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"I'd gotten on the piss and it had kicked me the fuck off. Hard."

"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. As soon as any non essential drugs are out of their systems, the feelings they were trying to suppress usually emerge. When that happens, we can see what symptoms the client was masking with drugs or alcohol."

"Somewhere in the sun-washed space between Southern California's hills of sand and the present desolate volcanic sprawl I was crossing, my legs had strengthened, but " invisibly " so had my will. The wisdom of my body had cultivated vibrantly since those sadness-drunken months after the rape when I'd felt so numbed by the hurt and shame that I didn't move further. No longer."

"It is not true that everyone is special. It is true that everyone was once special and still possesses the ability to recover it."

"I may just be on the outskirts of being okay."

"The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you."
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"Our primary health care should begin on the farm and in our hearts, and not in some laboratory of the biotech and pharmaceutical companies."

"The older you get the more you realize that just because someone has an important job doesn't necessarily mean that they do it responsibly, or are even good at it. There are many 'D' students running around with high social status gained from their seemingly important positions. Integrity and proficiency are not a given. These qualities can only be proven over time."

"When you become complacent with someone lying, whether it is a close friend, the media, or your government, then you have essentially given them permission to continue to do so and most often at your expense."

"Lies are like cockroaches, for every one you discover there are many more that are hidden."

"Do not allow consumerism to dictate your spiritual practice. You need nothing more than your focused attention to gain enlightenment."

"When you bury your head in the sand you leave your backside exposed to those who seek to take advantage."

"When you have experienced the depth of your inner self, the idea of enlightenment is no longer a goal to strive towards, but rather an attitude to maintain."
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