If you want a Hampton alternative, here is the direct answer: Phoenix Forum is a confidential peer advisory board for founders in recovery. Ten vetted members, monthly hot seats, $349 a month. Hampton is a strong modern community for founders, but it is not built around sobriety. Phoenix Forum keeps the small core-group format and builds it around your recovery.

Hampton did a lot right: vetted members, real core groups, a polished community. The question is what it does not hold.

What does Hampton do well?

Hampton pairs a small core group of around eight founders with a large online community and curated events. For a founder who wants a broad, modern network and some structured peer time, it is a genuinely good option, commonly around $8,500 a year.

Where Hampton stops for a founder in recovery

Hampton is built for the general founder population. Recovery is not part of the design, the room does not assume sobriety, and the broader social fabric is not alcohol-free. So the founder in recovery is back to the familiar work of keeping the most important context quiet, because the room would not know what to do with it.

A bigger, sharper network still leaves you translating. The room that gets your recovery is the one where you finally stop.

Phoenix Forum as a Hampton alternative

Phoenix Forum is a peer advisory board for founders in recovery. Ten vetted members, one confidential room, monthly meetings. Every member takes the hot seat on a real problem, and a Founders’ Compass keeps each person accountable between meetings. The room is alcohol-free by design and closed under a mutual NDA.

Feature Phoenix ForumHampton
Annual cost ~$4.2k/yr ($349/mo)~$8,500/yr
Core group size 10 members, one roomCore groups of ~8 plus a large community
Format Monthly hot seat plus Founders’ CompassCore group plus online community and events
Built for recovery Yes. Recovery is the prerequisite.No
Alcohol-free room Yes, by designNot the design
Money-back guarantee Yes, 6 monthNo
Best for Founders in recovery who want depthFounders who want a broad modern network

The tradeoff is depth versus breadth. Hampton gives you a large network. Phoenix Forum gives you a single room where your recovery and your business are on the table together, at less than half the annual cost and with a 6 month money-back guarantee.

How do you decide?

If you want a broad, modern founder network, Hampton is a fair pick. If you want a confidential room built around your recovery, that is Phoenix Forum. Many founders keep both, because they do different jobs. Book a 20 minute call and the conversation will tell you which fits.

What is the best Hampton alternative for a founder in recovery?

Phoenix Forum is built specifically for founders in recovery. Hampton is a strong modern community for founders and CEOs, but it is not recovery-aware. Phoenix Forum keeps the small core-group format, runs an alcohol-free, confidential room of ten vetted members, and costs $349 per month.

How much does Hampton cost compared to Phoenix Forum?

Hampton membership is commonly around $8,500 per year. Phoenix Forum is $349 per month, about $4,200 a year, billed monthly, with a 6 month money-back guarantee.

How is Phoenix Forum different from Hampton?

Hampton pairs a small core group with a large online community and events. Phoenix Forum is a single confidential room of ten founders in recovery, built around a monthly hot seat. The difference is depth and a shared recovery baseline, not breadth of network.

Can I be in both?

Yes. Hampton gives you a broad network; Phoenix Forum gives you a confidential room where your recovery and your business sit together. Many founders keep both.

Written by

Andrew Lassise

Founder of Phoenix Forum. Entrepreneur, tech investor, and recovered alcoholic. He started Phoenix Forum because no other peer advisory board held recovery and business in the same room at the same time.