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NO magic bullets to fight addiction

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. … Continue Reading →

Horses telling a sad story…

I saw these horses on the way home today and they seemed so sad behind the barbed wire.  In this series of three pictures, They seemed to be saying in the first (as one horse nuzzled into the other), “I… Continue Reading →

Green really is gold — my afternoon reflection

Green is gold, right?  At least, that’s what Robert Frost claims.  After my afternoon “decompress,” I think agree with him.  It’s been a busy day with more than the typical demands upon my time and headspace.  I was feeling a… Continue Reading →

Listen to True Taos Radio Tonight between 6-8 PM

I will be a guest on David Perez’s El Show on True Taos Radio.  Regardless of where you live, you can stream it on iTunes, or via the web, or on TuneIn. I’ll be discussing my book 49 Tips and… Continue Reading →

Writers are solely responsible for their book's success

  It’s not like I thought I’d sell a million copies of my first book….well, actually, it’s exactly like that.  I thought Butterfly Warrior (my first novel) would sell and sell and that I’d be able to write from my… Continue Reading →

Midwest Book Review calls Addiction book "essential reading"

As a writer, it’s always scary for me to put my work out into the world.  If there’s negative feedback, or worse, NO feedback, it’s as if the word “irrelevant” is stamped onto my forehead.  However, when a great review… Continue Reading →

A B-day tribute to the best person I know

I write a lot about the ideal person we should all strive to be.  The reason I write about that ideal is that I have the distinct privilege of spending every day of my life with the human ideal —… Continue Reading →

HELP! Pilot study subjects needed…

Now that 49 Tips and Insights for Understanding Addiction is on the streets, I can proceed with plans for its educative mission.  Part of that mission is to offer  12 self-study continuing education units for clinicians who read it and… Continue Reading →

Ethics Workshop to show how Leadership can eradicate Substance Abuse

I’m not the best salesman in the world, but I do consider myself a good writer and even better teacher (plus I have really strong evaluations to support my consideration).  Among the great joys of my life is presenting information… Continue Reading →

The lessons of a spider…

A few nights ago, I saw this spider between my fence and my trash can.  It was about 9 PM when I first saw it; when I got home it was about 4 PM.  The web hadn’t been there when… Continue Reading →

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