I never imagined my life would lead me here - building a movement that redefines addiction recovery. But when you’ve lived through the chaos, the loss, and the fight to reclaim yourself, you realise that the system isn’t designed for real, lasting change.
So, I decided to build it.
For years, I was trapped in the cycle - successful on the surface, but silently drowning beneath. Addiction took everything from me: my career, my marriage, my freedom. I lost myself in the downward spiral, ending up in hospital beds, prison cells, and places so dark I could barely see a way out. The system failed me, like it fails so many. It offered short-term fixes, temporary stability, but no real foundation for lifelong recovery.
At my lowest, I realised something that changed everything: everything I believed about the world, myself, and the future was just that - a viewpoint.
With nothing left to lose, I had nothing left to fear. And even though I was sitting in a prison cell, I had never felt freer.
I could see my thoughts. I could challenge them, cry with them, and laugh at them. From that day forward, I became fascinated with the brain - its power, how it had controlled me, and now, how I could work with its potential.
We are told that addiction isn’t about willpower, and for the first time, every cliché I had ever heard made sense. I realised that I had a 36-year-old brain that needed to be fully rewired. This takes time, and this is where the recovery community takes you into its loving arms and gives you that time.
I had been like a drunk, greedy caterpillar, guzzling as much booze as I could to reach some temporary moment of inner peace. And it was jail, not rehab (though I had been), where I truly began to cocoon. I had no idea when, why, or how I would break out with butterfly wings. I just had faith and belief for the first time in my existence.
And when I finally sprouted wings, I knew that the material things I had strived for, craved, and clung to had left me soulless. They weren’t going to keep me well. I had to help people, to see them as souls, not just stories, and give them the time, space, and means to join me on a timeless path of self-discovery.
That, to me, is recovery.
I was a blank canvas, and with it, I had hope, drive, compassion, and belief.
Recovery isn’t just about stopping a behaviour, it’s about reshaping how we think, feel, and respond to the world.
Lets see what we can do together,
Daniel
daniel@recoverlution.com
