What is a Sober Coach? A Sober Coach fills the gap between the indigenous recovering community (12-Step meetings, therapists, churches, etc.) and residential treatment facilities.
We provide a level of accountability that the indigenous recovering community cannot be expected to provide…and a connection to the client in their own living environment that treatment programs simply cannot offer.
At Intervention INK, each of our coaches have between five and 27 years of clean and sober living. It is important to know that you are not alone. We have all been in the same position you are in and through our experience, we can help you achieve your goals of a happy, drug and alcohol-free life.
We understand the array of barriers that prevent addicts from defining, joining and remaining in healthy environments. These barriers may be internal to the addict (low motivation or emotional, medical, mental or spiritual problems). There may also be external barriers that prevent addicts from safely meeting their needs related to housing, employment, nutrition, socialization, and transportation.
In addition to individualized goal-setting and skill-building, a Sober Coach can often provide an invaluable service for those resistant to remaining abstinent from drugs and/or alcohol — even those who must do so due to legal, medical, family or contractual obligations.
Working with other treatment professionals, the Sober Coach determines client needs, defines boundaries, and explores how community, family, and business support systems can best be utilized to maintain ongoing recovery.
The Sober Coach understands the relationships between these various barriers to the client’s recovery.
The Sober Coach collaboratively develops a plan of action to address addiction barriers. Our Sober Coaches have a working knowledge of community resources, as well as strong personal experience, that help remove any barriers that stand in the way of getting your loved one back on track.
An important part of our job is to match the client with the best resource for their individual issues and needs. We provide accountability for the client to follow through with all areas of the plan of action.
If you are recently out of treatment or detox, you may wonder what are you supposed to do to protect the investment you have made in yourself? Some issues you may face that a Sober Coach can help you with could include:
- Structuring daily activities can be a lot harder than one might anticipate.
- Peace of mind, fun and happiness are hard to achieve in recovery without the necessary life skills.
- You may need help catching up with missed time and building life skills which were either forgotten or never learned in the past.
- Adolescents in early recovery benefit greatly from having a professional relationship outside the 12-Step rooms – especially when that someone is a Sober Coach who has been in the same situation. It helps to know you are not alone.
Individual goals are set weekly with each person to fit his/her personal strengths and challenges. An empowerment approach is used to build self-esteem and confidence.
A Sober Coach works with individuals at all stages of recovery, whether the person is leaving residential treatment center, is currently in sober living facility, is in an outpatient/day-patient program, is in their own home, or is in the process of transitioning from sober living/treatment to their own home. A Sober Coach is also extremely beneficial to someone who has, unfortunately, recently relapsed.
If you have any questions about our Sober Coaching Services please call 1 800 449 6467 or email Rick Marvin.
