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Chris Prentiss (Author)
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September 2005
The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure contains the powerful three-step program to total recovery that is the basis of the miraculous success of the Passages Addiction Cure Center in Malibu, California. You'll learn the three steps to permanent sobriety; the four causes of dependency; how your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs are key factors in your recovery; and how to create your own personalized treatment program with the help of health professionals where you live--one that gets to the real, underlying causes of dependency. A visionary and an innovator, Chris Prentiss brings new hope to people everywhere who are dependent on drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors. This groundbreaking approach will show you how to end relapse, end your craving, end addictive behavior, and end your suffering.

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...excellent book. I heartily recommend it to all, especially to those who have friends who have addictions. -- William House, Reversespins.com

This is an excellent resource for anyone dealing with addictions or trying to understand their life. -- Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of 365 Prescriptions for the Soul and 101 Exercises for the Soul

This thought-provoking book causes any reader to closely examine their life. -- Natural Beauty & Health

From the Back Cover

Breakthrough 3-Step Program from the World-Renowned Passages Addiction Cure Center

The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure contains the three-step holistic program to total recovery that is the basis of the miraculous success of Passages. In this revolutionary book, you will learn:

  • The three steps to permanent sobriety
  • The four causes of dependency
  • How to create a personalized, holistic treatment program to completely cure your dependency
  • How your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs are key factors in your recovery
  • How to stimulate your body's self-healing potential to be forever free of dependency

"Freedom from dependency starts with understanding that alcohol, drugs, and addictive behaviors are not the real problems," says Chris Prentiss, cofounder of Passages Addiction Cure Center. "Alcohol, street drugs, nicotine, prescription medications, food bingeing, gambling, and the like are merely the substances or behaviors you or your loved ones are using to cope with the real problems--anything from deep emotional pain, ill health, or depression to hypoglycemia, a sluggish thyroid, or brain-wave pattern imbalances. Once the underlying problems are discovered and cured, the need for drugs, alcohol, or addictive behavior will disappear--along with the craving."

Prentiss should know. His son Pax was addicted to heroin, cocaine, and alcohol for ten years. They sought help everywhere, but Pax relapsed again and again. In desperation, they finally created their own holistic, hand-tailored program that was a complete break from all other programs and that combined several effective therapies. It saved Pax's life. Together, father and son founded Passages Addiction Cure Center to help others find their own freedom.

For decades, we've been hearing that alcoholism and addiction are incurable diseases, but The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure proves that this is a dangerous myth and that the label of "alcoholic" or "addict" destroys the promise of full recovery. Today, thousands are being freed from the old, limiting paradigms by using the groundbreaking approach spelled out in this book. A visionary and an innovator, Chris Prentiss brings new hope to people everywhere who are dependent on drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors.

The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure will show you how to end relapse, end your craving, end addictive behavior, and end your suffering.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Power Press (September 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0943015448
  • ISBN-13: 978-0943015446
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Chris Prentiss is cofounder and codirector of the world-famous Passages Addiction Cure Center in Malibu, California. He is the author of a dozen books on personal growth. Prentiss has also led personal empowerment workshops in Southern California and has written, produced, and directed a feature film.

 

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280 of 295 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Great Recovery Story, But Who Can Afford Their Plan?, June 17, 2008
This review is from: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery (Paperback)
The story that the son, Pax, wrote about his addiction and recovery was great. It rang brutally true. I was into the book and ready to see how they could translate their $50,000/month Malibu treatment plan to the masses. The answer? They can't. They recommend hiring a western medical doctor, a clinical pyschologist, a massage therapist, a nutrionist, an acupuncturist, a hypnotist, and a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine as the minimum "holistic treatment team". They recommend going to clinical pyschologist at least 3 times/week. During a question/answer part of the book, it was asked "What if I can't afford all of this?" The answer? Ask to be treated for free. Tell them that they'd be part of a "Passages model team".

Okay...

My HMO pays for 10 counseling sessions per year with a social worker. And the copay for that is $40 per visit. Somehow I don't think I'm going to be able to assemble this psychological dream team without a load of cash and a lot of free time.

Oh, and what should you do if your dream team doesn't live in your small town? MOVE to a big city (just for a month).

I'm not a big fan of AA and their dogmatic religiosity, but at least they're free and close by!
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152 of 160 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars THE BIG BUCKS ADDICTION SCAM, April 8, 2009
Do not expect too much help with your addiction from reading this book. While there were some worthwhile, warmed over insights this book is essentially a lengthy promotion for their in-patient recovery program costing tens of thousands of dollars. There is nothing in the book that helps you get unhooked from your addiction without their clinic and/or a myriad of experts trained in their methodology. If you visit their web site they have quite an array of goods for sale to "assist" in your recovery. This is a product mill, for sure. Lot's of promise, no delivery.
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56 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Not a self help book, January 9, 2009
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This book is a 300+ page advertisement for the author's treatment center.
Few if any could afford to hire the staff they recommend to complete the program
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