Recovery Advocate

Person of the Week: Louise Stanger

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! –

October29, 2024 – Dr. Louise Stanger LCSW, CDWF, CIP CILC is a preeminent clinician interventionist, author and thought leader in the behavioral health and addiction treatments industry. She is the Founder of All About Interventions. She has performed thousands of family interventions in the US and abroad, gives presentations around the globe on various topics related to mental health, trauma, addiction, process disorders and chronic pain. She has received prestigious awards from her fellow industry colleagues for her clinical expertise.

Q. If you are in recovery, what was your drug(s) of choice and when is your sobriety date?

A. Feb 23, 1986. Al-Anon and ACA.

Q. What do you like most about 12-step meetings?

A. Connection and wisdom.

Q. Do you think addiction is an illness, disease, a choice, or a wicked twist of fate?

A. Disease.

CONTINUE@AddictionRecoveryeBulletin

C Luke

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