Bill Ryan has been involved in the field of chemical dependence both professionally and personally for over 30 years. Since 1977 when Billy, as his friends call him, began his own personal healing, he has helped carry the message of recovery to countless people around the world through public speaking, seminars, workshops and written publications. Bill spent many years as an executive with an international leading company in the golf industry. His unique combination of personal experience with successful recovery from addiction and his many years as an executive in the corporate environment make him especially well suited for professional interventions and recovery coaching.

Bill Ryan's personal story appears in a Twelve-Step fellowship recovery book with more than seven million copies in circulation around the world. Bill is frequently invited to speak in the U.S and Internationally at conventions in front of audiences ranging from 300 to 6,000 people. Bill is on the Board of Directors for the Foundation For Recovery. He resides in Arizona.

Bill's Message

Through my own personal challenges with substance abuse and in witnessing many close loved ones and friends succumb to the disease of addiction I know first hand that addiction is progressive and incurable; and is more powerful than any human being; it will end one’s life prematurely if appropriate action is not taken. The good news is that this disease is 100% treatable. Recovery is a process often spearheaded by a professional intervention either by a family or a workplace. Addressing it early and aggressively allows for the best possible chance of recovery. I consider it an honor to guide a family or a group of concerned others through the intervention process; walk with the addict through the doors of a treatment facility and into his/her new life: and coach the family and the addict throughout the recovery process.

Addiction is a lifelong disease that tells us we don’t have a disease. This is why the addict will often say “I can do it on my own, it’s your problem not mine, I can handle it, you don’t understand”. This is also what we refer to as the insanity of addiction. When in the grips of addiction the addict’s brain has been hijacked and his thinking and behavior is clearly not rational or sane. Everybody can see it, but the addict. I define insanity as “having a way out and not taking it”. We want to offer “a way out” to as many addicts as we can; No addict need die without having the chance to recover. My personal mission is to continue to reach as many addicts as I can.

Professional Credentials:

• Board Registered Interventionist (BRI-I)
• Full member of the Association of Intervention Specialists (AIS)
• Registered Addictions Specialist (RAS)
• Certified Recovery Coach (CRC)
• Member of the American Counseling Association (ACA)
• Member of the Board of Directors for the Foundation for Recovery
• Board Advisor for the Merritt Center for Individual & Group Empowerment

Bill is also a partner at Scottsdale Intervention, The Valley's leading Intervention Specialists. He facilitates interventions all across the world. For more information visit www.scottsdaleintervention.com