Addiction and Wellness counselor I am a registered addiction counselor helping anyone dealing with any form of addiction. I myself am an addict in remission from my addictions. By using the 12 step program of recovery I have been free from active addiction for 38 years. Using the knowledge, experience (active and in remission), 10 years as an addiction lay-counselor and now, addiction counseling practitioner, I counsel or coach anyone caught in the grip of addiction and / or the families of an addict. The foundation of my counseling is a well-accepted program of recovery that is based on the 12 step program. Millions of recovering addicts worldwide, regardless of the type of addiction, utilise the 12 step program to maintain remission longevity from the disease of addiction.