|
|
|
Richard Gibb Martin, CAADE, CATC is a certified addictions treatment counselor. He has extensive experience in dealing with all aspects of recovery from various forms of addiction and alcoholism. Since 1997 he has been the owner/director of the Bodhi House, a group of recovery homes in Long Beach, California. He has a BA from the University of Southern California and did graduate studies at Cal State Long Beach. He obtained his Credentials as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Educator from Cypress College.
|
| |
|
Martin is extremely active in 12-Step groups in the South Bay as a speaker, sponsor and member. He teaches a monthly seminar/workshop on the 12-Step process at the United States Veteran's Recovery Center at the Villages of Cabrillo (VVRC), Long Beach, California.
|
| |
|
Possibly most importantly, Martin is himself in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The focus of an intervention in 1993, he has over 10 years of continuous sobriety. Personally experiencing the process of addiction and recovery from both sides allows the necessary empathy and understanding to communicate through to the addict/alcoholic breaking down barriers of denial that otherwise prove insurmountable. As the "Basic Text" of Narcotics Anonymous says, "the therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel".
|
|
|
