 Alison King has been working in health care since 1975, and in counseling since 1981. Following her 1975 graduation from the nursing program at Anchorage Community College (now University of Alaska, Anchorage), she returned to her family home in California and worked as a psychiatric nurse for 2 years. She joined the Navy in 1978, where she was trained as an alcohol and drug counselor, and she worked at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, California. She has worked in chemical dependency treatment centers in California and Alaska, and in the Alaska Corrections Substance Abuse Program.
Alison received her Bachelor of Science in psychology from University of Alaska, and her Master's of Science in Psychology from Almeda University. She is a certified Master Addictions Counselor through The National Board of Addiction Examiners, Alaska State Certified Addictions Counselor II, and a Certified Criminal Justice Specialist through the National Association of Forensic Counselors.
Alison's interests include writing and playing music, repairing computers, making and restoring lamps, making jewelry and riding her motorcycle. These interests also enable her to demonstrate the broad range of options recovering people can explore as they discover new ways of engaging in their own lives.
Alison teaches Relapse Prevention in addition to facilitating groups and conducting 12 Step study sessions. She has worked at Breakthrough since 1991.
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