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Can Addiction Relapse be useful?

Someone recently asked me, “Do you get frustrated with patients that relapse over and over again and then try to re-enter treatment?” My initial thought was that the patients who use treatment as a tool for to either appease a… Continue Reading →

No one is coming to save us….

I think, sadly, that it might be human nature to think that there is someone or something coming to “save us” from whatever we face. But there isn’t. We are responsible for our own life outcomes, both personally and professionally…. Continue Reading →

My addiction treatment book can save lives

As an author, it’s not enough for me to write books and hope they find their readers.  I have to push them.  No publisher, agent, or publicist will ever love my work more than me and none of them can… Continue Reading →

Automatic Judgement Prevents Recovery

One of the more common ideas in recovery is that 75% of addicts will relapse within the first 90 days of their recovery. But, this idea has no weight within any single person’s path towards health. As a matter of… Continue Reading →

Why do we all need a recovery identity?

Fighting substance abuse isn’t easy; many people have opinions both towards substances and towards addicts, but few offer any real solutions.  One thing that I really don’t think helps is solely looking at substances.  While I do think that we… Continue Reading →

Ready to change? How to know for sure….

There is an Aesop’s fable that is so resonant and relevant to recovery that I am compelled to share it and describe its significance. Now, people are always wondering how they know their loved one is ready change. I’ve said… Continue Reading →

Why giving ultimatums don't work with addicts.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been wrestling with meaningless deadlines.  Again, if there is an actual dependency associated with a deadline, or if the consequences of missing a deadline are enforced, then I think deadlines are quite useful and… Continue Reading →

Want a tool that you can use to improve your life?

I’ve written and published 4 books, but I can’t say that I’ve done a good job of promoting them.  Part of the reason why I haven’t been out there pounding on doors about my other books is that it’s hard… Continue Reading →

Join Juan Blea for a FREE reading in Taos, NM

Hello — I’ll be giving a free reading and discussing the idea of compassion in addiction treatment.  Please see the above flyer with all the details… {As a tool, my book 49 Tips and Insights for Understanding Addiction really can help… Continue Reading →

What is compassion for an Addict?

One of the more difficult things for me to explain is what I mean by having compassion for an addict.  At first glance, it may sound like I mean that if you love an addict, you should le him or… Continue Reading →

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