Erica has combined what she’s learned from her clients, her own journey, her studies, and personal trial and error to create a new approach to addiction: the Addiction Freedom Approach. She is an Addiction Freedom Coach, Addiction and Wellness Specialist, and a Motivational Speaker and Author. Erica Spiegelman helps change lives by working with individuals on personal growth and by teaching people how to use their energy, time, and resources to reach addiction freedom.
Erica knows well the path from fighting addiction to building addiction freedom, because it is a path that she has travelled herself. As an alcoholic, Erica has known the darkest depths of addiction. Through her journey from rock bottom to addiction freedom, she has come up with her own unique approach to moving beyond addiction.
She attended the Betty Ford Rehab Center, and after leaving rehab and AA with questions about how to do more than just fight urges and how to deal with the real world outside rehab and AA, she went back to school to learn more. Later she worked as a counselor at Passages in Malibu and other rehab and outpatient centers, and she spent time as a radio host. All the while, she was developing her own strategies to gain addiction freedom that were different from any of the other options and resources she had tried.
During her addiction, her recovery, and beyond, she refined her approaches and used them to create the ability to build her own life without addiction holding her back. Erica has come up with unique perspectives on how to leave addiction behind that she uses to help families and individuals at all stages of their addiction journey.. and not only does she use these tools to help others, she still uses them daily in her own life.
At the heart of Ms. Spiegelman’s teachings is the idea of treating the whole person, providing them with tools on how to reach emotional, mental, and physical freedom. Erica provides information on how to rewire one’s brain to live more authentically and end substance abuse. She shares this insight directly with members of the e.n.e.r.G against Addiction Community via her blog, monthly newsletters, speaking engagements, live events, and much more.
Ms. Spiegelman holds a Bachelor degree in Literature from the University of Arizona and a degree as a California State Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor, CADAC- I from University of California, Los Angeles.
Ms. Spiegelman academic background, coupled with her range of experiences from counseling individuals, families and group therapy to consulting for sober livings, transitional living facilities and businesses gives her the unique ability to relate to people from all walks of life. Erica implements personal growth programs for companies and their staff. Ms. Spiegelman has conducted counseling to individuals and their families, and she is a sober coach and is a contributor to online health outlets and blogs. She hosts "Rewired Radio" and her ideas on addiction transformation have been featured by Dr. Drew, Maria Shriver, Fox News, Sirius Radio, and more. See more here.
In April 2015, Erica’s book, Rewired: A Bold New Approach to Addiction & Recovery, debuted as Amazon’s number one new release among drug and alcohol addiction books.
(Individual results may vary from Erica’s story.)
