Deirdre Boyd
For three decades, Deirdre Boyd has been a leader in the field of recovery from addiction, with an international reputation: she “inspires the inspirers”. Based in the UK, she heads up DB Recovery Resources which supplies a daily news service to the international alcohol/drug-treatment field on addiction recovery. She has spoken at the All Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group, the APPG Alcohol and the APPG on Children and Cannabis, was part of the dti Foresight Project on Brain Science, Addiction & Drugs. She authored Addiction & Recovery: self-help for friends, families and addicts, which was translated into 7 languages. Deirdre serves on the board of the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium UK & Europe CIC. The International Council on Alcohol & Addictions presented her with the ‘Dr Vincent Bakeman Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Services’. Deirdre has written for national and international publications, and has appeared as an expert ‘talent’ for addiction-recovery issues on BBC News, Sky News, and other media outlets. Deirdre also facilitated women’s groups at the Drug & Alcohol foundation after training in integrative psychotherapy.