Bill Urell

One thing that I have learned is that the best way to present complex information is to break it down into simple and easily understood information. I have been told I am pretty good at that. I have a passion for recovery.

All this is the result of a midlife crisis where I switched careers, bought a convertible and moved South. After a somewhat misspent youth, and working at a high pressure job I came to dislike intensely, I got this idea that I wanted to make a positive contribution to the world. Not to become rich or famous and build my ego, but more for personal satisfaction.

I hit a brick wall or glass ceiling in recovery and started asking myself "Is this all there is?" I wasn't happy, in fact I was in a crisis as big as the one that got me in treatment years ago, just different issues.. I came to realize I had been abstinent for years, but had neglected my personal growth in recovery.

I asked myself when I am in the casket 6 feet deep and family and friends are gathered around, how do I want to be remembered? What will they engrave on the tombstone. I don't want to be spinning in the grave for all ete ity. Kind of kidding there, but not really. I realized what was really important was not what I owned, (and it was never much), but it was more who I am, and who, if anyone, I had touched in a positive way.

I love the internet and computers, own about 45 websites and blogs, an authority blog site, Addiction Recovery Basics as well as The Recovery Club, and my hobby is anything to do with the internet. I love to spend time on Florida's beautiful beaches basking in the sun and listening to the surf.