I have recently written a book, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure. It is available online, and it is changing the entire way that the world thinks of alcoholism and addiction. We receive emails, phone calls, and letters daily from people everywhere who are celebrating their newly achieved victory over dependency. The theme of this Founder's Statement is adapted from the book. I urge you to read the book to gain a complete understanding of what you or your loved one is about to undertake: curing dependency on alcohol or addictive drugs.
Although you and I have never met face-to-face and gotten to know each other, I consider you my friend. If we meet, you'll find that we share similar experiences, particularly with regard to dependency. You or your loved one is treading the same ground that I trod with my son Pax, who was dependent on heroin, cocaine, and alcohol for ten years. You and I have felt the same despair, suffered the same hardships, experienced the same losses, seen the same rending of friendships and family, watched ourselves or our loved ones relentlessly spiral downward, and had our hearts broken and our spirits dashed. The difference between us, if there is a difference, is that Pax has come out the other side whole, healed, and cured, while you or your loved one is still caught in the grip of the powerful, soul-sucking vortex of dependency on addictive drugs or alcohol.
Today, Pax is whole in every way - healthy, happy, prosperous, clear-minded, completely cured, and helping others to achieve the same freedom that he has achieved. It was Pax's idea to open Passages. He said, "Look, we know how to do it, let's do it." Together, Pax and I founded and are now co-directors of Passages, where we work side by side every day. I'm proud of him and of what he has accomplished and is accomplishing. He has been reclaimed from the land of the dying, from an addiction to alcohol, heroin, and cocaine that was so powerful that at times it seemed impossible to save him. Yet save him we did. All credit to him and to the generous and loving Universe of which we are all a part.
During our journey to hell and back, Pax and I learned many things about the world of alcoholism and addiction. We researched everything we could find about treatment programs, alcoholism, and addiction, and we learned by experience what did and did not create lasting recovery, both in Pax's life and in the lives of others in treatment. When nothing else worked, we created a holistic, hand-tailored program that saved Pax's life. At Passages, he and I use what we learned curing him to help others discover the roots of their dependency and break free from their addictions.
Our team of highly skilled therapists will show you or your loved one how to completely cure your dependency. I want you to notice that I do not mince words. I do not say "however," "maybe," "although," "perhaps," or use other qualifying terms or conditions. We will show you how to bring about a cure. That statement is based on the results we achieve at Passages, the world's most effective center for the treatment of substance abuse, where our success rate is the highest in the world.
At Passages, we assist people every day to cure themselves. We don't cure them - we assist them to cure themselves, for all healing comes from within. Every day, I talk with members of our team of therapists. I ask them about each client's progress, about who needs more work, about who has concerns that need to be met, and about who's making the leap into the hyperspace of believing that they're cured.
Every Thursday, Pax and I participate in the weekly treatment team meeting, where we discuss each client's progress and decide what his or her most important next steps are during the following seven days. We decide short-term and long-term goals. We plan carefully, knowing that our clients' lives are at risk. All the therapists come to know each client intimately, and we all seek the same goal: to discover the cause of their dependency so we can help them to heal themselves. At other treatment centers, where group meetings comprise 95 percent or more of their program, the chance of complete recovery is nearly unavailable.
We are involved in the deepest parts of our clients' psyches. We help them face their hidden fears, their pain, their hopes, their heartaches, their losses, their deepest sorrows, their embarrassments, their traumas, their failures, the times they were raped, beaten, humiliated, forced to do unnatural acts, lied to, betrayed, abandoned, and all the thousand-and-one heartaches and sorrows that come to us all. We help them deal with what they've done to others, with the guilt, remorse, and pain they are carrying. That is a key part of the healing process, because those are the things that are the real causes of dependency, not the drugs or the alcohol. Drugs and alcohol are what they have chosen to cope with the problems of their lives. We offer each client a safe passage through to the other side of guilt, remorse, and pain where healing occurs. That's why we named our center "Passages."
One mother whose son went through the Passages program about three years ago said that during the twelve years of his drunkenness, all she ever hoped for was to get her son back. She said that was what we did for her: we gave her back her son. At graduation ceremonies at Passages, when the parents and friends of those graduating speak, the most common comment is "Thank you for giving me back the person I love." At Passages, that's what we do best. It's what we're known for - giving back the original person, freed from the underlying conditions that caused their dependency in the first place. In most cases, their condition is better than it ever was before.
I've written these words to give you hope, to share with you the knowledge that Pax and I have gained over the past fifteen years, and to save you from having to go through what we went through. Trust these words, for the Passages' staff has helped hundreds of people just like you and Pax to be cured. We know how to do it.
Open your mind and your heart to the possibility of a complete cure, even though at this point it may seem hopeless. Start believing that you or your loved one can lead a life completely free of dependency on alcohol and addictive drugs.
So, even though we haven't met, I feel close to you. I have no axe to grind here, no hidden agenda. I want to help you. I can help you, if you will let me. Come to Passages or bring your loved one here and the chances are almost certain that you will experience the best result possible: a completely reclaimed life.
Permanent freedom from dependency on drugs and alcohol may be only a phone call away. We will be with you or your loved one every step of the way.
Call Passages today at (888) 777-8525.
