The Passages recovery method offers hope with an entirely different approach from those of other treatments: at Passages, alcohol and drugs are never the problem, but the solutions chosen by alcoholics and addicts to cope with underlying conditions. This is a practical, informed stepbystep protocol for uncovering and treating the core causes of alcoholism and addiction. Once the real problems are uncovered and treated, the substance abuse disappears. Listeners will learn how to select a competent physician to support recovery, and what to avoid when someone needs help with addiction or alcoholism. Traditional recovery centers have a relapse rate of over 90%. Passages, on the other hand, has an 84% success rate. Passages' holistic method offers total recovery from addiction and shows how to heal the underlying causes of addiction, prevent relapse and end suffering.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Not a self help book:
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
Good Bye Relapse!:
I have done a ton of reading and research on addictions and the emotional highs and lows that go along with success and failure of the addiction. I also know from personal experience the mental turmoil of the epic battle between you and the addiction. The screams of Wisdom pulling you in one direction and the soft enticing whisper of the drug of choice pulling you in the other. All the books and groups I have been to have all dealt with how to "avoid" the addiction or how to fight the temptation. None... more info
Alcoholism and Addiction Cure:
Chris and Pax Prentiss have managed to get to the core of dependence. There were many, many enlightening facts in this book. As Chris points out, we have been treating people for years because they were "scratching". Hopefully, we can begin to figure out what is making them itch in the first place! I have highlighted so many sections in this book, and I've been sharing them with my family and friends.
who cares why an addict drinks or takes drugs?:
I'm watching CNN Sunday morning, and every commercial seems to be for this book, so I read up on it. It really doesn't matter why a person started drinking to excess - what matters is: don't take the first drink. Speculating about underlying causes is akin to having a poison arrow in your side that needs to be removed, and you are wasting time trying to decide who shot the arrow, who made the shaft, feathers, what kind of bow it was shot from etc. Meanwhile the poison is killing you. (Thanks to the Buddha... more info