Private peer advisory for founders in recovery
Rise beyond the old pattern.
You stopped handing your life to drugs and alcohol. Now build the company, recovery, and relationships that make the freedom worth protecting.
Stopping was the first transformation
The old loop loses its grip.
You already made the decision that changed everything. The next challenge is learning what to do with the ambition, pressure, and intensity that remain.
Energy reclaimed
Your force becomes useful again.
What once scattered your attention becomes clear judgment. What once fed escape becomes the discipline to lead.
Accountability changes the physics
No more private negotiations.
In the right room, the story breaks apart. Peers see the pattern, remember the commitment, and call you back to the person you said you would become.
Phoenix Forum
Rise with people who know the fire.
This is high performance recovery: a stronger business, a steadier operator, and a life you do not need to escape.
The real problem
Success does not make leadership less lonely.
The business can look healthy while the operator is running hot. Payroll still lands. Clients still get served. Nobody sees the decision fatigue, the resentment, or the quiet fear that work has become the new compulsion.
Ego just got a promotion.
Transformation through truth
Bring the decision you keep circling. The room helps separate signal from fear, ego, and old patterns so you can act from a clear operating principle.
Accountability that holds
Leave with a concrete commitment. Return to peers who remember what you said, why it mattered, and where you tend to negotiate with yourself.
Performance without self-abandonment
Make better calls about hiring, cash flow, pricing, boundaries, and growth without asking your recovery or family to absorb the cost.
The monthly forum
Two hours. No posturing. Real work.
This is not a room for status updates or surface advice. Each meeting is structured to expose what is actually driving the business and give every member useful, direct feedback.
The hot seat
Every member names what is keeping them up at night. The group asks better questions, challenges the story, and helps identify the next honest decision.
Founders’ Compass
One member takes the room through a focused examination of business, recovery, relationships, and the patterns connecting them.
Peer counsel
Advice comes from operators who understand P&L pressure and the discipline required to stay grounded when the stakes rise.
Commitment and return
You choose the next action. The following meeting starts with what happened. Accountability stays practical because the same people are still at the table.
Who fits the room
You do not need another networking group.
You need peers who can hold business ambition and recovery principles in the same conversation. The interview protects the quality of that conversation.
People, customers, cash flow, and family depend on the quality of your decisions.
You want a closed room where the full truth can be useful without becoming public.
You are willing to examine your part, change course, and make a commitment in front of peers.
Better revenue and systems matter. So do sleep, presence, boundaries, and stronger recovery.
Unmanageability shows up in spreadsheets.
Membership
A serious room at a grounded price.
Comparable executive peer groups can cost from several thousand to more than $20,000 per year. Phoenix Forum is built specifically for founders in recovery and priced at about $4,200 per year.
- A small, vetted group with no more than 10 members
- One structured two-hour forum every month
- Hot seats, Founders’ Compass, peer counsel, and commitments
- Confidential conversations about business and recovery
Straight answers
What founders ask before applying.
Is Phoenix Forum confidential?
Yes. Confidentiality is foundational. Groups are small and vetted so members can discuss business, money, leadership, family, and recovery without performing for the room.
What happens in the interview?
We learn about your business, your recovery, what you want from a peer group, and how you show up for others. The goal is mutual fit and placement in the right room.
How much time does membership require?
The core commitment is one two-hour forum each month. Members get the most value when they arrive prepared, speak honestly, and follow through on the commitments they make.
What does membership cost?
Membership is $349 per month, billed monthly, with a one-year minimum commitment and no setup fee.
What if Phoenix Forum is not the right fit?
The fit process helps identify the right next step. If Phoenix is not the right room, the wider Sober Founders community may offer a better place to begin.
The next honest move
Put the real decision on the table.
Apply for a confidential fit call. We will learn what you are carrying, explain how the forum works, and decide together whether this is the right room.
Phoenix Forum is a Sober Founders program. Participation is subject to fit, availability, and membership terms.