Bill Messinger Email and Phone Number

As the architect and leading proponent of using family resources and influence to encourage compliance with treatment recommendations, Bill is pursuing his mission to improve recovery rates from alcohol and drug addiction. In 1998, he originated the concept of applying very successful treatment protocols for physicians and pilots to other groups and has written extensively on the use of leverage by families to improve outcomes for their loved ones.Bill helps clients identify and implement winning strategies to combat alcohol and drug addiction in family members. He personally understands the complex relationships and emotional challenges families face when addressing addiction, having living nearly two decades in recovery himself. He also educates families, their advisors and trustees about what words for successful intervention, treatment and continued sobriety.Bill grew up in a family business in Milwaukee, graduated from Yale and the University of Minnesota Law School. His addiction counseling degree is from the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies.Bill's clinical and professional expertise focuses on the problem of sustaining recovery for those who experience limited external consequences from their addiction as well as helping families understand how they can play a positive role in supporting recovery. He has written many articles on related topics, including quality treatment for the affluent, building leverage into governance documents (trusts and ownership agreements) and addiction's impact on wealth advisors and family offices. For more information, visit www.billmessinger.com.