Randy Weis

“Another crucial reform would be a federal mandate that kids in all residential programs must have unmonitored access to an abuse hotline that would trigger immediate investigation.”
― Maia Szalavitz, Help At Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids

“if punishment worked to fight addiction, the condition itself couldn’t exist.”
― Maia Szalavitz, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction

“I figured scraps were better than nothing at all. I failed to realize that the same thing that distinguishes addiction from passionate interest also divides unhealthy love from that which is the highest experience of humanity. That is, love is real when it expands and enhances your life—and troubling and problematic when it contracts or impairs it. Whether you love a person, a drug, or an intellectual interest, if it is spurring creativity, connection, and kindness, it’s not an addiction—but if it’s making you isolated, dull, and mean,”
― Maia Szalavitz, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction

“Instead of filling your mind with the daily news, fill it with stuff that helps you become more conscious, that liberates you. As you become more aware of what gets you to God and what doesn’t, you will naturally let go of what doesn’t. That’s purification. You do it to get to God, not for the sake of being pure.”
― Ram Dass, Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart