Coaching Executives and Business Owners in Recovery from Addictions

Recovery coach, sober coach, addiction-prevention specialist, peer-recovery support practitioner, sober companion, or personal recovery assistant, whatever the moniker, recovery coaching is about keeping the client sober.

Try as you might, you can’t stay sober. Oh, you’ve quit plenty of times. Followed by meetings or drying out for 30 days. But it never lasts. You recognize you have a problem. Your family and friends have known for a long time. Maybe even your boss. They want to support your efforts, but their patience is growing thin. Time and again, you pick up that bottle. Each time you convince yourself it will be different. Only the result is always the same: shame, remorse, and broken promises made with all good intentions. So you reinforce your will to make sure it doesn’t happen again. And yet it does. Even as you stand there, your family gone, a good job lost, life spiraling down into utter chaos, you toss one back and wonder with all your heart why you can’t stay stopped. Recovery coach, sober coach, addiction-prevention specialist, peer-recovery support practitioner, sober companion, or personal recovery assistant, whatever the moniker, recovery coaching is about keeping the client sober.

The focus of recovery coaching is to keep the client sober and restore a sense of functionality to their life. Recovery coaching is about preventing relapse, providing structure and a sense of safety to protect the client’s fragile newfound sobriety.

After a 30-90 day stay in a treatment center, some find it difficult to adjust to life outside of that safe environment. It may be difficult to find a 12-step program, to engage a sponsor, to grasp the concept of a higher power, and to adapt to a ritual of eliminating the need for drugs, alcohol, gambling, or compulsive sex in their lives. Some clients have to return to the workplace, fearing the environment that possibly triggered their addiction in the first place. So recovering clients need more focused attention and direction.
This is where recovery coaching comes in.

Do you need a Recovery Coach? Contact Melissa for a complimentary discussion on what a recovery coach can do for you. Email her at killeenmelissa@gmail.com