Honest writing on what really happens inside addiction recovery, intervention, plant medicine, and the family systems behind every relapse and every breakthrough. Written by Preston Durnford from inside the work, not above it.
Recovery mentor is one of the most-searched and least-explained roles in addiction recovery. Most "mentors" advertised online have weeks of training and zero lived experience. Here's the honest version — what a real recovery mentor does day-to-day, who it's for, and how it's different from a therapist, a coach, or an AA sponsor.
The most-searched questions about recovery coaches and plant medicine — answered at the operator level with peer-reviewed research, real pricing, and the honest version most articles won’t give you.
Hyperlinked to Johns Hopkins, NYU, Imperial College, MAPS, JAMA, NEJM, FDA. The top questions families search, answered with current peer-reviewed evidence.
Read article →Day-to-day responsibilities, what separates real coaches from hobbyists, and the credentials that actually matter when your life is on the line.
Read article →Real pricing — $1,500 to $15,000+ for coaching, $500–$1,000/day for sober companions — and what drives the difference.
Read article →The honest difference, when you need each, why most serious clients need both, and the clinical-team-plus-lived-experience model.
Read article →Real-world writing from inside the work — not theory, not platitudes. New posts published regularly.
Reading is one thing. Having a real conversation about your situation is another.
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