“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.”
Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“In the one-treatment-fits-all approach, clients sit in group meetings all day and all evening and listen to each other stories. At the end of the first week, everyone in the room knows everyone's story. That goes on for three more weeks, and then most people go home with the same problems they brought with them when they arrived.”
Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“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.”
Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“Staying sober is easy once you have been successful in healing the underlying conditions that were responsible for your dependency in the first place.”
Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“When your kid’s dying from a brain tumor or leukemia, the whole community shows up. They bring casseroles. They pray for you. They send you cards. When your kid’s on heroin, you don’t hear from anybody, until they die. Then everybody comes and they don’t know what to say.”
Source: Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
“Your story does not end in those moments, hardships, or challenges—they are just chapters, small parts of the entire adventure of your life.”
Source: Suck Less, Do Better: The End of Excuses & the Rise of the Unstoppable You
“Most centers offer a one-program-fits all type of service, which is rather like a department store that sells one-size fits all clothing.”
Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the whole world is changing and advancing is to invite misfortune. The AA program in particular is challenged with an opportunity of unprecedented magnitude.”
Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“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.”
Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“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.”
Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery