By Tom Russo I served as a CCAR Emergency Department Recovery Coach (EDRC) for a little less than a year and in that relatively short […]

By Stacy Charpentier Over the past few months I had the pleasure of training several of the CCAR training programs, in CT and as I

In the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© (and in most of our training offerings) we examine and consider 10 roles of the recovery coach as first

By Rebecca Allen “Hi, my name is Rebecca and I’m a woman in long-term recovery and for me, it’s been over 21 years since the

No issue causes more contention within communities of recovery than abstinence.  Many people believe that if you do not completely abstain from substances, any substances,

On April 9, 2018, Rebecca, Jennifer and I wrote a blog called No Coach is an Island. As recovery coaching expands across the country, some

“No one will ever accuse me of being professional!” Have you ever looked back on things you used to say, and say publicly, and wince?

I sat nervously at a front table in the hotel ballroom. I watched my daughter entertain my granddaughter. Elizabeth perched on Mary’s lap and chattered

In 2010, I experienced aggressive treatment for Stage 4 cancer of the tongue.  When a doctor says aggressive, beware. I knew trouble brewed when the