Peter Finger is a SMART Recovery Regional Coordinator in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is also an advocate for the drug courts in his state. 

In this podcast, Peter talks about:

• Why partying like Frank Sinatra was the way his family coped with issues
• What caused tremendous anxiety during childhood and carried into his adulthood
• Who held an intervention for him when his drinking habit was out of control
• How he found SMART Recovery and Alltyr
• Why he never drank again after taking the SMART Recovery Training program
• How he became involved with the South Dakota Drug Courts
• What people are searching for and why the search over when they find it
• Taking the National Drug Court Institute training
• Using the Successful Life Skills book in his SMART meetings
• Why it’s important to extend compassion and empathy to everyone
• Where life goes from here