We recently connected with Scott Silverman and have shared our conversation below.

Scott, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Is there a heartwarming story from your career that you look back on?

As a Crisis Coach and Interventionist I have many heart warming stories. An Example:
A family called me their son was in the ER from an Overdose. We spoke in great length. They were not certain he would live. Fortunately he did. They ask for help and we took the appropriate steps to get him into treatment upon his release from the hospital. The family was besides themselves in what to. Together I helped them with the highest and best suggestion possible. They took them all and he went into treatment. The parents were referred to a psychologist. The parents got the support they needed and their son did very well in treatment. He then went to a sober living, He became stabilized got a great job and everyone was doing very well.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Southern Comfort. It’s the first drink Scott Silverman ever had. He was 14 and remembers it clearly. When he was 16 he started smoking marijuana and it wasn’t long before he moved on to meth, hallucinogens and cocaine and referred to himself as an “unlicensed pharmacist”. Scott’s heavy drinking, drug abuse and hard partying wasn’t recreational; it was his way of life. He felt invincible. Until he hit the proverbial brick wall when he was 30. When his attempt to take his own life didn’t work, he went into rehab. Scott took an interest in real estate and lost everything in the savings and loan scandal in the 1980’s. Seeing this as an opportunity to reinvent himself, Scott started a non-profit employment and reentry program for San Diegans who wanted to change their lives and ran it for 18 years. He has since written a book, become a crisis coach and started a treatment center called Confidential Recovery. Scott is also the Executive Director of Safe Homes Coalition, a non-profit I partnered with to reduce the amount of expired, unused opioids and prescription drugs sitting in medicine cabinets around the county. Our local statistics show that these drugs are getting into the hands of young people who often transition to heroin and then sadly, spiral out of control with the worst ending imaginable. At MakeltASafeHome.org Scott has some valuable information to keep your family safe as well as a list of prescription drug drop off locations around San Diego County. (Drop off locations) If you see Scott, please congratulate him on his 35 years of sobriety!
It’s these success stories that inspire me to continue to advocate for solutions that are driven by you, San Diegans with lived experience, grit, passion in your hearts to help others see their value…

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

Southern Comfort. It’s the first drink Scott Silverman ever had. He was 14 and remembers it clearly. When he was 16 he started smoking marijuana and it wasn’t long before he moved on to meth, hallucinogens and cocaine and referred to himself as an “unlicensed pharmacist”. Scott’s heavy drinking, drug abuse and hard partying wasn’t recreational; it was his way of life. He felt invincible. Until he hit the proverbial brick wall when he was 30. When his attempt to take his own life didn’t work, he went into rehab. Scott took an interest in real estate and lost everything in the savings and loan scandal in the 1980’s. Seeing this as an opportunity to reinvent himself, Scott started a non-profit employment and reentry program for San Diegans who wanted to change their lives and ran it for 18 years. He has since written a book, become a crisis coach and started a treatment center called Confidential Recovery. Scott is also the Executive Director of Safe Homes Coalition, a non-profit I partnered with to reduce the amount of expired, unused opioids and prescription drugs sitting in medicine cabinets around the county. Our local statistics show that these drugs are getting into the hands of young people who often transition to heroin and then sadly, spiral out of control with the worst ending imaginable. At MakeltASafeHome.org Scott has some valuable information to keep your family safe as well as a list of prescription drug drop off locations around San Diego County. (Drop off locations) If you see Scott, please congratulate him on his 35 years of sobriety!
It’s these success stories that inspire me to continue to advocate for solutions that are driven by you, San Diegans with lived experience, grit, passion in your hearts to help others see their value…

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