The answers are never 'out there. ' All the answers are 'in there, ' inside you, waiting to be discovered.

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

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.

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

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.

The best way for you to get that new experience is to change your response to what happens.

Even if it is painful and lonely, associate with worthy companions.