Contributors

Adrienne Webster is a Licensed Addiction Counselor Candidate (LACC) in Bozeman, Montana. She received her B.A. in Media Arts from Montana State University and later completed her graduate studies in Addiction Counseling there as well. She works with clients individually and in group settings while completing her post-graduate, clinical supervision. Adrienne is committed to reducing […]

Amanda Lautieri is a Senior Web Content Editor at American Addiction Centers and an addiction content expert for VeteranAddiction.org. She holds a bachelor’s degree and has reviewed thousands of medical articles on substance abuse and addiction. Amanda has 15 years of professional editing experience that includes working as a web editor for several major online […]

Angie Long has an extensive background creating insurance-related content and holds Wisconsin health and life insurance licenses. She’s also written and researched a variety of articles and guides with a focus on overall physical and mental well-being.

Anna Spooner has been a content and copywriter since 2011. She strives to make all of her writing approachable, easy to understand, and fun to read. After graduating college, Anna worked at an insurance company for 11 years. She maintained an insurance license, answered customer questions about insurance in dozens of states, and managed to […]

Camille Zalar earned her master’s in health administration from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and her nursing degrees from Kent State University in Ashtabula, Ohio. She is a Certified Addictions Registered Nurse (CARN) with over 20 years of experience working in behavioral, mental health, and addiction care. She’s an advocate for patients and families seeking […]

Charity Anderson is a prevention specialist and freelance writer with over ten years of experience supporting vulnerable communities. After spending several years working in education and mental health, and seeing the gaps in services continue to widen, Charity realized that more efforts were needed in promoting primary prevention. She decided to pursue her post-graduate work […]

A recently retired ER social worker, Charles Hooper has a master’s degree in social work and over 20 years of experience in medical social work. He now raises honeybees and continues social work through his writing. He is a Veteran of the U.S. Navy.

Courtney Barber holds an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a BA in Health Arts and Sciences, both from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. Courtney began her career in women’s health as a childbirth assistant and postpartum doula. She studied traditional healing and midwifery practices in Tepoztlan, Mexico and has a background in complementary […]

Dr. Lauren Geoffrion graduated from medical school at Loma Linda University in May 2021. Throughout medical school, she worked on several publications in collaboration with physicians at Loma Linda. She researched and wrote for several psychiatry publications as well as writing an abstract for her research featured in the Journal of Investigative Medicine in 2018. […]

The editorial staff is comprised of addiction content experts from American Addiction Centers. Our editors and medical reviewers have over a decade of cumulative experience in medical content editing and have reviewed thousands of pages for accuracy and relevance. Our reviewers consistently monitor the latest research from SAMHSA, NIDA, and other reputable sources to provide […]