The energy everything is made of is conscious. It’s alive.

The world actually is a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well as mirroring your changes.

Your actions create an “energy vortex” that draws in the necessary ingredients for your venture.

Life’s tempering and altering process often takes the form of adversity, and, as far as outward appearances are concerned, seems to be working against us when it is actually working for us.

We wouldn’t have much need of a war if people stopped using drugs. It’s like taking up a fight against the use of headache remedies; it will never work until the condition causing people’s headache...

If you are surrounded by people who not only don’t believe in your goals and your positive outlook on life, but who also continually try to tear you down, it will be extremely challenging for...

By changing how you perceive things and how you act upon those perceptions, you will change your life.

One of the first actions we take at Passages is to ruthlessly scrutinize, always under a doctor’s supervision and care, the specific necessity of any mind- altering or mood-altering medications that our clients are taking....

Every person in the AA program who’s successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and alcohol- the power to stop.

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...

Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it. That’s a terrible thing to inflict on someone. Labeling alcoholism as a disease,...

Stress and anxiety cause our brains to release chemicals that put lines in our faces and tear us down emotionally and spiritually.

You don’t need to be a scientist to know how powerful your imagination is.

The true source of happiness is within each of us.

The totally alive, totally conscious, and totally aware Universe takes care of itself completely. It is totally self- reliant and totally self- sufficient. It is perfect.

It’s the causes, not the dependent person, that must be corrected. That’s why I see the United States’ War on Drugs as being fought in an unrealistic manner. This war is focused on fighting drug...

Your life today is the result of a series of decisions you made that have caused you to arrive where you are.

I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I’ve seen it happen over and over again.

The word Universe is made up of two Latin words- uni (meaning “one”) and versus (meaning “turned into”). It literally means “one turned into.

Negative emotions, like depression or anxiety, have been shown to affect our immune system. Stress impedes wound healing.

What you think of as your common sense in regard to relationships may be based on something you have come to believe that isn’t totally true or may not be true at all.

Every belief that you hold manifests itself in some manner by either causing you to take some form of action or by preventing you from taking action. If you don’t believe something is possible, you...

You are not an alcoholic or an addict. You are not incurably diseased. You have merely become dependent on substances or addictive behavior to cope with underlying conditions that you are now going to heal,...

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.

You are not alone in your quest to be who you want and have what you want.

If you have experienced recurring situations in your life that are unpleasant, know that there is something you are supposed to be getting from those situations that you have not been getting and that the...

The Universe is alive, conscious, and aware.

You use your brain much as you would use a radio crystal; you tune in different frequencies.

Do you believe in chaos- in random, uncontrolled events, in the idea that anything can happen at any time without fixed laws governing it? If you believe that, you will always be in a state...

The answers are never “out there.” All the answers are “in there,” inside you, waiting to be discovered.

Believe that is cure is possible for you. Discover and heal the underlying causes with a holistic recovery program. Adopt a philosophy based on what is true in the Universe.

The punishment approach and bad consequences approach to treatment is the kind of thinking that is prevalent in every residential substance abuse treatment center in the United States of which I’m aware.

It is ethanol that everyone is after when they drink alcoholic beverages. That is what gives us the euphoric feeling, and that is what all vendors of alcoholic drinks are selling.

The world is actually a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well, mirroring your changes.

The best way for you to get that new experience is to change your response to what happens.

We like to take credit when we get a new idea, as if we originated the idea in our brain, but what we actually did was no less extraordinary: we channeled the idea.

Life is like a river: nothing is ever the same, even for an instant.

A strong personal philosophy does more than sustain us through the tragedies of life. It also stains us daily in everything we think and do. It gives us optimism and hope.

What determines each person’s state of happiness or unhappiness is not the event itself, but what the event means to that person.

The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior, the greater your desire for it will become.

Alcohol is the drug ethanol. They are one and the same. Alcohol is also called ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol. It is a chemical compound. Ethanol is often added to the gasoline we use to...

People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.

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...

When you need an idea about how to do anything, get quiet and relaxed and think about what it is you need to know. Then the flow of ideas will come. Be patient and let...

You have chosen to exist, and more than just exist– you’ve been chosen to share in the Universal consciousness.

Take a few minutes now and see your current circumstances- your physical condition, your emotional condition, your possessions, your financial condition, where and how you live, your relationships, the situations surrounding your life, and the...

Stress comes from the way you relate to events or situations.

Zen is a journey of exploration and a way of living that, in and of itself, does not belong to any one religion or tradition. It is about experiencing life in the here and now...

There is no cell culture for depression. You can’t see it on a bone scan or an x-ray. Not everyone with depression will show the same behavioral symptoms.

Whatever you now do, whatever you now believe, whatever your current circumstances may be, you are perfectly equipped and fully capable of fulfilling your needs and desires.