#1: Raising Awareness & Education on Addiction Recovery with Cheryl Brown Merriwether

Today's guest is Addiction Recovery expert, Cheryl Brown Merriwether. Cheryl is the Vice President and Executive Director of the International Center for Addiction & Recovery Education (ICARE).  She is the President of the Greater Orlando Society for Human Resource Management (GOSHRM) and is an associate faculty member at the University of Phoenix.  Since the onset of the pandemic, Cheryl has been often featured as a subject matter expert, writer and speaker on the workforce impact of the pandemic.As you will soon learn, Cheryl has an incredible story of personal transformation as the Adult Child of an Alcoholic (ACOA) and child to a parent with mental illness. She is very honest about her previous battle with codependency and has gone on to make an incredible impact in the recovery space.You can learn more about Cheryl's work and connect with her below:ICARE website: https://icare-aware.org/Cheryl's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylbrownmerriwether/