Walter Wolf - The Right Rehab: A Guide to Addiction and Mental Illness Recovery When Crisis Hits Your Family

Walter Wolf is a thirty-year veteran of the entertainment industry who produced studio and independent films and television throughout the United States, Australia, and South Africa. That all changed with one 3:00 a.m. call that a family member was in crisis due to addiction. Today, he is an interventionist helping families nationwide navigate the confusing world of addiction and mental illness treatment to find the right facility for their loved one. To know more about finding the right treatment for you or a loved one, go to .

I cannot do justice to the help and support I received in making this book possible. But for my professional responsibility of confidentiality, they know who they are, and I have acknowledged that personally to each and every one of them.

Those whom I can mention are my attorney, Peter Dekom, and agents, Joel Gotler and Murray Weiss. Their guidance, judgment, and encouragement have been indispensable.

Suzanne Staszak-Silva, my editor at Rowman & Littlefield, is the reason why this book is a published work. Without hers and her assistant Deni Remsbergs belief and dedication, a countless number of terrified families would still be prey for unscrupulous grifters and con artists. I wish to thank you and your colleagues at Rowman & Littlefield for your patience and belief in me.

Rob Jolles coached me in how to go from idea to written word. I cannot thank him enough for his leadership, experience, and confidence in me. Rob, I hope you are proud.

The researchers at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are the unsung heroes of the professionals who have dedicated their lives to the treatment of addiction and mental illness. Their thorough, exhaustive, and encyclopedic research is a shining example of our tax dollars at work for the betterment of humanity. Thank you.

Finally, enough cannot be said for the treatment professionals throughout our nation. It takes a special type of person to go to work each day knowing that theres a good chance their work will meet with failure. But relapse is frequently part of the journey, and its the patients who eventually succeed, who attain a life of recovery, who drive those health care professionals to keep striving to change peoples lives. Those professionals save families. They are loved. When you meet one, thank them for what they do. They are on the side of the angels.

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