Neil Scott

About Neil Scott

Neil Scott is a national media and special projects consultant, working with non-profit organizations on media related projects and issues. He is the producer and host of RECOVERY - Coast to Coast, a two hour nightly national radio talk show dealing exclusively with addiction, with a focus on recovery.

Neil Scott began his career in the addiction field in the mid 1970’s as Executive Director of the National Council on Alcoholism in Santa Barbara, California. He later joined the national organization (NCADD) and ran the National Foundation for Alcoholism Communications. He was the co-founder and editor of Alcoholism & Addiction Magazine, a monthly publication that served the professional field of addiction and recovery and was the editor of The Alcoholism Report, a legislative field publication.

Neil has also served on the Board of Directors of the Marilyn Adams Suicide Prevention Center and was founder/director of the Crisis Intervention Center in Bakersfield, California.

Neil has been a keynote speaker at numerous national, state and local events and has lectured at America's leading schools of alcohol and drug studies, including Rutgers University. He led an American delegation of addiction professionals on a three week educational and research tour on addiction and recovery in the Soviet Union.

Neil continues to maintain a dual career in radio broadcasting, covering professional sports for ESPN Radio and other national networks.

As the host of RECOVERY - Coast to Coast, Neil has conducted in-depth interviews with some of America's leading authorities on addiction, including former First Lady Betty Ford, President Carter and his brother Billy, R. Brinkley Smithers, the patriarch of the moden alcoholism movement, Congressman Patrick Kennedy, (D-RI) and others. He is also a national media consultant, working with non-profit organizations on media related projects and issues.

Alcoholism and other Drug Addiction Publications

Alcoholism/the national magazine

• Cover Story: Joseph Pursch, M.D. (July, 1981)
• Cover Story: William N. Mayer, M.D. (February, 1982)
• Cover Story: Betty Ford (October, 1982)
• Theater of the Mind (October, 1981)
• Cracks in the Castle Walls (April, 1982)
• A Gathering of Voices (April, 1982)

Alcoholism & Addiction Magazine

• Cover Story: David Toma (March, 1986)
• Treatment Evaluation (December, 1986)
• Interview with Dr. Vernon Johnson (December, 1986)
• Inpatient Treatment for Sexual Addiction (December, 1986)
• Cover Story: Meredith MacRae (December, 1986)
• Cover Story: Tom Selleck (February, 1987)
• Cover Story: Gena Rowlands (April, 1987)
• Facts on Funding (June, 1987)
• Cover Story: Cagney & Lacey (June, 1987)
• Interview with John Wallace, Ph.D. (August, 1987)
• Dealing with Nicotine Addiction (August, 1987)
• Study of Sexual Addiction (August, 1987)
• Cover Story: Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. (August, 1987)
• Cover Story: Surgeon General Koop (October, 1987)
• Cover Story: Ann Landers (December, 1987)
• COAs in the Workplace (December, 1987)
• Cover Story: War on Alcohol (February, 1988)
• Yankee All Star Launches Campaign (April, 1988)
• Cover Story: AIDS is Not 100% Fatal (June, 1988)
• Policies, Politics and Prevention (June, 1988)
• Cover Story: Supreme Court Ruling (August, 1988)
• AIDS: Testing, Treatment and Attitudes (August, 1988)
• Cover Story: R. Brinkley Smithers (October, 1988)
• Sexual Addiction/Chemical Dependency (December, 1988)
• Cover Story: Nicotine Addiction (December, 1988)

Recovery Life Magazine

• Cover Story: Kiel Martin (December, 1985)
• Cover Story: Edd "Kookie" Byrnes (March, 1986)
• Cover Story: Gary Crosby (August, 1986)
• Cover Story: Dennis Wholey (October, 1986)
• Music Speaks Louder than Words (October, 1986)
• Cover Story: Stacy Keach (February, 1987)
• Cover Story: Bob Welch (April, 1987)
• Growth Through Sponsorship (June, 1987)
• Cover Story: Beth Davis (October, 1987)
• Cover Story: Guy Mitchell (December, 1987)
• Cover Story: Geraldine O. Delaney (February, 1988)
• Help and Hope for the Sexually Addicted (February, 1988)
• Cover Story: Barnaby Conrad (April, 1988)
• AA Meetings go On-The-Air (June, 1988)
• Cover Story: Robert Schuller (August, 1988)
• 1988 Al-Impics: All Winners (August, 1988)
• Cover Story: Billy Carter (October, 1988)
• Cover Story: John Lucas (February, 1989)
• Cover Story: Jonathan Winters (April, 1989)

Editorials (Alcoholism & Addiction Magazine)

• Putting an End to the Disease “Concept” (June, 1987)
• Eliminating Aftercare in Favor of Continuing Care (August, 1987)
• Fighting Fear with Friendship (October, 1987)
• Strengthening the Voice for Children (December, 1987)
• Getting Beyond Awareness (February, 1988)
• Disease of Disgrace: It Makes No Difference (April, 1988)
• It's Time to Tell Doctors Where to Go (June, 1988)
• Stop Sending People to AA (August, 1988)
• Professional Counseling Should Not be a Liability (October, 1988)
• How Clean is Clean and Sober? (December, 1988)

Miscellaneous Articles

• Take the Road to Recovery (Ameritech Magazine, Jan/Feb 91, VOL III, No 1)
• Computers Can Enhance Recovery (Recovery Resources, Simon & Schuster)
• Staying Sober in Cyberspace (Sober Times Magazine, August 1995)
• Changing the Conversation (Federal Testimony, September 1999)

Note: All articles available on request

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