Client Guide & Recovery Pathfinder
Nick Cialdella is the Director of Outreach for Never Alone Recovery, leveraging his firsthand experience with addiction to support affected individuals and families. Committed to accessible healing and recovery, he educates communities on substance abuse and speaks publicly on the issue. Nick has been profiled by The Chicago Times.
Having experienced the effects of addiction first hand, Nick Cialdella knows what it's like being shuffled around in the addiction treatment system. As Director of Outreach for Never Alone Recovery, Nick has been able to work towards his goal to help every person or family member who has been affected by addiction by providing educational and emotional support. Nick has dedicated his life to the belief that healing and recovery is possible, regardless of one's socioeconomic status or insurance coverage.
In addition to serving the community as the Director of Outreach for Never Alone Recovery, Nick has been involved in public speaking and helping to educate school students, faculty, other professionals, and the community at large on substance abuse issues.
Upon his release from jail on June 15, 2015, Nick finally accepted that he was helpless to the disease of addiction and could not overcome it on his own. Surrendering to the process of recovery, he connected with an ex-addict who could help get him on the path toward healing.
Testimonials
"With my liver failing and my gallbladder going into sepsis, I would have kept using if it weren't for Never Alone Recovery... [getting] me into program. Now I'm just shy of 60 days clean, which is the longest I've been sober in nine years...
"A family member reached out for help... Nick did not give up on him – he continued to reach out until this family member decided he needed to get better. I cannot begin to thank the staff at Never Alone Recovery."
"I always thought about getting sober, but... I was nervous, but even from his home while putting his kids to bed Nick helped me find a facility that worked for me. [His] dedication to helping me inspired me to help myself."