I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again.
Chris PrentissAt the bottom of every person's dependency, there is always pain, Discovering the pain and healing it is an essential step in ending dependency.
Chris PrentissThink 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.
Chris PrentissAlcohol 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.
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