·4 min read
Career planning in addiction recovery: where to start
Compare career planning, job boards, and individual help. Choose the right starting point for the work question you have now.
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·4 min read
Choosing career training in addiction recovery
Check the job requirement, full cost, schedule, and recognition before paying for a program.
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·9 min read
On the dreams you never could have imagined
Early-recovery goals look like getting a car, building a 600 credit score, holding a balanced budget for a year. Those goals are the right goals. They are also the foundation for goals you couldn't have imagined wanting a few years earlier.
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·10 min read
The framework for being content
Regardless of where you want to 'get to' in your life, you will always be there with yourself. On the gratitude framework that gets built when your goals are about getting your life back, and why it's the foundation for everything bigger that comes after.
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·11 min read
The first 90 days back: what nobody tells you about the easy stretch
The first two weeks of a new job after rehab feel survivable. The next 60 are where the real test starts. A field guide for the stretch when 'I made it' becomes the obstacle, and how the discipline you build here is the foundation of every bigger goal that comes after.
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·9 min read
The second no: rejection-proofing a job search in recovery
The first rejection is bearable. The third one is where most career-in-recovery plans collapse. What setback recovery actually looks like when you don't have the luxury of an off-day.
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·8 min read
Telling your sponsor about work: the conversation we don't have enough
Recovery talks about jobs as if they're an afterthought — once you're sober, you'll just go back. Work is its own terrain, with its own slip patterns. How to bring it into your program without making it bigger than it needs to be.
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·13 min read
Using AI for career exploration in recovery: what these tools can and can't do
A good career coach charges $200 to $400 an hour. AI tools are now good enough to fill part of that role… if you know what they're for and where they break. From someone who has spent a career matching people in recovery with work that fits. Ten recovery-specific prompts, hard limits on legal and medical advice, and a privacy posture.
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·14 min read
Returning to work in recovery: a framework for the first decision
How long after rehab can you return to work? The question itself is wrong, and there's a better one. A practical framework for the Going Back vs. Starting Over decision.
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·12 min read
Disclosure in job interviews: when, how, and whether
The disclosure conversation is your choice — on your timeline, in your words. A framework, a three-move structure, and the protections you should know about before deciding.
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·11 min read
What makes a workplace actually recovery-friendly
“Recovery-friendly” is a posture, not a policy statement. The signals that actually matter, plus what employers can build to live up to the language.
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