In 2008 we were very fortunate to be able to see the future and adapt towards the needs of our day and age. While we were practicing clinicians in Europe and Asia Minor, we opened Myrina Addictions Counseling and Life Skills Consultation Service, LLC and operated it as an international business corporation. We hired “Consultants,” who had to be licensed therapists in their local jurisdiction, were able to provide talk therapy through the Myrina Consulting web site with a fully encrypted audio/video feed.  What began as a small personal services website quickly became a successful international business with consultants representing unexpected languages and cultures such as Nigerian, Dutch, Urdu, German, Swiss, Argentinian, Turkish and American with a focus on matching culture rather than location.  During our adventure we learned a lot and carried on breaking boundaries. Myrina was closed in 2016 when we returned to the US to allow our son to attend primary school. In 2018 we have had a nagging thought, “why did we close it?”  We had our reasons at the time, things like we wanted to retire, we wanted to focus on our son and preparing him for his future, we wanted to spend more of a quality time together. But the addiction situation in the US and the world continued to get worse and the agencies assigned to manage the situation don’t seem to be making any progress because there’s no money in it.  So, we said, “Why does the addict have to have money to reach out for a life of Recovery?”  The answer to that is because the counselor has bills to pay. Then the thought came:   Maybe we can partially “TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF THE EQUATION ALONG WITH THE LIMITATIONS OF SESSIONS NEEDED.” Therefore, the idea of Myrina Non-Profit was born.  We have decided to re-open Myrina with a new concept, being a non-profit with the ideas to tackle the needs that are out there to focus on helping individuals and families and communities.