A radio show about widening the view on recovery.
Rick has been a close friend of the recovering community since the early eighties and Recovery Internet Radio is an outcome of that friendship. He hosted about 200 shows and then took about two years off to regroup and reformat.
Our new format although still largely focused on the nitty-gritty of recovery will also include a co-host with significant experience on the business and technical side of recovery. Our guests will be a mixture of recovering people from all schools of thought and research, clinicians, thinkers, writers and people who come from the business side of SUD treatment. Our intention is to broaden understanding, entertain, reduce stigma and most of all to allow ourselves to be part of a relatable conversation for anyone touched by addiction.
Rick Atwater
Rick has worn a lot of hats over the years…from emptying bedpans in the psych ward to running outdoor adventure programs for kids; from family therapist to mental health services planner to EAP consultant; from private practice to agency administrator. Along the way, he co-founded the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition, started the Heroin Awareness Foundation, and founded Recovery Internet Radio. He also wrote a weekly advice column for the local newspaper called “Straight Talk on Addictions” for 35 years. A compilation of those articles will be available in book form in early 2023 titled “A Midnight Companion” Rick continues to work as a psychotherapist, radio host, and writer.
Rob Ryberg
Rob has been intimately involved in the financial and operational management of behavioral healthcare businesses for over a decade. He has held a variety of clinical and executive management roles within the addiction treatment field including CEO of an international NGO, C4 Recovery Foundation and Co-Founder of Peak Consulting Partners, an industry leading financial and management consulting firm focused on the delivery of advisory consulting for strategic growth and development. He also led a large-scale consolidation in the outpatient mental health vertical and is now a partner in four addiction treatment centers. Rob holds a BS from Utah Valley University, as well as an MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship and Healthcare Management from The University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management. Rob is passionate about the recovery industry and currently sits on the board of directors for C4 Recovery Foundation.