A warm welcome to you. Who am I? My name is Bill Urell, I have been in continuous recovery for 16 years, and work as an addictions therapist at a leading residential treatment center.
Currently, I specialize in working with the unique problems of older adults who have chemical dependency. I have written a book called "The Addiction Recovery Help Guide" and authored over 70 articles on various topics concerning addiction recovery.
The inspiration for this site comes from my daily work. I am privledged to work on a daily basis with people working for recovery. I find great satisfaction in sharing recovery information and help. One thing that I have learned is that the best way to present complex information is to break it down into simple and easily understood information. I have been told I am pretty good at that. I have a passion for recovery. All this is the result of a midlife crisis where I switched careers, bought a convertible and moved South.
After a somewhat misspent youth, and working at a high pressure job I came to dislike intensely, I got this idea that I wanted to make a positive contribution to the world. Not to become rich or famous and build my ego, but more for personal satisfaction. I hit a brick wall or glass ceiling in recovery and started asking myself "Is this all there is?" I wasn’t happy, in fact I was in a crisis as big as the one that got me in treatment years ago, just different issues..
I came to realize I had been abstinent for years, but had neglected my personal growth in recovery. I asked myself when I am in the casket 6 feet deep and family and friends are gathered around, how do I want to be remembered? What will they engrave on the tombstone. I don’t want to be spinning in the grave for all eternity. Kind of kidding there, but not really. I realized what was really important was not what I owned, (and it was never much), but it was more who I am, and who, if anyone, I had touched in a positive way.
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