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Passages Drug and Alcohol Rehab Testimonials
Dear friends at Passages,
I am with each of you in spirit as I take my first sober vacation with family in years!!! I am feeling great and doing well. I send my love and positive vibes.
Ciao baby from Vancouver,
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Dear Chris and Pax,
Thanks for everything. I am like a newborn. Experiencing new things every day. Making dumb mistakes every day. But life is wonderful. Even as I learn at age 44 what it means to live...
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Dear Chris,
I have wanted to thank you once again-and again-and for the rest of my life-thank you for saving my life!!!!!!!! You are truly a remarkable person, gifted and blessed you are, but the facts are this: how many people have used the expression," you saved my life"? In jest, we all have said this, but my reason remains. I was barely alive two years ago when I came to Passages, and because of your human compassion to my near death, you showed me the way, gave me the tools in life to be sober and comfortable in my skin. I will never forget my drug treatment program at Passages, and how you showed me the path, and the way it could all be done. I thought you where a very insane man, but my word! All I needed to do was look in a mirror, and well, I was the one who was insane! You are a man that has inspired me to help others as you have done. When I was a little boy, I thought the Wizard of Oz lived in the emerald city; he really never did. I found this out as a grown man. He resides in an upscale seaside community called Malibu, and I know him quite well; his name is Chris Prentiss, the Wizard of Oz, of Malibu, California. I will never ever stop thanking you!!!!!! I have truly the most wonderful life now-for the first time in my forty-four years-finding peace in my soul-a healing of my body, mind and soul. Stay in touch forever. I cannot wait until the reunion.
My Very Best,
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Hey Chris,
It"s one of your Montana graduates. I just got "homesick" for you all and visited the website. I hope you are all fine. I was glad to see Audrey is still with you. She remains to this day, one of my favorite people, and always will be. What a joy she is, and what joy she gives. I am alive, happy, and in a good recovery pattern. I attend four twelve-step meetings a week, and find that I am finally learning the skills to live my own truth in this world. My husband and my 2 boys are wonderful. The last two years since I graduated from Passages have been very eventful; not easy, but I"ve certainly become a student of recovery. I just wanted you all to know, Gert, Anna, Ranjit, Pax, and the rest of your staff as well as yourself, that I consider my time at Passages to be irreplaceable. I found I wanted to stay alive while there, and that there was a place for me in this world. My spirituality has grown into the foundation on which I stand, and my intuition, empathy, and understanding towards others and myself is truly a gift that I enjoy now. It helps me feel joy, instead of wounding me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Continue to do your good works. I believe I will return just to visit someday. If you can share this with Audrey, please tell her I can feel her from here!
With Much Love and Gratitude,
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Dear Chris & Pax,
If everything happens for a reason, then I'm glad God made this happen. After only thirty days, 1 month, I can say that I have done more growing then I have ever done prior to Passages entering my life. I have gone through a change personally, mentally, and spiritually, and I can say that I have a freedom I have never possessed before, I have learned so much here and I have taken another step towards the person who I really am. Inside myself, I am grateful, not just for being here, but for knowing all of you. And becoming part of a family, which is something a tad strange to me. Not to sound as if I have never had a family, but this type of family where there are so many different people and no names for them. There is no mother, father, brother or sister, just friends becoming one unified group of people under one roof. This is, as AA knows it, a fellowship of men and women, and it is an incredible thing. It is amazing how loyal we have become to each other, and no matter what problem presented itself, every one of us in our own ways, had an answer and a way to get by the obstacle in front of us. I have overcome many obstacles going through here, one being my addiction, which is completely gone and I am not dependant on drugs any more. The other was my anger problem. I have never really got angry here, not to a point where it was a problem. My yelling on the tennis court is one thing, but I find it as normal. Even though anger is a natural feeling, with assertiveness and expressions of it through words, nobody will have to see me blow up anymore. I am very excited to get back to normal life, but this is also a sad and scary time. I am sad because I must leave my newfound family, but I will be in touch with every individual here as I want to keep this alive just as I hope all you do. The scary portion is that I must get back to normality and realize that I do have a life outside of it, but that I also need to realize where I am going with it and how to travel the road of the future. I can say one thing, though, heading off to college in a few months will not be as hard for me anymore because I learned so much here, the most important being independence. I learned to fend for myself and not depend on others to do things for me. I also learned the importance of communication. If a problem arose, I want to different people each time and asked what they thought I should do. Unfortunately, tough lessons were learned here too. I learned one of the toughest which is trust and the betrayal. But it also taught me how to cope with certain situations. There is so much to be said about Passages and what I learned, but I just want to say thank you, because without Passages I'd probably still be in a major fight with numerous people, including my parents. I am extremely grateful to have come here and wish all of you the best of luck in the future, even though I know we will all do great. Thank you for giving me this time and this graduation. And, in my own words, " I will keep coming back, because It worked when I worked it."
Love,
Brandon
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