{"quotes":[{"text":"Music open our minds to allow the perception of new thoughts of a higher nature, which gives us a spiritual lift, which produces yet more joy.","author":"Wu Wei","tags":["chris-prentiss","joy","joyful-living","music","wisdom","wu-wei"],"id":1324,"author_id":"Wu+Wei"},{"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":"It is more important that we listen to others than to always be speaking, for in that way we learn what there is to know. We should be easy to talk to, and grateful for new information.","author":"Wu Wei","tags":["chris-prentiss","grateful","knowledge","learning","listening","wu-wei"],"id":32107,"author_id":"Wu+Wei"},{"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":"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"},{"text":"The events that occur in my life are workout situations. They are there for my benefit so I can become strong and gain wisdom and information by working my way through those situations.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["addiction","addiction-and-recovery","addiction-free","chris-prentiss","chris-prentiss","guilt","happiness","joy","life","love","pain","passages-malibu","passages-ventura","peace","philosophy","philosophy-of-life","wisdom"],"id":62119,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":56,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}