12-step-programs Quote by Chris Prentiss

“Staying sober is easy once you have been successful in healing the underlying conditions that were responsible for your dependency in the first place.”

— Chris Prentiss

Treatment of alcohol addiction can take many forms.

— Drew Pinsky

Very few alcoholics get into a treatment program until they are at the end of the rope, often when they feel like they are…

— Gary Chapman

No one can help an alcoholic or addict until he or she is ready to try to get better.

— Ruben Castaneda

“Page 142: "When a spouse says to the alcoholic, "you need to go to AA," that is obviously not true. The addict feels no…

— Henry Cloud

We have to do more about addiction, not only drugs, but also alcohol.

— Hillary Clinton

“If those underlying conditions aren't treated, the return of those symptoms may cause us so much discomfort that we'll go back to using addictive…

— Chris Prentiss

“If I were to create a word that more accurately describes alcoholism and addiction, I would say it was dependencyism. Sounds silly, doesn't it?…

— Chris Prentiss

Addiction is more malleable than you know. When people come to me for therapy, they often ask me whether their behavior constitutes a real…

— Stanton Peele

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail…

— Ralph Nader

“Alcoholics Anonymous was proclaimed the correct treatment for alcoholism over seventy-five years ago despite the absence of any scientific evidence of the approach’s efficacy,…

— Lance Dodes

“There is no evidence from anywhere in the world that harm reduction measures encourage drug use. Denying addicts humane assistance multiplies their miseries without…

— Gabor Maté