"Burr's effectiveness is partly due to his lack of formal credentials. He's acquired his knowledge through experience as to what works. David's like a good cook with the flexibility to adapt. He takes a businessman's approach to treatment, which you don't get with an academic, theoretical background. If one approach doesn't work — for example, the spiritual aspects of AA don't go over well with everyone — there's no point shoving it at them.

David is not wowed by (the rich and famous) and can cut through their nonsense. His style lends itself very well to the executive type. He understands their needs, language, lifestyle and philosophy. This creates a bond that's very useful in treatment.

Families have described the endless hours he's spent to reach a human being. I saw a patient in detox who needed psychiatric hospitalization, and watched David prepare our staff. He's very demanding of institutions and participates in the patient's care."

"What I love and admire about David is that he is a warm, generous, funny, smart man who is dedicated to the work of helping others. And when he is helping others he always does it with passion and dedication. My life has been enriched just having him for a friend."

"I have worked alongside David Burr for years and his contributions are always outstanding. He brings his keen inteligence, decades of experience, and no-nonsense, get-the-job-done approach to everything he turns to. I would trust David with my own family. He is simply as good as they get."

"No one brings the hope of recovery to addicts better than David Burr. There is no such thing as a "hopeless case" for David Burr. We recovering addicts have felt his compassion, and we have believed him when he told us that we could survive and be happy without our addictions. He has given hope to our desperate families and made them an active part the healing process."

"David is compassionate, caring and committed. He is dedicated to healing and wholeness. He is hands "on" and no nonsense. He is updated, knowledgeable and attentive. His referral network is extensive and he stays with a case through to its sucessful completion."

"What sets David apart is that he is a super-salesman. He can really convince you of almost everything, except that instead of applying his salesmanship to selling widgets, he's saving people's lives."

"I have known David Burr as both friend and business asociate for over ten years. He is among the most effective interventionists I know. In addition to having consisently positve results for his clients he remains interested and involved throughout the entire treatment process and helps in after care planning execution long after the patient graduates. He is truly a fine, honest man. He is a great asset for families and industries seeking help."

"It's not the best circumstance to meet someone. You know you're screwed up, your life is in the toilet, you're not going to like anyone. David is a very bold character. He's like a train coming right at you and you cannot move. My first impression was... Get me out of here! He was outspoken and abrasive and I hated him. He's unshockable, too, and that's what won me over. He'll put you at your ease by revealing his own story — 'Hey, look, I've been there' — and it's genuine."

"David helped me make a decision that was like jumping out of a plane at that point in my life, it felt that scary. He gave me the courage because I thought he would be there. And he was. He didn't just dump me off at rehab in Minnesota, and that was really important. He followed through with everything he told me and went beyond. Today, I'm living in Paris, loving it, happy, going to school, not drinking. Without David's help, she says, "I'd probably be begging on a corner with a baby."

"Very few people are as passionate and committed as David to helping those in need. He'll go anywhere and do anything to make sure someone gets the assistance they deserve.

"Only a few months more than one year ago, my life was in complete disarray. It was almost as if every way I turned, I found trouble. My whole family was torn apart due to the situation. My parents brought me to numerous psychiatrists, thinking that it would solve all of our problems. It was not until my parents were recommended to David Burr that things started to change.

After a series of unfortunate events my parents were directed towards David Burr, a teen consultant. When I first went inside I was shocked at his stature. He reminded me of Santa Claus. He stood at about six feet and a couple inches, and his face was covered with a white beard and hair the color of snow. After I got over the initial shock of being at another lecture, his words started to make sense. He told me that in his youth he faced similar troubles as myself. That sentence alone got me; from then on out I was on his side.

David then started talking to me about how my selfishness is what was the reason for my family crisis. This statement made me feel like a horrible person, I felt completely ashamed of myself. I then agreed that I would do whatever David and my parents wanted me to do. I agreed to this knowing that the outcome would be terribly hard. I knew I had to make a change in order to have happiness for my family and myself once again. David and my parents then sent me off to a wilderness correction program all the way in Utah. I was then out of Southampton and in a plane flying towards my new life, a better life.

Without David the success of my change would not have been the same. My life would not have been the same with out such helpful guidance. My life went from negative to positive, and I am more than grateful. Now that I have the knowledge that David has given my family and me it is my job to pass it on. Since I have been back my friends have understood the severity of the problem, and have respected my new knowledge. Four of my friends have followed in my footsteps, and we owe it all to Mr. David Burr."