"Ending Addiction for Good"
Guest: Richard Taite
Cliffside Malibu CEO and founder, Richard Taite, shares with Allen how he overcame addiction and used the
knowledge he learned in his recovery to help others, through his treatment center and best-selling book;
"Ending Addiction for Good".
ABOUT RICHARD TAITE
Richard has lived in the Los Angeles area his entire life. He graduated from UCLA with dreams of becoming a
lawyer, but addiction intervened. It took Rich a decade of struggle to recover. In July of 2005, Richard
opened Cliffside Malibu, a boutique addiction treatment facility for men and women. He and his team use
treatment methods based on the "Stages of Change" model, a model that worked for Rich's own
recovery.