alcohol-abuse

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1063099	When people who believe themselves to be addicts or alcoholics come under great stress or trauma, they mentally give themselves permission to drink or use drugs as a remedy.	addict addicts alcoholics drug-addiction addiction alcohol-addiction alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse alcoholism	Chris Prentiss
62081ec	"AA purports to be open to anyone, as it is stated in Tradition Tree, "The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking," but it isn't open to everyone. It's open only to those who are willing to publicly declare themselves to be alcoholics or addicts and who are willing to give up their inherent right of independence by declaring themselves powerless over addictive drugs and alcohol, as stated in Step One, "We admitted we are powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable."	empowerment 12-step-programs aa non-12-step-programs drug-addiction alcoholics-anonymous passages-rehab non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-cure alcohol-abuse drug-abuse alcohol alcoholism alcoholism-addiction-recovery alcoholic	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
bf3f574	Treatment for dependency at substance abuse treatment centers must change if alcoholism and addiction are to be overcome in our society.	change philosophy substance-addiction drug-addiction non-12-step-program 12-steps alcohol-addiction passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse treatment alcoholism society recovery	Chris Prentiss
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
81b645c	We recognize that you've used substances to try to regain your lost balance, to try to feel the way you did before the need arose to use addictive drugs or alcohol. We know that you use substances to alter your mood, to cover up your sadness, to ease your heartbreak, to lighten your stress load, to blur your painful memories, to escape your hurtful reality, or to make your unbearable days or nights bearable.	pain live memories sadness heartbreak life holistic-rehab holistic-treatment-center holistic-therapy holistic-treatment holistic-health dependency non-12-step passages-ventura pax-prentiss substance-abuse passages-malibu addiction-cure addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse heartache survival	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
f6e4310	Whether the underlying cause of your dependency is a chemical imbalance, unresolved events from the past, beliefs you hold that are inconsistent with what is true, an inability to cope with current conditions, or a combination of these four causes, know this: not only are all the causes of dependency within you, but all the solutions are within you as well.	writer depression writing books author los-angeles-rehab rehab-center holistic-treatment malibu-rehab alcohol-rehab drug-rehab holistic-health passages-ventura substance-abuse passages-malibu addiction-cure addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse quotes	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
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
0633b56	We know that you don't want to be a drunk and you don't want to be hooked on addictive drugs. You do it because you can't cope with your life without some sort of support, even if that support is damaging.	alcohol-rehab drug-rehab dependency passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse recovery	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
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
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

1063099

When people who believe themselves to be addicts or alcoholics come under great stress or trauma, they mentally give themselves permission to drink or use drugs as a remedy.

addict addicts alcoholics drug-addiction addiction alcohol-addiction alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse alcoholism

Chris Prentiss

62081ec

"AA purports to be open to anyone, as it is stated in Tradition Tree, "The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking," but it isn't open to everyone. It's open only to those who are willing to publicly declare themselves to be alcoholics or addicts and who are willing to give up their inherent right of independence by declaring themselves powerless over addictive drugs and alcohol, as stated in Step One, "We admitted we are powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable."

empowerment 12-step-programs aa non-12-step-programs drug-addiction alcoholics-anonymous passages-rehab non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu addiction-cure alcohol-abuse drug-abuse alcohol alcoholism alcoholism-addiction-recovery alcoholic

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

bf3f574

Treatment for dependency at substance abuse treatment centers must change if alcoholism and addiction are to be overcome in our society.

change philosophy substance-addiction drug-addiction non-12-step-program 12-steps alcohol-addiction passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse treatment alcoholism society recovery

Chris Prentiss

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

81b645c

We recognize that you've used substances to try to regain your lost balance, to try to feel the way you did before the need arose to use addictive drugs or alcohol. We know that you use substances to alter your mood, to cover up your sadness, to ease your heartbreak, to lighten your stress load, to blur your painful memories, to escape your hurtful reality, or to make your unbearable days or nights bearable.

pain live memories sadness heartbreak life holistic-rehab holistic-treatment-center holistic-therapy holistic-treatment holistic-health dependency non-12-step passages-ventura pax-prentiss substance-abuse passages-malibu addiction-cure addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse heartache survival

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

f6e4310

Whether the underlying cause of your dependency is a chemical imbalance, unresolved events from the past, beliefs you hold that are inconsistent with what is true, an inability to cope with current conditions, or a combination of these four causes, know this: not only are all the causes of dependency within you, but all the solutions are within you as well.

writer depression writing books author los-angeles-rehab rehab-center holistic-treatment malibu-rehab alcohol-rehab drug-rehab holistic-health passages-ventura substance-abuse passages-malibu addiction-cure addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse quotes

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

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

0633b56

We know that you don't want to be a drunk and you don't want to be hooked on addictive drugs. You do it because you can't cope with your life without some sort of support, even if that support is damaging.

alcohol-rehab drug-rehab dependency passages-ventura pax-prentiss passages-malibu addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss drug-abuse recovery

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

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

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