{"author":"Chris Prentiss","author_id":"Chris+Prentiss","total_quotes":69,"quotes":[{"text":"What we call coincidences, accidental and remarkable events occurring at the same time, are actually circumstances and events that have come into your life to serve a purpose is to benefit you.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["addiction-cure","chris-prentiss","coincidences","goals","inspiration","inspire","motivation","passages-malibu","passages-ventura","self-help","self-improvement"],"id":7754,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"If you can stop using substance or stop your addictive behavior for extended periods of time without craving, you are not dependent. You are dependent only if you can't stop without physical or psychological distress (you have unpleasant physical and/or psychological withdrawal symptoms) or if you stop and then relapse.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["addiction","addiction-and-recovery","alcohol-addiction","alcoholism","chris-prentiss","drug-addiction","non-12-step","passages-malibu","passages-ventura","pax-prentiss","relapse","withdrawal"],"id":17044,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"You have chosen to exist, and more than just exist-- you've been chosen to share in the Universal consciousness.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["addiction","chris-prentiss","inspiration","life","passages-malibu","passages-ventura","universe"],"id":21581,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"How do you think your body and mind would respond if you were surrounded by psychologists, psychiatrists, or drug and alcohol counselors who subscribed to the belief that 'once an alcoholic or addict, always an alcoholic or addict' and who believed that your current stay in rehab would be one of many?","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["addiction","chris-prentiss","holistic","holistic-health","non-12-step","passages-malibu","passages-rehab","passages-treatment-center","passages-ventura","pax-prentiss","therapy","treatment","wellbeing","wellness","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":25838,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"The energy everything is made of is conscious. It's alive.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["chris-prentiss","energy","inspiration","life","metaphysics","quotes"],"id":26199,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"The answers are never 'out there.' All the answers are 'in there,' inside you, waiting to be discovered.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["happiness","philosophy","zen","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":28992,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"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 moment you get it, those situations will pass out of your life, not to return.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["change","chris-prentiss","life-improvement","passages-malibu","philosophy","philosophy-of-life","self-help","self-improvement"],"id":32994,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"To have the beautiful relationship you want, you and your partner must share your life stories with each other, holding nothing back. That sharing includes any past experiences of brutality, traumas, rape, incest, and emotional or mental torture of any kind that either of you has experienced as well as the wonderful memories you each cherish.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["laws-of-love","relationships","self-help"],"id":34760,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"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.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["happiness","philosophy","zen","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":51973,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"You have enough courage to face even your greatest fear.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["chris-prentiss","courage","fear","fearless","freedom","passages-malibu","quotes","self-help","strength"],"id":52068,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":69,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}