1-on-1 virtual recovery coaching with Preston Durnford, always someone to talk to. Same Preston, same direct access, anywhere in the country. In-person available across Orange County. The kind of consistent, real-world relationship the research has identified as the single biggest predictor of long-term recovery.
For Yourself OR a Loved One · Cash-pay only · No insurance · 100% confidential
Mainly virtual. Cash pay. No insurance. Preston designs and guides each client’s plan personally, with contracted licensed therapists, psychiatrists, and functional medicine doctors on the team. In-person adventures (skydiving, surfing, snorkeling, Joshua Tree) available for local Southern California clients.
"Been working with Preston for the last decade. His heart comes through in every experience he puts together. His passion and purpose is contagious."
"My daughter is sober 8 months today because she went through The Epic Journey support guidance. Epic Journey is the glue that holds rehab and The Steps to sobriety together."
"Epic Journeys and specifically Preston have been a God send. Every penny spent was invaluable. His positivity and knowledge make him a pleasure to work with, and he really cares."
Every service below is delivered virtually so you can stay in your home, your career, and your family while doing the real work. Tap any service to see what is included.
Weekly virtual sessions with Preston Durnford or a senior recovery coach. Real-world guidance, accountability, and mentorship. 11+ years in the field and 3,000+ clients. The anchor of your week.
Licensed therapists trained in CBT, DBT, EMDR, IFS (Internal Family Systems), somatic therapy, and trauma-focused approaches. Matched to what you actually need, not what is available.
Licensed psychiatrists for evaluation, medication management, and dual-diagnosis support. Covers MAT (medication-assisted treatment), antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anxiety medication, and ongoing review.
Licensed marriage and family therapists who treat the whole system. Communication repair, codependency, trust rebuilding, and the hard conversations recovery requires.
Lab work, hormone panels, gut-health testing, anti-inflammatory protocols, and metabolic optimization. Dr. Kristi Vaughan is Epic Journey's go-to functional medicine partner.
Clinical guidance on peptides for healing, neurological recovery, and inflammation. Evidence-based education and protocols, not hype.
Functional nutrition specialists who address the gut-brain axis, recovery-supportive eating, and meal planning informed by your actual lab results.
Practitioners in breathwork, somatic experiencing, Reiki, energy work, and nervous-system regulation. For the parts of recovery that talk therapy alone does not reach.
Spiritual directors, faith-aligned mentors, and guides for clients who want a spiritual dimension to their recovery work. Faith-neutral or faith-specific, your call.
Virtual or in-person professional interventions for families dealing with an actively using loved one. Discreet, family-system informed, planned in advance with a real outcome path.
Concierge placement into vetted treatment facilities when residential care is the right next step. PPO and HMO accepted. No Medicare, Medi-Cal, or state insurance.
Career coaching, resume support, interview prep, and return-to-work planning. For executives, founders, and professionals rebuilding work and identity in recovery.
You've never built anything important alone. The data on recovery says the same thing, consistent mentorship is the single biggest predictor of staying well long-term.
Sustained, individualized post-treatment support is the strongest predictor of long-term recovery, not the length of the rehab stay.
McLellan et al., JAMA, "Drug Dependence, A Chronic Medical Illness."
People paired with consistent recovery coaching stay engaged in care longer and relapse less than those discharged into clinical-only follow-up.
SAMHSA & Recovery Research Institute meta-analyses.
The 2024 systematic review on peer recovery support found consistent mentorship significantly improves treatment engagement and retention across nearly thirteen thousand participants.
2024 Systematic Review, Current Addiction Reports.
Both work. Most coaching engagements at Epic Journey come from one of these two paths. The conversation is the same: 15 minutes, no pressure, honest answer on whether coaching is the fit.
Many of our clients are paid for by their family. A mom funding a coach for her son. A dad backing a daughter through her first year of recovery. A spouse investing in the partner they love.
Athletes have coaches. Founders have mentors. People doing serious work in their life have someone in their corner. If you're navigating recovery, or just want to live with more intention, that's exactly what this is.
Verified Google reviews from the people who've actually worked with Preston, not testimonials we wrote. Here's a sample.
Epic Journey and specifically Preston have been a God send over the last few years while we have been trying to help my son with his addiction and mental health challenges. Even though we don't have a lot, I feel every penny spent was invaluable in helping us as a family deal and helped inform us of what we should and shouldn't be doing, providing guidance of different options for treatment and modeling such an amazing role model for my son.
Been working with Preston for the last decade. His heart comes through in every experience he puts together. His passion and purpose is contagious.
I especially want to recognize Preston, who has been my biggest mentor throughout this journey. His guidance, encouragement, and belief in me made a huge difference during some of the toughest moments. Having someone like him in my corner gave me the strength and confidence to keep moving forward.
Epic Journey is exactly what it is! Epic!!! People in recovery want to feel "life" again! Preston is an excellent example of that! Most importantly, Preston cares! He is an incredible mentor! Thankful to Preston for the work he does.
For You or a Loved One · No pressure
Preston interviews Epic Journey alumni Will Mansfield, Newport Beach.
For You or a Loved One
I'm not a clinician with a textbook view of recovery. I lived this. Six years addicted to heroin myself. Lost my father to suicide. Lost my brother to a fentanyl overdose.
The last 11 years I've spent building the kind of recovery system I wish my family had had, founded Fresh Start of California (detox), founded SoCal Mental Health, owned and operated residential, stabilization & outpatient programs, consulted for the top centers in Southern California, performed 500+ interventions, and authored The Epic Journal (used in treatment programs nationwide).
When you do coaching with me, you work directly with me. Same person, every session. The work matters because I know what's on the other side of getting it wrong.
20,000+ copies sold. Used in treatment programs nationwide. A daily-practice journal Preston wrote, now in detox, residential, intensive outpatient, recovery coaching practices, and on the desks of individuals doing the daily work. Real frameworks. Real prompts. The same ones his clients use.
Couple · Newport Beach
In The Field
Daily Practice
The Community
For You or a Loved One · Same daily framework Preston uses with clients
Hundreds of clients. Surfing in Newport Beach. Mountain biking Big Bear. Joshua Tree under the stars. Skydiving over the coast. Paintball, motocross, beach volleyball, sunset groups. This is what a life worth being sober for actually looks like.
Surf Crew · Newport Beach
Paintball Squad
Joshua Tree
T-Rex · Motorcycle Day
Mountain Biking · Big Bear
Sunset · Beach Group
Surf · Boards Up
Beach Volleyball
Joshua Tree · Stars
Team · Desert Day
T-Rex · Family Day
Halloween · Community
The Whole TeamFor You or a Loved One · Real life, built sober
Most clients work with Preston entirely virtually, secure video and phone, wherever you live. Same depth, same continuity, same outcomes. Local to Orange County? We can also do in-person.
Most clients are nationwide. Secure video and phone with Preston Multiple touchpoints per week, real-time support between sessions.
Local to Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Coast, Laguna Beach, or Huntington Beach? We meet face-to-face.
Cash-pay only, hourly for occasional support, monthly retainer for the deeper work most clients need (typically 6–12 months).
For You or a Loved One · Cash-pay · No insurance billed
"I can't say enough good things about Epic Journey Wellness, they are truly changing lives in the most powerful way. This incredible team takes people in early recovery and gives them something most programs never do: show you that you can actually have a fun life sober! Real, exciting, soul-filling experiences in the outdoors. Skydiving, motocross, surfing, epic camping trips in Joshua Tree, and so much more. They've created a program that doesn't just help people stay sober, it helps them fall in love with life again. Highly, highly recommended!"
"Epic Journey has been really great. They genuinely care about the people they're helping and take the time to support both individuals in recovery and their families. It doesn't feel generic or forced, you can tell they actually want to make a difference."
"Epic Journey wellness is going above and beyond with their work in helping people with recovery & their families who love them. To say they care is an understatement, but they truly do care about the people they work with & it shows!"
"I'm incredibly grateful for the support and guidance I received during one of the most important times in my life. Their team showed genuine care, understanding, and professionalism every step of the way. They didn't just provide a service, they created a safe, supportive environment where I felt heard and encouraged to grow. Preston has been my biggest mentor throughout this journey."
"This program and the people involved have created something amazing. They help people in recovery and their family as well with the right resources. There's not many people that offer services like this and it really shows how much they care for the people they work with. A+ tools towards a healthy lifestyle. Epic Journey has very special place in my heart. 🤘❤️"
"During some of the hardest times of my life, Preston believed in me and helped me see the value in myself when I couldn't see it on my own. Many people are missing the 'fun' aspect of the recovery lifestyle, and these guys know how to help us find that. From mountain biking to skydiving, an adventure always awaits with Epic Journey."
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Real answers to the questions families and individuals ask most. If yours isn't here, bring it on the free call.
Mostly virtual. The majority of our coaching clients work with Preston entirely by secure video and phone. It's the easiest way to keep consistent, you always have someone in your corner regardless of where you are or what your schedule looks like.
For clients local to Orange County (Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Coast, Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach), in-person sessions are an option. Many local clients combine both, virtual for the everyday, in-person for the high-stakes moments.
Both, but most of our deeper work is on monthly retainer. Hourly fits clients with occasional, specific needs. Monthly retainer is where the real work happens, multiple touchpoints per week, real-time access between sessions, full case management.
Most clients stay on monthly retainer for 6 to 12 months. Recovery research backs this up: 12+ months of continuing care correlates with roughly 3× better long-term outcomes vs. shorter engagements.
Exact pricing is discussed transparently on the free 15-minute consultation, we don't post rates publicly because every engagement is built around what each person actually needs.
No, recovery coaching is cash-pay only.
We don't bill insurance for coaching. We don't take Medi-Cal. We don't take Medicare. We don't take Tricare or state-funded plans. This isn't a billing decision, it's how we keep the engagement private, fast, and built around your life instead of an insurance company's authorization cycle.
Payment options: hourly, monthly retainer, or family-funded for a loved one. Cards, ACH, and check accepted.
Yes, this is a common path. Many of our clients are paid for by family. Moms funding coaches for their sons. Parents backing their adult children through the first year of recovery. Spouses investing in the partner they love. Siblings making it possible for someone they grew up with.
If you're paying for someone else, you'll have a direct line to Preston too, appropriate updates, family meetings when needed, and honest answers about what's actually happening. We work alongside the family, not around them.
Most engagements start within 24 to 72 hours of the free consultation. Mention urgency on the call, we prioritize. For active crises, please call 911 or 988 first. Epic Journey is not an emergency service.
Different roles, they complement each other. Therapy is clinical work (trauma, diagnoses). Coaching is strategic and practical (accountability, life-direction, real-world action). The same way a top athlete works with a coach or a founder works with a mentor. Many of our clients have a therapist AND a coach.
More questions? FAQs on the main site →
For You or a Loved One · Free 15-min call · No pressure
Pick a time below. We'll talk about what's going on and tell you honestly whether coaching is the right fit. If it's not, we'll point you somewhere better.
Recovery coaching is cash-pay only. We do not bill insurance for coaching, it keeps the engagement private, fast, and built around your life instead of a billing department. Exact pricing is discussed transparently on the call.
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