The aftercare course · 10 sessions

The work that happens after treatment is the real work.

Treatment was the interruption. Aftercare is the real thing. Ten short sessions for the first year out — and the entry into long-term recovery. Watch at your own pace. Take the worksheets with you.

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Free course · No sign-up wall · Watch one session or all ten

Who this is for

This course is for you if —

You're finishing residential, PHP, IOP, or any structured treatment and going home soon.
You're in the first year of recovery and trying to figure out what a sober Tuesday is supposed to look like.
You've slipped, or relapsed, and you're trying to come back — and you want a clear plan for what to do next.
You're past the first year and want a refresher on what holds recovery together long-term.

It's free. Self-paced. No diagnosis, no group, no judgment. If you want to talk to a coach after, that option is here — but it's not required.

The approach

Plumbing, not platitudes.

The first ninety days are the loudest

Most people relapse in the first year after treatment — typically 60–90% depending on the substance, with opioid use disorder at the high end without medication-assisted treatment. Most of those happen in the first ninety days, when the nervous system is loud and the routines aren't built yet. The course is built around protecting that window — and meaningfully changing the math for the months that follow it.

Pathway-agnostic

AA, NA, SMART, Refuge Recovery, Celebrate Recovery, MAT support, secular recovery, or some combination — this course doesn't preach a single pathway. It teaches the principles that make every pathway hold.

Three phases of recovery

Acceptance. Stabilization. Optimization. Different phases need different things from you. The course walks you from the entry into stabilization through the doorway into the optimization years.

What you'll learn

Ten sessions. Watch at your own pace.

Each session includes a short video, a one-page worksheet you can print or save, and a few reflection prompts for the week. Most people take one session per week. Some go faster. Some repeat session 1 three times before moving on. All of that is fine.

01 The Investment About 16 minutes What you've already paid into recovery, what it would cost to lose, and why the work that comes next is the real work — not the wind-down. Start
02 Identity First About 22 minutes What you say you are shapes what you do. The first work after treatment is naming who you are now — to yourself, in your house, and out into the world. Open
03 The Brain in Early Recovery About 14 minutes PAWS, urge surfing, HALT, and what's actually happening inside you between months two and nine. Plus the signal that means something deeper is underneath — and the specialists to call when it does. Open
04 Connection About 14 minutes Three communities, one search tool, and the practice of becoming a regular in a room that notices when you don't show up. Coming soon
05 The Routine About 14 minutes Six pieces of routine — sturdy without being brittle. Plus the floor: the one thing you will not skip even on your worst day. Coming soon
06 The Body and the Meds About 14 minutes Primary care, dental, screenings, and the medicine cabinet — including MAT, MOUD, and the antidepressant the disease quietly let you stop refilling. The boring list that gives you back the body you have been reaching for. Coming soon
07 The Home Life About 14 minutes The disorientation of the first week back. The person who has been watching you, and how to give them their nervous system back. Plus the boring stack — work, money, court — sitting on the counter. Coming soon
08 The Social Field About 14 minutes The using crowd, the new crowd that builds three rounds at a time, dating in the first year, and the phone. Four rings, one principle — which rooms are you choosing to be inside of? Coming soon
09 Risk and the Slip About 15 minutes The predictable hard days. The weekly windows the disease already knows about. The five-line card you write before you need it. And the slip protocol — what to do in the first hour if you actually use. Coming soon
10 The Long Arc About 15 minutes Amends that are slow, not spoken. The self that has to be rebuilt out of values and curiosity. And what optimization — year two and beyond — actually looks like in practice. Coming soon

What each session gives you

Small tools. Used repeatedly. Over weeks.

A focused video

One coach, talking to you like a person. Warm, clinical, no slide decks. About 13 to 15 minutes per session. Watch on the bus, in the kitchen, before bed. Fits a real life.

A worksheet that saves as you type

One page per session, designed to be filled out on a phone or printed. Your answers stay on your device — no account, no upload. Print or save as PDF when you want a copy.

Three reflection prompts

One for the week, one for a hard conversation, one for yourself. Do one. Do all three. Skip them entirely. Your call.

A coach, if you want one

If a session brings up something bigger, you can book time with a CVR recovery coach. Private, one-on-one. No pressure.

Start here

Begin with session 1 — The Investment.

The first session names what you've already paid into your recovery — and why what comes next is the real work, not the wind-down. About 14 minutes. Take the worksheet with you.

Start session 1 Or talk to a coach first