passages-malibu

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d7e31fd	You are not an alcoholic or an addict. You are not incurably diseased. You have merely become dependent on substances or addictive behavior to cope with underlying conditions that you are now going to heal, at which time your dependency will cease completely and forever.	addiction addiction-cure addiction-disease addiction-treatment-center alcohol-addiction alcohol-addiction-treatment alcohol-disease alcohol-rehab alcoholic alcoholics-anonymous alcoholism alcoholism-addiction-recovery chris-prentiss dependency depression disease drug-addiction healing-addiction inspiration inspire passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss rehab rehab-centers self-help	Chris Prentiss
24944e0	At the bottom of every person's dependency, there is always pain, Discovering the pain and healing it is an essential step in ending dependency.	alcohol-addiction chris-prentiss dependency drug-addiction passages-malibu passages-ventura quotes rehab substance-abuse substance-addiction	Chris Prentiss
bc4c519	People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.	bad-luck beliefs books chris-prentiss fortunate fortune good-luck great-fortune inspiration inspire life passages-malibu passages-ventura quotes trust trustworthy	Chris Prentiss
8336e29	If you examine your motive for doing anything, you'll soon discover that your reason is that you believe it will make you happy.	balance happiness holistic-health inspire medications motivate passages-malibu passages-ventura self-care self-love substance-abuse therapy	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.	addiction-and-recovery alcohol-addiction alcoholism chris-prentiss drug-addiction non-12-step passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss relapse withdrawal	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."	12-step-programs aa addiction-cure alcohol alcohol-abuse alcoholic alcoholics-anonymous alcoholism alcoholism-addiction-recovery drug-abuse drug-addiction empowerment non-12-step non-12-step-programs passages-malibu passages-rehab passages-ventura	Chris Prentiss
bf3f574	Treatment for dependency at substance abuse treatment centers must change if alcoholism and addiction are to be overcome in our society.	12-steps alcohol-abuse alcohol-addiction alcoholism change chris-prentiss drug-abuse drug-addiction non-12-step-program passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss philosophy recovery society substance-addiction treatment	Chris Prentiss
5f0bd61	It's the causes, not the dependent person, that must be corrected. That's why I see the United States' War on Drugs as being fought in an unrealistic manner. This war is focused on fighting drug dealers and the use of drugs here and abroad, when the effort should be primarily aimed at treating and curing that causes that compel people to reach for drugs.	alcohol-rehab alcohol-treatment-center chris-prentiss dependency depression drug-abuse drug-rehab drug-rehab-center drug-war passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss substance-abuse war-on-drugs	Chris Prentiss
b65d3cb	You don't need to be a scientist to know how powerful your imagination is.	encouragement great-authors great-books metaphysics motivation passages-malibu wisdom	Chris Prentiss
21e1d72	There is no cell culture for depression. You can't see it on a bone scan or an x-ray. Not everyone with depression will show the same behavioral symptoms.	chris-prentiss depression medical-research medical-treatment passages-malibu pax-prentiss sadness wellbeing	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.	addiction-and-recovery addiction-cure addiction-free alcohol-abuse alcohol-addiction alcohol-addiction-treatment alcoholism-cure amazon author book bookstore chris-prentiss cure-addiction drug-abuse drug-addiction drug-addiction-treatment end-the-cycle freedom great-authors great-books kindle life new-book nook passages-malibu passages-ventura philosophy self-help sober sobriety wisdom	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.	addiction addiction-treatment addictions-treatment-centers alcohol-disease alcoholism change-the-world chris-prentiss confidence cure-addiction disease healing healing-abuse healing-trauma overcome-addiction passages-malibu passages-rehab passages-ventura pax-prentiss rehab-centers 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.	addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center cause-of-depression chris-prentiss depression passages-malibu passages-ventura quotes reading sadness	Chris Prentiss
422b297	"When a problem or a difficult situation arises, say to yourself, as if you already believe it: "This is for my benefit."	chris-prentiss-quotes passages-malibu philosophy philosophy-of-life quotes struggle wisdom	Chris Prentiss
b9dc24b	"People who are dependent are merely using alcohol as a crutch to get through the day. Yet doctors and scientists are still treating "alcoholism" as if it is the problem, when it has nothing to do with the problem. They might as well be studying "scratchism" for people who have a chronic itch."	alcoholism alcoholism-addiction-recovery chris-prentiss health holistic-treatment passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss science	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.	addiction-cure addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse chris-prentiss dependency drug-abuse heartache heartbreak holistic-health holistic-rehab holistic-therapy holistic-treatment holistic-treatment-center life live memories non-12-step pain passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss sadness substance-abuse survival	Chris Prentiss
933a4a1	A patient complains of feeling nervous or fearful. These feelings and behaviors suggest that the patient has an anxiety disorder, and the doctor prescribes whatever drug will most probably work for an anxiety disorder. However, there's no conclusive way to tell that this patient definitely has an anxiety disorder. Even if the doctor did get the diagnosis correct, there's a great deal of variation regarding which drug class (for example, anti-anxiety drugs versus antidepressants) a particular individual will respond to and which drug within a class (for example, Prozac versus Zoloft) will work best. If the drug doesn't work, the doctor will try the next one on the list and so on, thus delaying treatment success and complicating the process with the mix-and-match type of treatment.	drug-rehab holistic-treatment-center non-12-step passages-malibu prescription-drugs	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.	addiction-treatment alcohol-abuse alcoholic alcoholism change chris-prentiss healing healing-abuse holistic-treatment life-improvement non-12-step passages-malibu passages-rehab passages-treatment passages-ventura pax-prentiss philosophy recovering-addict recovery rehab self-help therapy	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.	addiction-cure addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse alcohol-rehab author books chris-prentiss depression drug-abuse drug-rehab holistic-health holistic-treatment los-angeles-rehab malibu-rehab passages-malibu passages-ventura quotes rehab-center substance-abuse writer writing	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.	addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse alcohol-addiction alcohol-addiction-treatment chris-prentiss depression drug-abuse drug-addiction drug-addiction-treatment holistic-health holistic-treatment non-12-step passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss 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."	addiction-cure addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse alcoholics-anonymous alcoholism books chris-prentiss drug-abuse passages-malibu reading recovery relapse	Chris Prentiss
50dbbfc	You are not alone in your quest to be who you want and have what you want.	chris-prentiss inspire passages-malibu passages-ventura philosophy	Chris Prentiss
55558da	The totally alive, totally conscious, and totally aware Universe takes care of itself completely. It is totally self-reliant and totally self- sufficient. it is perfect.	conscious-awareness consciousness holistic-health inspiration inspire passages-malibu passages-rehab passages-treatment passages-ventura quotes reading universe	Chris Prentiss
d7bb373	You are a perfect spiritual being. Get used to that idea.	conscious-awareness metaphysics passages-malibu spiritual-quotes wisdom	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."	addiction-and-recovery chris-prentiss dependency passages-malibu passages-ventura self-help self-improvement	Chris Prentiss
b17dd81	You have chosen to exist, and more than just exist-- you've been chosen to share in the Universal consciousness.	chris-prentiss inspiration life passages-malibu passages-ventura universe	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.	addiction-and-recovery alcohol-addiction alcohol-treatment-center alcoholism chris-prentiss dependency drug-abuse ecstasy heroin passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss prescription-abuse prescription-drugs self-help substance-abuse	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.	addiction-and-recovery alcohol-addiction alcohol-treatment-center alcoholism beer chris-prentiss dependency drug-abuse ecstasy heroin passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss prescription-abuse prescription-drugs self-help substance-abuse wine	Chris Prentiss
27ac740	The world is actually a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well, mirroring your changes.	chris-prentiss life passages-malibu passages-ventura quotes	Chris Prentiss
d7dcbf3	We wouldn't have much need of a war if people stopped using drugs. It's like taking up a fight against the use of headache remedies; it will never work until the condition causing people's headache pain is healed.	chris-prentiss drug-war headaches healing holistic-treatment pain passages-malibu pax-prentiss rehab remedies root-of-addiction war-on-drugs	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.	addiction-help addiction-philosophy addiction-treatment alcoholism change change-the-world-change-life chris-prenitss healing-addiction holistic-therapy non-12-step non12step one-on-one-therapy passages-malibu passages-ventura philosophy	Chris Prentiss
59dd835	Stress and anxiety cause our brains to release chemicals that put lines in our faces and tear us down emotionally and spiritually.	inspiration life passages-malibu passages-ventura positive-thinking stress	Chris Prentiss
fbcbd33	What we call coincidences, accidental and remarkable events occurring at the same time, are actually circumstances and events that have come into your life to serve a purpose is to benefit you.	chris-prentiss coincidences goals inspiration inspire motivation passages-malibu passages-ventura self-help self-improvement	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.	addiction-cure addiction-treatment addictive-drugs alcohol-abuse alcohol-rehab chris-prentiss depression drug-abuse drug-rehab health holistic-healing passages-malibu passages-ventura	Chris Prentiss
ae9533f	When you change the way you see and interpret events, suddenly everything will be different for you. Everything will make sense.	chris-prentiss inspiration inspirational life passages-malibu passages-ventura perspective philosophy	Chris Prentiss
2b30b9d	Believe that is cure is possible for you. Discover and heal the underlying causes with a holistic recovery program. Adopt a philosophy based on what is true in the Universe.	addiction-cure addiction-free addiction-treatment-center alcohol-addiction-treatment change change-the-world chris-prentiss curing-addiction drug-addiction-treatment freedom good-books happiness healing health holistic-health holistic-treatment inspiration inspire life non-12-step non12step passages-malibu passages-ventura philosophy recommended-reading renew self-help self-improvement sober sober-living sobriety treatment-program universe wisdom	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.	addiction-and-recovery addiction-treatment-center alcohol alcoholism holistic-treatment passages-malibu passages-ventura	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.	addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse alcohol-rehab chris-prentiss dependency drug-abuse drug-rehab passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss recovery	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.	addiction-and-recovery addiction-free chris-prentiss chris-prentiss-quotes guilt happiness joy life love pain passages-malibu passages-ventura peace philosophy philosophy-of-life wisdom	Chris Prentiss
17d0104	Whatever you now do, whatever you now believe, whatever your current circumstances may be, you are perfectly equipped and fully capable of fulfilling your needs and desires.	chris-prentiss life non-12-step passages-malibu passages-rehab passages-ventura quotes	Chris Prentiss
60c10bd	What we call coincidences, accidental and remarkable events occurring at the same time, are actually circumstances and events that have come into your life to serve a purpose- and that purpose is to benefit you.	chris-prentiss inspiration inspirational life life-purpose non-12-step-program passage-ventura passages-malibu perspective philosophy quotes	Chris Prentiss
bcf1f56	The world actually is a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well as mirroring your changes.	chris-prentiss dependency passages-malibu self-help self-improvement	Chris Prentiss
9bce623	The moment you make the internal changes necessary to obtain your goal, the outside world changes instantly.	passages-malibu philosophy philosophy-of-life self-help self-improvement	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 addiction-treatment alcohol-rehab california-rehab chris-prentiss drug-rehab malibu-rehab non-12-step non12step passages-malibu passages-rehab passages-ventura	Chris Prentiss
acc2ce3	When nothing else worked, we created a holistic, hand-tailored program that saved Pax's life. At Passages, he and I use what we learned in curing him to help others discover the roots of their addiction or alcoholism and break free.	alcoholism chris-prentiss holistic-health passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss	Chris Prentiss
a275991	Negative emotions, like depression or anxiety, have been shown to affect our immune system. Stress impedes wound healing.	depression emotions inspiration life non-12-step passages-malibu passages-ventura positive-thinking quotes stress	Chris Prentiss
cfd16b5	"How do you think your body and mind would respond if you were surrounded by psychologists, psychiatrists, or drug and alcohol counselors who subscribed to the belief that "once an alcoholic or addict, always an alcoholic or addict" and who believed that your current stay in rehab would be one of many?"	chris-prentiss holistic holistic-health non-12-step passages-malibu passages-rehab passages-treatment-center passages-ventura pax-prentiss therapy treatment wellbeing wellness zen-and-the-art-of-happiness	Chris Prentiss
6432e34	If who you are and what you have is what you want, that's perfect. Keep doing what you've been doing and you'll get more of it.	happiness inspiration life passages-malibu passages-ventura quotes	Chris Prentiss
12a34ba	Your perception of the world and the way you see yourself in it has created within your mind a concept, a philosophy, of the way you believe things to be.	inspiration inspirational-quotes life passages-malibu passages-ventura perception	Chris Prentiss
26429f3	By changing how you perceive things and how you act upon those perceptions, you will change your life.	chris-prentiss inspiration inspirational life non-12-step passages-malibu passages-ventura perception philosophy quotes	Chris Prentiss
03bdeb2	"You can take the entire world of physics with all of its macrocosm and microcosm, its quantum mechanics and nuclear physics and reduce it to one word: energy. It's all energy. Scientists say that if you can't measure it, weight it, or see it, it doesn't exist. Well, no one has ever seen energy. We can see its effects, but not "it."	energy metaphysics passages-malibu passages-ventura philosophy quotes	Chris Prentiss
2de9d74	If you have experienced recurring situations in your life that are unpleasant, know that there is something you are supposed to be getting from those situations that you have not been getting and that the moment you get it, those situations will pass out of your life, not to return.	chris-prentiss life-improvement passages-malibu philosophy philosophy-of-life self-help self-improvement	Chris Prentiss
e31b4a9	You have enough courage to face even your greatest fear.	courage fear fearless freedom passages-malibu quotes self-help strength	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.	12-steps addiction-treatment addiction-treatment-center alcohol-abuse change change-the-world chris-prentiss drug-abuse passages-malibu philosophy tradition twelve-step	Chris Prentiss
9f014d1	Alcohol is the drug ethanol. They are one and the same. Alcohol is also called ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol. It is a chemical compound. Ethanol is often added to the gasoline we use to run our cars.	alcohol alcohol-addiction chris-prentiss passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss	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.	addiction-and-recovery alcohol-abuse alcohol-treatment-center alcoholism chris-prentiss inspiration passages-malibu passages-ventura pax-prentiss substance-abuse wisdom	Chris Prentiss
5735ca7	At the alpha level, your imagination acts powerfully on your subconsciousness mind and therefore your imaginings are powerfully effective in producing the desired result. It is believed that our subconscious mind represents nearly 90 percent of our mental capacity, which is why influencing your subconscious mind produces such powerful effects.	chris-prentiss imagination meditation passages-malibu subconscious-mind wisdom	Chris Prentiss

d7e31fd

You are not an alcoholic or an addict. You are not incurably diseased. You have merely become dependent on substances or addictive behavior to cope with underlying conditions that you are now going to heal, at which time your dependency will cease completely and forever.

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Chris Prentiss

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At the bottom of every person's dependency, there is always pain, Discovering the pain and healing it is an essential step in ending dependency.

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People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.

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If you examine your motive for doing anything, you'll soon discover that your reason is that you believe it will make you happy.

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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.

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"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."

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bf3f574

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

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It's the causes, not the dependent person, that must be corrected. That's why I see the United States' War on Drugs as being fought in an unrealistic manner. This war is focused on fighting drug dealers and the use of drugs here and abroad, when the effort should be primarily aimed at treating and curing that causes that compel people to reach for drugs.

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Chris Prentiss

b65d3cb

You don't need to be a scientist to know how powerful your imagination is.

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Chris Prentiss

21e1d72

There is no cell culture for depression. You can't see it on a bone scan or an x-ray. Not everyone with depression will show the same behavioral symptoms.

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

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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.

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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.

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"When a problem or a difficult situation arises, say to yourself, as if you already believe it: "This is for my benefit."

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b9dc24b

"People who are dependent are merely using alcohol as a crutch to get through the day. Yet doctors and scientists are still treating "alcoholism" as if it is the problem, when it has nothing to do with the problem. They might as well be studying "scratchism" for people who have a chronic itch."

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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.

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Chris Prentiss

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A patient complains of feeling nervous or fearful. These feelings and behaviors suggest that the patient has an anxiety disorder, and the doctor prescribes whatever drug will most probably work for an anxiety disorder. However, there's no conclusive way to tell that this patient definitely has an anxiety disorder. Even if the doctor did get the diagnosis correct, there's a great deal of variation regarding which drug class (for example, anti-anxiety drugs versus antidepressants) a particular individual will respond to and which drug within a class (for example, Prozac versus Zoloft) will work best. If the drug doesn't work, the doctor will try the next one on the list and so on, thus delaying treatment success and complicating the process with the mix-and-match type of treatment.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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"...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."

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You are not alone in your quest to be who you want and have what you want.

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The totally alive, totally conscious, and totally aware Universe takes care of itself completely. It is totally self-reliant and totally self- sufficient. it is perfect.

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You are a perfect spiritual being. Get used to that idea.

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"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."

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You have chosen to exist, and more than just exist-- you've been chosen to share in the Universal consciousness.

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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.

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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.

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The world is actually a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well, mirroring your changes.

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We wouldn't have much need of a war if people stopped using drugs. It's like taking up a fight against the use of headache remedies; it will never work until the condition causing people's headache pain is healed.

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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.

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Stress and anxiety cause our brains to release chemicals that put lines in our faces and tear us down emotionally and spiritually.

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What we call coincidences, accidental and remarkable events occurring at the same time, are actually circumstances and events that have come into your life to serve a purpose is to benefit you.

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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.

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When you change the way you see and interpret events, suddenly everything will be different for you. Everything will make sense.

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Believe that is cure is possible for you. Discover and heal the underlying causes with a holistic recovery program. Adopt a philosophy based on what is true in the Universe.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Whatever you now do, whatever you now believe, whatever your current circumstances may be, you are perfectly equipped and fully capable of fulfilling your needs and desires.

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What we call coincidences, accidental and remarkable events occurring at the same time, are actually circumstances and events that have come into your life to serve a purpose- and that purpose is to benefit you.

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The world actually is a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well as mirroring your changes.

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The moment you make the internal changes necessary to obtain your goal, the outside world changes instantly.

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

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When nothing else worked, we created a holistic, hand-tailored program that saved Pax's life. At Passages, he and I use what we learned in curing him to help others discover the roots of their addiction or alcoholism and break free.

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Negative emotions, like depression or anxiety, have been shown to affect our immune system. Stress impedes wound healing.

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"How do you think your body and mind would respond if you were surrounded by psychologists, psychiatrists, or drug and alcohol counselors who subscribed to the belief that "once an alcoholic or addict, always an alcoholic or addict" and who believed that your current stay in rehab would be one of many?"

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If who you are and what you have is what you want, that's perfect. Keep doing what you've been doing and you'll get more of it.

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Your perception of the world and the way you see yourself in it has created within your mind a concept, a philosophy, of the way you believe things to be.

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By changing how you perceive things and how you act upon those perceptions, you will change your life.

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"You can take the entire world of physics with all of its macrocosm and microcosm, its quantum mechanics and nuclear physics and reduce it to one word: energy. It's all energy. Scientists say that if you can't measure it, weight it, or see it, it doesn't exist. Well, no one has ever seen energy. We can see its effects, but not "it."

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If you have experienced recurring situations in your life that are unpleasant, know that there is something you are supposed to be getting from those situations that you have not been getting and that the moment you get it, those situations will pass out of your life, not to return.

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You have enough courage to face even your greatest fear.

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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.

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Alcohol is the drug ethanol. They are one and the same. Alcohol is also called ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol. It is a chemical compound. Ethanol is often added to the gasoline we use to run our cars.

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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.

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At the alpha level, your imagination acts powerfully on your subconsciousness mind and therefore your imaginings are powerfully effective in producing the desired result. It is believed that our subconscious mind represents nearly 90 percent of our mental capacity, which is why influencing your subconscious mind produces such powerful effects.

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