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If I die from an overdose, please don’t prosecute my dealer

September 4, 2018 By Seth Blais

Overdose Vigil

In 2014, one of my heroin dealers supplied drugs to someone who would later overdose and die. I wasn’t involved and only heard about it second-hand, but he would be sentenced to five years in federal prison for providing drugs that resulted in a … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Opinion, Recovery Tagged With: Heroin, Marginalization, Overdose

Your circumstances don’t care how you feel about them

August 20, 2018 By Seth Blais

In the fall of 2016, I was on a steep decline towards being homeless, or worse, dead. With the help of the only people still willing to even speak with me, I was able to find accommodations in a men's sober living house. The year leading up to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Recovery, Stoicism Tagged With: Addiction, Epictetus, Perspective, Prison, Stoicism

It doesn’t matter if you think addiction is not a disease

August 16, 2018 By Seth Blais

Addiction is defined as a disease by most medical associations, including the American Medical Association. It has been considered such for several decades. Even so, many people dispute this. So what has changed? Like cancer, diabetes and heart … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Opinion, Recovery Tagged With: Addiction, Overdose, Shame, Stigma

Compliments make me uncomfortable

July 14, 2018 By Seth Blais

After recently deciding to start my own automotive marketing and consulting business, I've been reaching out to friends in the industry to let them know what I'm doing and schedule meetings with potential clients. During one of these meetings, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Recovery

You can’t rationalize irrational or unsafe behavior in addiction

June 14, 2018 By Seth Blais

Photo: Matthew Rader It was late on a Sunday night, and I was desperately searching for a place to buy insulin syringes. These small syringes are what are used to inject heroin, not like the large turkey baster looking devices you sometimes see … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Recovery

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