I have worked in the human service field for over two decades; I am a certified alcohol and drug counselor, in the state of Illinois. I have worked with families, couples, adolescents, adults, and inmates. I work in long term behavior modification, 28 day residential, and out-patient, dual diagnosed and partial hospitalization. I have designed, developed, and facilitated a long term residential mentally ill substance abuse program in a nursing home on the west side of Chicago. I was blessed to be placed in foster care, into a loving home that never made me feel like I was a forgotten orphan ch...