R-Talk with Brother Neal - Never Enough w/ Michael J. Burke

Join Me and my Special Guest, Michael Burke is a motivational speaker and lecturer in the field of cross-addiction and compulsive gambling. He offers a regular lecture series on the devastation of trading addictions for patients at Brighton Hospital in Brighton, Michigan. He also presents quarterly workshops at the hospital, which are open to therapists (CAC credits given) and to the general public. Burke is a national speaker, giving presentations to various bar association CLE (Continuing Legal Education) sections, offering a two to three hour track on professional responsibility and ethics. He focuses on compulsive gambling and trading addictions. He also works with NSO (Neighborhood Service Organization) in Detroit, Mich., as a member of its speaker's bureau, giving statewide presentations on gambling and cross-addiction. He has also done presentations on behalf of the American Bar Association, the Michigan Bar Association, local bar chapters, MAPG (Michigan Association of Problem Gamblers) and the National Association of Social Workers. He is currently working with the Pokagon Tribe in New Buffalo, Michigan to set up improved treatment opportunities for compulsive gamblers in the midwest. Burke's former work experience includes twenty-five years as a practicing attorney specializing in legal problems of individuals suffering from substance abuse, a position on the Brighton Hospital Board of Directors and leadership roles in many community organizations. He has had articles published in the Detroit Free Press and other state newspapers, the Legal News, and the MBA and ABA journals. He has authored a book entitled Never Enough which was released by the American Bar Association in May 2008.