I’m going to be on a Santa Fe radio station on Tuesday the 5th. The host will ask me a bunch of questions regarding my book, 49 Tips and Insights for Understanding Addiction, and I will provide him with answers. The main question, if I’m predicting correctly, will be: Why should people bother with your book?
The truth is that I believe EVERYONE can benefit from the book, provided they read it mindfully and actually answer the exercises. It’s not easy; for whatever reason, people hate to read and write. Unless they want to jack-off with Facebook, people really don’t LIKE to write. Especially if writing means learning something about themselves: people will stay the hell away from writing as though it’s the plague.
Bookwerks in Albuquerque didn’t want to host me for a reading because they didn’t think anyone would be interested. Sadly, I think they’re right — people DON’T want to learn about addiction and recovery, they want someone to FIX their addiction problems with no effort on their own. Newsflash: THERE ARE NO EASY WAYS OUT OF ADDICTION. Really, there are no easy roads towards anything of value. There’s ALWAYS work involved.
So, I do hope people tune in; I’ll have more details as they emerge. In the meantime, I do hope people struggling with Addiction try to learn about it and at least try to recognize that there are solutions, they just have to be found….
June 30, 2016 at 9:03 am
Much luck with the interview, Juan. I hope your message spreads across the nation. There are so many people in need.