Our Mission
Improve the lives of people with Alcohol Use Disorder and their families by
accelerating the start of the recovery journey
accelerating the start of the recovery journey
Guiding Principles
Box Now has one primary purpose: to accelerate the start of the recovery journey for those who need it
No opinion on other matters
No endorsement of any particular treatment path
No financial profit from our efforts
Purpose over personality – every time
Founder’s Statement
My name is Pete Bird. My story is unremarkable. Which I came to realize is, sadly, quite remarkable.
I knew I had a problem with alcohol for years. I denied it. I rationalized it. I tried to hide it. Until I couldn’t. Then I got treatment. The more people I talked with in recovery, the more I realized how common this pattern is. And the more I heard the refrain: “I just wish I had started treatment sooner.”
I created Box Now in hopes of contributing in some way to narrowing the treatment gap for addiction in general and Alcohol Use Disorder in particular.
My name is Pete Bird. My story is unremarkable. Which I came to realize is, sadly, quite remarkable.
I knew I had a problem with alcohol for years. I denied it. I rationalized it. I tried to hide it. Until I couldn’t. Then I got treatment. The more people I talked with in recovery, the more I realized how common this pattern is. And the more I heard the refrain: “I just wish I had started treatment sooner.”
I created Box Now in hopes of contributing in some way to narrowing the treatment gap for addiction in general and Alcohol Use Disorder in particular.
My Alcohol Use Disorder Sub-type: Functional Alcoholic
When I first read the casual and more academic descriptions of a Functional Alcoholic, I realized I was not alone. At Box Now, we emphasize purpose over personality. So rather than post my specific profile in this About Us section, I think the most important thing I can tell you about me is that I very much fit the profile below from a National Institutes of Health analysis on sub-types of Alcohol Dependence.
When I first read the casual and more academic descriptions of a Functional Alcoholic, I realized I was not alone. At Box Now, we emphasize purpose over personality. So rather than post my specific profile in this About Us section, I think the most important thing I can tell you about me is that I very much fit the profile below from a National Institutes of Health analysis on sub-types of Alcohol Dependence.
Source: Subtypes of Alcohol Dependence in a Nationally Representative Sample; Howard B. Moss, Chiung M. Chen, and Hsiao-ye Yi, NIH, Drug Alcohol Dependency, December 2007.
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Our LogoMeaning
“Box”: Formula 1 slang noun: the drivers’ servicing area in the pit lane verb: make a pit stop, as in “box this lap...box now” Design
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