Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski 

Dr. Abraham J. Twerski is the Founder and Medical Director Emeritus of Gateway Rehabilitation Center, a not-for-profit drug and alcohol treatment system in western Pennsylvania, cited nationally as one of the 12 best drug and alcohol treatment centers by Forces magazine and as one of the top 100 rehab centers in the guide to treatment, The 100 Best Treatment Centers for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Dr. Twerski, an ordained rabbi, held a pulpit until 1959 when he graduated from Marquette University Medical School and went on to complete his psychiatric residency at the University of Pittsburgh Western Psychiatric Institute. For 20 years, he served as Clinical Director of the Department of Psychiatry at St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh, and currently is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Twerski is recognized as an international authority in the chemical dependency field. He began the first Pennsylvania program for nurses with alcohol or drug problems, 'Nurses Off Chemicals,' served on the Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, and was Chairman of the Pennsylvania Medical Society Committee on the Impaired Physician. He appears frequently as a radio and television guest. A frequent lecturer on a broad range of topics, including stress, self-esteem, spirituality as well as chemical dependency, Twerski has also written 29 books to date including: Substance Abusing High Achievers; Life's Too Short; I'd Like to Call For Help, But I Don't Know the Number; Do Unto Others; and collaborative effort with Peanuts comic strip creator, Charles Schulz, When Do The Good Things Start?; Waking Up Just in Time; I Didn't Ask to be in This Family; and the soon to be released That's Not a Fault. . . It's a Character Trait.

Dr. Robert B. Millman

Dr. Robert B. Millman is the Saul P. Steinberg Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and director of the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment and Research Service at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and received his medical degree from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. Dr. Millman, who heads the Department of Public Health's Community and Public Health Programs Division at the Medical College, was trained in internal medicine and psychiatry at the New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center. He began his research career at the Rockefeller University, in the laboratory of Vincent Dole. Dr. Millman is the author of more than 100 scientific papers and book chapters and an editor of the Comprehensive Textbook of Substance Abuse. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Drug Strategies, a National Foundation engaged in the development of drug and alcohol policy and research, and an adviser to the State and Federal Governments.

 Chaim Brill, LCSW, CASAC

Chaim Brill, LCSW, has been a therapist and premier addictions treatment expert for over 38 years, and has successfully treated thousands of individuals and families suffering from the illness of addiction and/or mental illness. Chaim has served as Program Supervisor and Clinical Director of many treatment programs, and led SAFE's treatment team from its inception in 2004 until 2006. Chaim continues to maintain a close relationship with SAFE and its staff.

Lew Abrams LCSW, CASAC