"I have had great success with 12 step programs for my other addictions; but I could not seem to find a way to break free from my nicotine and self-harm habits until working with Scott.
Over a year later I am still free of nicotine. The other day someone asked me about my 10-year cutting habit, and I had totally forgotten that I was even a person who used to do that. I feel like a brand new person. I'm not punishing myself any more. I'm accomplishing many more things now, and I feel better about myself. I don't know how it works. I just know that it does." |
"Scott Gallagher's Programs rise above simply telling kids to "stop" whatever bad habits they have - or that they have a disease they'll suffer from for the rest of their lives. Instead, Scott focuses on hope, giving students the confidence, ability, and structure they need to deal with the challenges they face.
Scott's Addiction and Choice assemblies inspire youth to overcome addiction through personal responsibility, integrity, and service to others. For students who have a self-admitted bad habit or addiction, the 4 Week Habit Mastery follow-up program succeeds by empowering young people to create a healthy habits community using an accountability/buddy system and structure that sustains itself after the fasilitator leaves.
Ultimately, Scott is a catalyst in enabling kids to help themselves, as well as giving adults around them the tools they need to support kids to change." |
“Inclusivity, generosity, acceptance and non-judgment characterize Scott Gallagher's approach...One does not have to agree with everything he states or advocates—indeed, he makes no demand that we do!—to recognize the value of his method, which is to empower (people), no matter what age, with the choice and possibility of transforming negative compulsions into positive commitments.”— Author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction |