I am a former addict recovering from addiction and I have not used substances in over 30 years. I have attended 3 residential recovery programs and had a very difficult time kicking my own habit years ago. In addition I have attended 12 step programs. Group sessions as well as the very effective 90 meetings in 90 days.

I have had one on one counseling and I took some graduate school classes on addiction but frankly was disappointed with the teacher as the instructors had knowledge from books but had never actually been addicts themselves. I could not relate to them. I also have done a lot of one on one coaching to help people get off their addictions and I worked at a hospital in Chicago in a volunteer basis while still working for Pfizer and conducted a number of group aftercare sessions designed to help recovering addicts.