the whole world is changing and advancing is to invite misfortune. The AA program in particular is challenged with an opportunity of unprecedented magnitude.	opportunity reading writing change alcoholics-anonymous addiction addiction-cure addiction-treatment chris-prentiss challenge	Chris Prentiss
aeb9295	Most centers offer a one-program-fits all type of service, which is rather like a department store that sells one-size fits all clothing.	addiction-cure addiction-treatment chris-prentiss	Chris Prentiss
f27bc6c	In the one-treatment-fits-all approach, clients sit in group meetings all day and all evening and listen to each other stories. At the end of the first week, everyone in the room knows everyone's story. That goes on for three more weeks, and then most people go home with the same problems they brought with them when they arrived.	alcoholics-anonymous substance-abuse addiction-treatment chris-prentiss	Chris Prentiss
47d87e9	In 1935, when there were no other programs, the founders of AA, Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, stepped up to the plate and took action to help a crippled population. All credit for the establishment of their wonderful, life-saving group goes to them and to those who came after them who have continued the tradition. However, there are not among the estimated two or three million who attend twelve-step meetings.	change philosophy 12-steps passages-malibu addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse twelve-step change-the-world tradition	Chris Prentiss
5a50a6e	In 1935, when there were no other programs, the founders of AA, Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, stepped up to the plate and took action to help a crippled population. All credit for the establishment of their wonderful, life-saving group goes to them and to those who came after them who have continued the tradition. However, there are hundreds of millions of people who still need help who are not among the estimated two or three million who attend twelve-step meetings.	change philosophy addiction-cure addiction-therapy addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse twelve-step twelve-steps perspective change-the-world	Chris Prentiss

d73db23

Alcohol and drugs are not the problems; they are what people are using to help themselves cope with the problems. Those problems always have both physical and psychological components- anything from anemia, hypoglycemia, or a sluggish thyroid to attention deficient disorder, brain-wave pattern imbalances, or deep emotional pain.

drug-addiction alcohol-addiction pax-prentiss addiction-cure addiction-treatment alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse

Chris Prentiss

2982823

Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it. That's a terrible thing to inflict on someone. Labeling alcoholism as a disease, a cause unto itself, simply no longer fits with what we know today about its causes.

confidence addictions-treatment-centers alcohol-disease cure-addiction overcome-addiction rehab-centers addiction passages-rehab passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu addiction-treatment chris-prentiss healing-abuse healing-trauma healing alcoholism disease change-the-world self-image

Chris Prentiss

c54e764

Depression can be due to a low endocrine function, nutritional deficiencies, blood sugar problems, food allergies, or systemic yeast infection. Depression can also result from medical illnesses such as stroke, heart attack, cancer, Parkinson's disease, and hormonal disorder. It can also be caused by a serious loss, a difficult relationship, a financial problem, or any stressful, unwelcome life change.

reading depression sadness cause-of-depression passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center chris-prentiss quotes

Chris Prentiss

db14a86

To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they are addicts or alcoholics so they can speak in a meeting is shameful and demoralizing.

change philosophy recovering-addict passages-treatment rehab holistic-treatment passages-rehab non-12-step life-improvement passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu addiction-treatment alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss healing-abuse healing alcoholism therapy alcoholic recovery self-help

Chris Prentiss

0db7694

One of the first actions we take at Passages is to ruthlessly scrutinize, always under a doctor's supervision and care, the specific necessity of any mind- altering or mood-altering medications that our clients are taking. As soon as any non essential drugs are out of their systems, the feelings they were trying to suppress usually emerge. When that happens, we can see what symptoms the client was masking with drugs or alcohol.

depression drug-addiction alcohol-addiction-treatment drug-addiction-treatment holistic-treatment holistic-health non-12-step alcohol-addiction passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse quotes

Chris Prentiss

e1456ef

"...there is a saying used in twelve-step programs and in most treatment centers that "Relapse is part of recovery." It's another dangerous slogan that is based on a myth, and it only gives people permission to relapse because that think that when they do, they are on the road to recovery."

reading books relapse alcoholics-anonymous passages-malibu addiction-cure addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse alcoholism recovery

Chris Prentiss

3e7ed5c

Only discovering and healing the root causes of each individual's dependency puts an end to dependency. One-on-one sessions are key because the individual issues at the core of dependency are just that- completely individual.

change philosophy addiction-help addiction-philosophy change-the-world-change-life healing-addiction holistic-therapy one-on-one-therapy non12step chris-prenitss non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-treatment alcoholism

Chris Prentiss

7fd5f17

The treatment must fit the malady and the malady is not alcoholism or addiction, or addictive drugs and alcohol. Once the correct cause is diagnosed, healing will take place and hoped-for cure will come about.

depression addictive-drugs holistic-healing alcohol-rehab drug-rehab passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-cure addiction-treatment alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse health

Chris Prentiss

00cdb23

Staying sober is easy once you have been successful in healing the underlying conditions that were responsible for your dependency in the first place.

addiction-rehab california-rehab malibu-rehab non12step alcohol-rehab drug-rehab passages-rehab non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-treatment chris-prentiss

Chris Prentiss

b3545ff

Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the whole world is changing and advancing is to invite misfortune. The AA program in particular is challenged with an opportunity of unprecedented magnitude.

opportunity reading writing change alcoholics-anonymous addiction addiction-cure addiction-treatment chris-prentiss challenge

Chris Prentiss

aeb9295

Most centers offer a one-program-fits all type of service, which is rather like a department store that sells one-size fits all clothing.

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Chris Prentiss

f27bc6c

In the one-treatment-fits-all approach, clients sit in group meetings all day and all evening and listen to each other stories. At the end of the first week, everyone in the room knows everyone's story. That goes on for three more weeks, and then most people go home with the same problems they brought with them when they arrived.

alcoholics-anonymous substance-abuse addiction-treatment chris-prentiss

Chris Prentiss

47d87e9

In 1935, when there were no other programs, the founders of AA, Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, stepped up to the plate and took action to help a crippled population. All credit for the establishment of their wonderful, life-saving group goes to them and to those who came after them who have continued the tradition. However, there are not among the estimated two or three million who attend twelve-step meetings.

change philosophy 12-steps passages-malibu addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse twelve-step change-the-world tradition

Chris Prentiss

5a50a6e

In 1935, when there were no other programs, the founders of AA, Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, stepped up to the plate and took action to help a crippled population. All credit for the establishment of their wonderful, life-saving group goes to them and to those who came after them who have continued the tradition. However, there are hundreds of millions of people who still need help who are not among the estimated two or three million who attend twelve-step meetings.

change philosophy addiction-cure addiction-therapy addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse twelve-step twelve-steps perspective change-the-world

Chris Prentiss