FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

January 28, 2016. Denver, CO and Santa Fe, NM – Outskirts Press, Inc. has published 49 Tips & Insights for Understanding Addiction by Juan Blea, MA, LADC, which is the author’s most recent book to date. The 6 x 9 paperback  is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $14.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/49TipsInsightsforUnderstandingAddiction was launched simultaneously with the book’s publication.

About the Book (Excerpts & Info)

49 Tips & Insights for Understanding Addiction provides both a rich set of writings and exercises that can help people understand the emotional and physical mechanics of both Addiction and Recovery. This book challenges the reader to approach Addiction from a place of compassion rather than anger so that the trigger/anxiety/compulsion/shame cycle of Addiction can be disrupted. This important addition to the arsenal of weapons to fight Addiction presents information that will help the reader understand: • The mechanics of Substance Abuse & Addiction • The inner struggle that an addict faces • How our own perceptions of substances inform and guide recovery • How compassion can disrupt the shame/anxiety cycle

Deftly constructed at 134 pages, 49 Tips & Insights for Understanding Addiction is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, 49 Tips & Insights for Understanding Addiction meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $14.95.

Additionally, 49 Tips & Insights for Understanding Addiction can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore

ISBN: 9781478767657 Format: 6 x 9 paperback white SRP: $14.95

For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/49TipsInsightsforUnderstandingAddiction

About the Author

Author Juan Blea holds a Masters of Arts in Education, is a licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and is a licensed Continuing Education provider. Mr. Blea has been teaching the material included within 49 Tips & Insights for Understanding Addiction for over fifteen (15) years and has seen how the material has changed lives for the better. He runs a private practice in Santa Fe, NM and blogs at jblea1016.com.