Your Path to Recovery Starts Here
Guiding You Through Every Step of Recovery
Discover compassionate support and expert guidance from AMRecovery’s Arnold McCuller, a certified Interventionist and Recovery Coach dedicated to helping you overcome substance abuse and mental health challenges.
About AMRecovery
AMRecovery founder, Arnold McCuller, renowned musician and performer, has transitioned to a new role as a certified Interventionist and Recovery Coach. With a deep commitment to supporting individuals facing substance abuse and mental health issues, Arnold leverages his personal experiences and professional training to guide others towards recovery. His journey from the stage to the recovery community is fueled by a passion for helping individuals and families navigate the complexities of addiction and mental health challenges.
Our Services
Comprehensive Recovery Support
Substance Abuse Intervention
Expert intervention services to address and manage substance abuse issues, providing a structured approach to recovery.
Compulsive Behavior Counseling
Specialized counseling for compulsive behaviors including food, gambling, and sex addiction, tailored to individual needs.
Mental Health Support
Comprehensive support for mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder, promoting overall well-being.
Family Support Programs
Programs designed to assist families in understanding and supporting their loved ones through the recovery process.
Industry Professional Assistance
Dedicated support for musicians, performers, and industry professionals dealing with addiction and mental health issues.
Personalized Recovery Plans
Customized recovery plans that address the unique challenges and goals of each individual, ensuring a path to lasting recovery.
What Our Clients Say
When I think of kindness, love, understanding, compassion and professionalism I think of Arnold McCuller who I have used to help family and friends!
Arnold has been a lighthouse in my stormy seas navigating recovery for the umpeenth time. With a shattered compass I can only get so far, which is where the principles of the program and one addict helping another come to steer me ashore. Arnold has been there to guid me back to center, get rooted and re-direct me to reality and self-improvement. Arnold is a compassionate, wise & graceful beacon of light and without such strong lived experience, I and the AA program along with thousands of newcomers would be forever lost in the sick sea of self. Thank you Arnold.
Arnold McCuller is an interventionist that worked with our family to help with my brother, who suffers from mental illness and addiction. Our family sought an interventionist out because we were tired of living the same vicious cycle and we needed a change. With Arnold’s experience with addiction/recovery himself and many years of working with individuals and families suffering from a similar struggle, he provided us with much needed support and guidance. He understood the importance of involving all our family members to reach the goal of recovery. If we needed to have a family zoom session, he made himself available as soon as possible. He genuinely cares and he developed a great rapport with my family. Arnold and his partner were committed to finding resources and solutions, even when the severity of my brother’s condition made it difficult at times. It was very beneficial to have someone with experience, knowledge and empathy to help us navigate our challenging situation.
Interventionist and Recovery Coach
Hello, I’m Arnold McCuller. As a musician and performer with five decades of experience, I’m currently transitioning to a new role as a certified Interventionist and Recovery Coach.
Over the few years, while touring, I’ve dedicated myself to acquiring the necessary education to support individuals struggling with substance abuse, mental health issues, and various challenges faced by families and industry professionals in the recovery process.
My expertise primarily focuses on substance abuse, but I also address other compulsive behaviors such as issues with food, gambling, and sex addiction. Additionally, I provide support for individuals dealing with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and other mental health conditions.
During my years on tour, I’ve seen firsthand the devastating effects of substance abuse and mental health issues. I am grateful to have maintained long-term recovery, which preserved my career. However, I’ve also witnessed friends lose their careers and struggle without support. This has motivated me to help others find their way back to a fulfilling life.
My passion for music will always be a part of who I am, and it fuels my commitment to aid those seeking recovery. Whether you’re a singer, band member, lighting designer, audio engineer, or anyone else grappling with addiction, I am here to assist you and your family on your journey to recovery. If there’s anything I can do to help, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
With love and light,
Arnold McCuller
Arnold is proud to be a board member at The Taylor Made Retreat, a supportive, educational recovery program in a loving family style environment and is not a substitute for psychotherapy, medical or clinical treatment.
Listening For the Spirit
Arnold McCuller is a solo artist and session vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work as a touring singer with artists such as James Taylor, Phil Collins, Beck, Bonnie Raitt, and Todd Rundgren.
Listening skills are vital, as a musician, a person, a friend, a lover in relationships—to be able to listen is just so much more important than talking. As a backing vocalist, I could not have had a successful career without having listened to the lead vocalist and where s/he’s going.
I work with a lot of people who are trying to get their lives together. It’s very easy for me to talk and tell someone the things that I think that they should do. I have to really practice listening to hear what they’re feeling and what they’re going through. I’ve learned over the years that the skill of listening is vital to understanding a person’s needs and what a person feels. The only way you can find out what they actually feel is to listen. They may not say exactly what they feel, but you can tell what they’re feeling by the way they say it.
We have to find ways not to respond when someone else is speaking. Often, we will be responding mentally before we even open our mouths. So, we are waiting for the person to stop talking so that we can respond. The key to listening is to hear the person out, to hear everything they’re saying and feeling. It’s not just the words, it’s the spirit, feeling, inflection, and emotion—all of that is involved in what they’re saying. If you are busy thinking about what you’re going to say next, you’re not hearing and listening well.
The main roadblock is not paying attention. As a performer, if I’m supposed to be listening and I’m distracted, I’ve lost touch with the music and my head has gone into something else. I’m not paying attention to what I’m actually doing. My focus has been pulled. The key is maintaining focus—listening for the spiritual thing—hearing the “God voice” in what someone is saying rather than just the words.
I had a friend who would go to meetings and, rather than look at the speaker, he would close his eyes and just listen. If you can actually sit and listen to someone with your eyes closed and not judge the outside, but just listen for the words, inflection, and emotion, you might get a lot more out of it.
The chief block to true listening is “the self.” When “the self” steps in, listening ends. As soon as thoughts of the listener move to her/his own self, the focus has been broken. So when you’re thinking about you, you can’t listen to anyone else.
It is impossible to speak and listen at the same time.
We have two ears and one mouth – we should listen twice as much as we speak.