8 Essentials for Recovery from Addiction

Counselor Carl (http://serenityonlinetherapy.com) describes 8 essential elements for any plan for recovery from addiction, alcoholism, and drug abuse. He stresses that having a solid plan for recovery significantly increases the chances of success. He emphasizes that recovery involves learning about the disease of addiction, building a strong support system for sobriety, and learning new self-care and interpersonal skills. Counselor Carl's straight-forward teaching style makes complex concepts easy to understand. Counselor Carl is a licensed, professional counselor with 19 years of clinical experience both online and face-to-face. He led a therapy group for people with addiction and mental illness for ten years and has led a support group for families and friends of addicts and alcoholics for the past seven years.