“My name is Brian Bailys and I am a person in recovery. My last experience in treatment had a dramatic impact on my life. By way of background I started my career in public accounting and for the last 20 years have focused...
Category - Newsmakers
Salonpas – John Incledon
John Incledon is President of Hisamitsu America, the manufacturers of Salonpas. As a senior-level marketing executive, John has achieved extraordinary results in brand development and business value creation by aggressively...
NACoA – National Association for Children of Alcoholics
The people hurt most by drugs and alcohol don’t even use them; they are the CHILDREN of alcoholics and other drug dependent parents. The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) believes that none of these...
A New High – Eamon Downey
In the heart of downtown Seattle, a diverse group of men and women will come together to climb out of homelessness and drug addiction through an unorthodox recovery program that uses mountain climbing as a means of rehabilitation...
Kimberly Cramer – Reawakenings Wellness Center
Kimberly has a Masters of Social Work and has worked with families and individuals dealing with addiction since the start of her career. She has worked with addictions and co-occurring disorders in state court ordered, community...
NAADAC – Bob Richards
Bob Richards has been a NAADAC board member for the past twelve years. He has served as President of AADACO, the Oregon NAADAC affiliate, NAADAC Northwest Regional Vice President for two terms, treasurer, President elect and has...
Point of Return – Alessandra Rain
“I began my journey on prescription medications with utter ignorance. It never occurred to me that the pills were addictive – or that they had side effects. As time went on I felt as though portions of my personality...
The Alcoholic Stockbroker and the Forgotten Alcoholic Doctor – Samuel Shem
In the case of Alcoholics Anonymous, media continually cite Bill Wilson as the hero—the founder of the original 12-step program that has, arguably, done more than any other treatment to heal alcoholics and other addicts. Wilson...
Shatterproof – Gary Mendell
Gary Mendell spent his career as the chief executive of a rather large hotel chain. It was a billion-dollar corporation. But with all his success and the comfort it could bring, Mendell’s family could not be immune to the...
The Anonymous People – Greg Williams
It is believed there are 23 million U.S. citizens in recovery. They go out about their lives, among everyone else, hiding in anonymity. The power to be anonymous is the core of many “Twelve Step” programs that ensure...