Caroline Beidler, MSW,is an author, speaker, and the managing editor of Recovery.com, an online resource that combines independent research with expert guidance on addiction and mental health treatment. Her own lived experience in addiction, mental health, and trauma recovery inspires her to help other others find recovery in all its varying forms. In four short years she has built a global network of recovery supporters through her storytelling platform and accompanying newsletter, Circle of Chairs, which reaches thousands weekly. She is a creative visionary, founding an annual global event on International Women's Day with different sponsoring organizations each year that brings in thousands of supporters, along with coleading a global research initiative on family recovery with leaders around the world. Her writing is described as funny, gritty, relatable, and insightful. Caroline lives in Eastern Tennessee with her husband and six-year-old twins where she enjoys hiking in the mountains and building up her community's local recovery ministry.
