I wrote Intimate Recovery from my heart. The epidemic of addiction, the disease of addiction is affecting so many people in the world, from all walks of life. It not only affects the substance abuser but the family of the abuser.

I wrote this book, not about living within the constructs of the problem. I wrote Intimate Recovery as a solution to that past problem. I agree with what most doctors are now calling a disease. Addiction is not a problem of morals but a mental illness that manifests its symptoms differently for each person.

Living in the solution and not the problem has been the most rewarding within this journey. My story, my love for life, is what my Intimate Recovery is all about. If I can help one person with this project, if I can help save one person, it is worth it. To give back is to receive.

I hope you can get something from my Intimate Recovery, inspired, I hope.

Michael Dadourian,
Author of Intimate Recovery