We provide a variety of services based in an All natural, Gut first sobriety approach: Recovery Coaching, Sober Companion & transport, and customized case management. We support alternative health and wellness for detox and sustainable long term recovery.
You can't think your way into better action.
But you can
Act your way into better thinking.
T.R.Y. Sobriety Coaching offers clients a unique opportunity to work personally with a highly experienced, knowledgeable and effective coach who has over 40 years of continuous sobriety.
Clients receive Mind, Body & Spiritual guidance and support through a customized T.R.Y. recovery plan.
Since beginning my own recovery journey in 1985, I’ve immersed myself in mind-body practices, Eastern philosophy, meditation, alternative healing, and martial arts. These tools didn’t just help me stay sober — they taught me how to truly thrive in recovery.
For nearly three decades I have led hands-on recovery programs as a volunteer counselor, process group leader, teen counselor, case manager, sober companion and meditation/Tai Chi instructor at premier treatment centers and sober-living facilities. I’ve had the privilege of guiding people from every walk of life through the challenges and triumphs of early sobriety. I am a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor (2003), Advanced Bowen Therapist, and NST Practitioner. In 2004 I founded the Internal Arts Center in Santa Monica, integrating Bowen Therapy, Qigong, Tai Chi, and Chinese & Indonesian martial arts. Today I continue this work through LA Bowen Therapy.
In 2023 a clear turning point shifted everything. While working with client after client, I noticed an unmistakable pattern: nearly every addict I coached suffered from untreated gut-related issues that traditional recovery completely ignored. I dove into the research — and what I discovered was shocking. Addiction is not primarily a brain disease or a behavioral disorder. It begins in the gut biome and exhibits almost the precise disease characteristics of a parasitic infection.
I wanted to address the need in the marketplace for gut-first sobriety with a non-pharmaceutical intervention approach. T.R.Y. (Take Responsibility Yourself) Sobriety is the result of my lived experience seeing the differences these practices combined with an all natural approach can make. That journey taught me that true recovery is far more than abstinence; it is a profound transformation of body, mind, and spirit.
Through T.R.Y. Sobriety, I guide my clients into a core-centered, grounded recovery that restores physical vitality, emotional stability, and spiritual connection—so clients finally thrive, not just survive.
My emerging theory — detailed in my Amazon-released eBook Another Day in Parasite and my forthcoming book The Two Body Problem — is already transforming lives. Clients who address the gut first are finally able to stabilize their core, restore grounding, and build a resilient, authentic sobriety that lasts.
If you’re ready to break free and create the grounded, vibrant recovery you deserve, I invite you to book a free 30-minute consultation. Let’s discover together whether T.R.Y. Sobriety is the right fit for your journey.
T.R.Y. Recovery can work for you when you're ready.
It's based on nearly four decades of experience in sobriety, spiritual practices and research into personal growth and self improvement.
"What has astounded me is that after 12 rehabs, years and years of therapy and many other modalities of spiritual healing, John could hand deliver a simple solution in a way I could hear and accept without shame or judgement." -Heather D.
T.R.Y. Sobriety Coaching was designed for people who desire real change without the crutches of rehabs or pharmaceuticals - You've tried all that already.
But the addiction cycle continues and you remain caught in the 'treatment loop'.
Our revolutionary coaching system begins where where all other treatments and programs fail to address. - Your Gut!!
Our Gut first sobriety approach encourages functional and alternative medicine principles and applications so you can heal your body and bodymind at the root.
This is the crucial distinction - Gut first sobriety is the foundational key.
It's the missing ingredient that standard MAT treatment approaches fail to recognize.
A Sober Companion is essentially like having a full time live in recovery coach. Clients receive the benefit of direct daily input and guidance while experiencing new empowering healthy routines and activities. Whether you're planning on taking time away from work or need to be working part time or full time, our sober companion will be there for you.
We work primarily with people seeking help with drug and alcohol addiction related issues. Whether you are new in recovery or experienced with clean time, we can help you make progress in achieving your goals.
T.R.Y. addresses the mind, body and spirit. Clients take responsibility themselves while being coached through the steps of their personalized treatment action plans.
We help clients move out of fight or flight based impulsivity so they begin to relax more while developing new empowering daily habits.
We implement a variety of effective strategies that help clients put positive growth principles into action. Gaining new insight and understanding while generating sustainable momentum is how we help clients build their new sober identity.
If the goal is to escape the victim mindset and the endless loop of rehabs and treatment then Holistic Recovery Coaching and our T.R.Y. sobriety approach can work for you.
The Bowen technique is an effective and gentle soft tissue therapy that helps the body reset and heal itself. It's a great way for people new in recovery to super charge their detox process. It is also effective for a wide variety of chronic or acute Pain conditions, Back or Neck problems, Carpal Tunnel, Headaches, TMJ or related issues, sports injuries, and digestive problems. It is a wholistic treatment that treats the whole person and aims to treat the cause of problems, rather than the symptoms.
Good nutrition is essential for effective addiction recovery.
Our nutritionists can help you develop a personalized plan to improve your diet and meet your health goals during your recovery journey. We can help you improve your diet and nutritional intake in simple, fundamental ways so you feel better while adapting to a new healthier sober lifestyle.
Natural remedies of all kinds have been used for thousands of years to treat a variety of ailments. Holistic medicine approaches are safer, healthier, create almost zero side effects, and address root causes of disease rather than merely treating symptoms.
We advocate strongly for the healthier, safer and ultimately more cost effective Wholistic Alternative Medicine approaches over pharmaceutical industry based interventions.
Meditation is a powerful tool for reducing stress, improving focus, and promoting overall mental and emotional stability, grounding and well being. Our unique approach is highly effective and easy to learn. We can teach anyone who's willing to try how to start and maintain a daily mediation practice.
Tai Chi & Qigong use gentle movements with specific breathing to help improve the flow of circulation and vitality throughout the body. These practices improve overall health while encouraging a calm, centered sense of well being.