Absolutely the best gift I bought myself dealing with addiction. I struggled with the title at first but was placed on a different path once I read the book. While using the 12 Step approach I always felt that I was broken and always going to be broken. When I finally read this book, this was what I have been thinking and feeling since I got clean and sober. I work on the addiction field and try to spread as much knowledge of this concept as I can. I have to be careful because I work in an organization that loves to teach the disease concept. When will you open a facilty here in SW Florida? I would love to work for you. Its need here!!! Keep on keeping on.
-Webster
Dear Mr. Prentiss,
Hello. I want to thank you and Pax for your incredible book, “The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure.” I am rereading the book for the third time. It has been a precious gift that has helped me identify the underlying issues of my dependency.
I was a standout high school baseball player in LA-City. I went to Chatsworth High School. I graduated in 1985, and was recruited to play baseball at College of the Canyons in Valencia, CA.
I started snorting cocaine my senior year of high school. By the end of my freshman year of college, I was psychologically addicted and dependant on coke to cope with my growing failures. I eventually quit school and baseball. At that moment I exchanged my dreams and hopes for cocaine. I was in fear of everything. I ran like the wind from my problems. My self-esteem was at an all time low and my self-image was its reflection.
It is now 24 years later, and I have been in prison for 16 of those years. I was a member of the Amity Foundation at R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility. The Therapeutic Community has been discontinued due to CDCR rehabilitation budget cuts. However, the greatest gift I received from Amity is our book. Thank you for your donation. The book has been a mainstay in my life for two years.
Today, I am at peace with myself, others and my circumstances. I wake-up with clear thoughts aimed at achieving my short and long term goals. I have an empowering philosophy that sustains my sobriety. I am no longer angry and resentful. I have forgotten myself and others. I have made peace with my lost dreams; I no longer carry them like a corpse. I have taken my life back by being proactive and personally responsible. I have purpose and value, both personally and socially.
In closing, I want to thank you and Pax for leading me to my place of contentment. I wish you and everyone at Passages the very best on their soul journey.
Very truly yours,
MP
I just wanted to thank Chris and Pax for taking the time to share the cure with the rest of us. I purchased The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure for my boyfriend about 6 months ago. He was addicted to crack, and although he did not smoke it every day, he would disappear for a couple of days at a time about once a month on a binge. Since I purchased the book for him and we have both read it and talked about it, I am happy to say that he hasn't been involved with crack since. We are now expecting a baby due in September and getting an apartment together in June. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences!!!
I am a father of 3 daughters. My Fiance has 3 children of her own that I also raise. I was addicted to alcohol and prescription drugs. I thought I was an alcoholic at a minimum! After leaving a rehab center, I was depressed, scared about re-lapse, and ashamed to carry the disease I was labeled with. I had resolved to a life of self affirming I was an addict on a daily basis not only in the mirror but in the rooms of AA and NA. I will not go on and on with my "sad stories" along my journey. They are ALL similar. Full of sorrow, broken promises, and pain.
I stood in the self help section of a Barnes and Noble with the intention of finding a book on alcoholism, AA, or anything to dull the pain inside created for me by other people, telling me I was incurable. I picked up "The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure", laughed at the title, and then read the back cover. In that moment, my life changed forever. I caught a glimpse of "what if" and of hope. I reluctantly bought the book with the intention of finding out how I could prove Mr. Prentiss dead wrong.
I am not a big book reader. I could NOT put this book down. I consumed it. I saw you have thousands of "thank you" letters and emails from people from across the country. I'm sure mine will be no different. But I cannot refrain letting you know MY thank you. I consider myself a successful, intelligent man. So much so that I know I would have re-lapsed eventually. That book took me from my personal hell to a perfectly cured, healthy, happy whole complete person. I have NO cravings, I have no thoughts of using, I have no DOUBT that this book saved my life. My personal philosophy on my life has completely changed and I owe it all to Chris, Pax, and everyone involved with the dedication and determination to make THE TRUTH known to anyone who wants to hear it. My family thanks you, I thank you and my God Bless you, your families, those who have been cured and most importantly, those still searching for it.
I ordered 2 of your books. I cried when I listened to your video on your web site. My older sister has been drinking and using drugs for 40 years and our family has paid a huge price for all this pain. I started asking my Mom to find the underlying cause and to work on that when I was about 12. I can't wait to read this book and to give one to my sister. HOPE is an amazing thing!
I just got this book a week ago and have already completed my first reading. In my 35 years of reading books of this caliber (i.e. self direction, motivation, self help), I have never found one that covers every aspect of an issue. In addition after 34 years of dependence in one way or another this is the only material that even came close to understanding addiction and helping to put an end to it. Thank you Chris
-Charles
Hello,
I just wanted to send this e-mail to thank Mr. Prentiss and Pax for literally saving my life. I have been a drug addict and alcoholic for over 35 years, and a year or so ago I bought your book. I read the first half of the book (Pax's story) and set it down and continued using the way I had before. My wife and kids were in misery, I could think of nothing else but how to use. I had developed Avascular Necrosis which the doctor had informed me was caused by my addiction; I had to have a hip replacement due to my hip joint rotting out. I then added Vicoden and Valium to my list of addictions that included cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol on a daily basis, this did not stop me. I ended up in in-patient treatment and step programs to no avail.
I am 49 years old. A couple months ago my luck with the law ran out, and I was arrested while driving extremely intoxicated on valium and alcohol, I am just so thankful that I didn't hurt anyone or myself as I had no idea where I was or why. My family was in ruins I was a train wreck of a man, I had been laid off and was thinking there was no way out, and life was as good as over for me. I told my wife that I needed to see a physiatrist to get stronger drugs and find out if something was wrong with my brain. The night after I was bailed out of jail, I sat thinking and contemplating my miserable life, and I remembered your book I had shelved, and I got it back out and started reading the second half. It was as if a miracle or something happened and it just "clicked" I don’t know how to explain it. I read it over. I stopped using ALL drugs and alcohol that night started exercising, taking long walks, eating better. I was forcibly detoxed several times without help, but I managed to detox myself at home...it was rough at first, I got very little sleep, but I did it myself. I left all the lies and denial behind, for 35+ yrs I was an addict because of cause 2 and 3 in your book. I started to feel like a new man, it was actually exciting to me to start my new life and live without drugs or alcohol. I am now looking forward to every day with enthusiasm, I feel much better, not only physically and mentally but spiritually. The last few weeks have been bliss, it’s strange but I now KNOW I will NEVER use again. I had told myself this before, but deep down it didn’t click. Instead of getting high and drunk every night now, I read and enjoy time with my wife and kids. I know I am a long way away from being a totally free man, but I know in my heart and soul like never before that I will never, ever use again. I no longer need it amazingly and never will. All this just from picking up a book.
Just as Mr. Prentiss wrote, it took a "bad" thing to happen in my life, to turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to me and save me. Although I now have a court date that I will possibly face jail time and severe fines and penalties that I cannot afford, I will walk into the courtroom with my head held high and accept my punishment for I know this incident and book has saved me and saved my family from my addictions. I write this lengthy note with tears in my eyes, and hope that whoever gets it will show it to Mr. Prentiss and/or Pax and accept my most gracious thank you. I hope to someday be able to afford to travel to California to thank them personally. I look forward to every day and take one day at a time, with your book close by. Again, thank you so very much for helping me see what life can be, I haven’t seen it since I can remember, and it's exciting to me:)
Very Sincerely,
Paul
I'm only half way through the book but have learned so much. I am reading this for my husband, who has gotten into a lot of trouble with his drinking, but have realized that I have become dependent on the emotion of anger. I also felt depressed at times and now realize that I can change my emotions and my thinking. I will change my feelings of hopelessness around, starting today. I look forward to finishing the book and handing it to my husband very soon.
Laura
Dear Chris and Pax,
It's only been a couple of days of sobriety but I don't feel any more cravings or withdrawal symptoms so this must be it. I just want to thank you both. It's been two months since I start working with the Addiction Cure book, and have also read your Art of Happiness and Little book of Secrets, and I just had to say that I've never learned so much like this in my life before. Since then, I've learned wisdom I've never heard, learned more about myself and met new increcible people. I've never been to passages to meet with you guys but I could feel your gentle voice from here guiding me with your every words in my journey. I want to thank Pax by inspiring me to endure through the pains of my withdrawal symptoms. Thanks to him, I feel that I can work with any challenges in the future. I'll work my way to meet with you guys soon. Again, thanks for guiding me out of my dependency, and into happiness! I'll keep studying I-Ching as I move along. My dreams to be an "exceptional man" all these years... thanks for helping me to make it a reality!
Respects,
John
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