IAN YOUNG

Author of “It’s Not About Me!”

Founder, Director & Senior Interventionist

Ian Young

Ian Young has successfully touched the lives of thousands of addicted people and their families, showing them a new way to live and encouraging them to rebuild their lives without their destructive patterns or influences once and for all. Ian was the founder of two large rehabilitation facilities still operating within the European Treatment Industry, though since 2008 he has been entirely focused on Sober Services. He continues to offer Business and Marketing Consultancy to a selection of centers that he’s excited to work with. 

Ian is one of 7 Founders of EARS – European Association of Recovery Specialists, for Interventionists, Sober Companions and Recovery Coaches. This is a not for profit organisation that aims to hold practitioners to a higher standard and unite behind sound ethics in our industry.

But it wasn’t always like that… Early 2001, aged 29, after 13 years of chronic drug addiction, alcoholism, homelessness and unemployment, he discovered a permanent way out of his debilitating lifestyle and through hard work built himself a world filled with the riches and royalties life has to offer – addiction free! In fact, Ian is often heard talking about his quality of life being beyond anything he could possibly have dreamed off previously.

Ian is the front of house and most likely to be the first point of contact you may have with Sober Services. Furthermore, Ian is one of the UK’s best known Interventionists, the designer of the Sober Bodyguard method of assistance, the pioneer of Sober Transportation in Europe and South Africa, and the visionary behind all of the different services Sober Services have established.