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Recovery Support for Individuals and Families

Programs, consulting, and clinically grounded recovery support integrating evidence-based practice with story, symbol, and spiritual depth

JIM SAVAGE, LCDC, CADC

Transformational Recovery Through Story, Symbol, and Spirit

Programs, consulting, and personal guidance for individuals and families seeking clarity, support, and a renewed sense of meaning in the recovery process.

Your Next Step Toward Wholeness and Fulfillment

Innovative programs to help you become the person you are meant to be

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FAMILY SUPPORT

Structured education, coaching, and clinical guidance for families impacted by substance use

 

"The untapped potential the family represents for improving treatment outcomes."

— Jim Savage, author, "Rehab Works!  A Family's Guide To Substance Use Treatment

 

After running his own adolescent outpatient treatment program for over ten years, Jim Savage recognized:

1. How much of an impact families can have on treatment outcomes

2. How much help families need in navigating the road to successful recovery with a loved one

Jim developed the RehabWorks Family Support Program to guide families through the chaos of addiction with structure, confidence, and compassion.


Now: Multiple Pathways for Family Support

RehabWorks has evolved into a multi-dimensional family-support program designed to meet families and professionals where they are. Whether you’re a treatment provider, an interventionist, a therapeutic educational consultant, or a family in crisis, RehabWorks offers structured options to support treatment engagement and long-term recovery—for your clients or for your own family.

Family Coaching Program

More than a family coach, Jim Savage offers families an entire program that integrates education, clinical guidance, and treatment-aligned support across every phase of recovery, including pre-treatment intervention, concurrent treatment support, and ongoing aftercare.

▸  LEARN MORE: RehabWorks Family Support Program

 

A Resource for Clinical and Outreach Teams

A trusted partner for your outreach and treatment teams—aligning families, reducing chaos, supporting smoother admissions, and delivering timely family education that reduces resistance, builds early alignment, and improves treatment outcomes.

▸  LEARN MORE: "A Message To Clinical and Outreach Providers"

 

RehabWorks for Treatment Facilities

Make RehabWorks part of your own program.

A clinically aligned family-education platform licensed to treatment programs to strengthen family engagement, improve communication with treatment teams, and support better outcomes—from day one.

▸  LEARN MORE: RehabWorks For Treatment Facilities

 
Rehabworks for Interventionists, Coaches, and Consultants

A turnkey family-education framework that interventionists, family coaches, and consultants can integrate into their existing services to add structure, credibility, and clinically aligned depth—without having to build or manage their own curriculum.

▸  LEARN MORE: RehabWorks Professional Affiliate Program

Support for Families Impacted by a Loved One's Substance Use

"The untapped potential the family represents for improving treatment outcomes."

— Jim Savage, author, "Rehab Works!  A Family's Guide To Substance Use Treatment

 

After running his own adolescent outpatient treatment program for over ten years, Jim Savage recognized:

1. How much of an impact families can have on treatment outcomes

2. How much help families need in navigating the road to successful recovery with a loved one

Jim developed the RehabWorks Family Support Program to guide families through the chaos of addiction with structure, confidence, and compassion.

 Today, RehabWorks has evolved into a multi-dimensional program that supports families through multiple pathways. Whether you're a treatment provider, an interventionist, a therapeutic educational consultant, or a family in crisis, there is a RehabWorks pathway that can help you move toward treatment success—for your clients or for your own family.

▸ Direct Family Support: Private coaching and structured guidance to help families navigate treatment, set boundaries, and regain clarity and peace of mind.

▸ Professional Affiliate Program: A turnkey family-education framework professionals can integrate into their existing services to add structure, credibility, and clinical depth.

▸ Facility Licensing: A clinically aligned family-education platform licensed to treatment programs to improve engagement, communication, and outcomes from day one.

▸ Clinical & Outreach Support: A trusted partner for your outreach and treatment teams—align families, reduce chaos, support smoother admissions, and improve outcomes.

INDIVIDUAL RECOVERY SUPPORT

The Journey To Recovery Program

A one-on-one recovery support program for individuals who:

  • are transitioning out of treatment and need structured aftercare support

  • need an individualized recovery plan when group-based options aren’t the right fit

  • are in early stages of substance misuse and want support before entering higher levels of care

  • are sober but feeling stuck and seeking deeper engagement, meaning, or direction

  • are family members doing their own recovery work alongside a loved one

Drawing on Jim Savage's rich history of integrating experiential modalities within a strong clinical foundation, The Journey To Recovery Program uses music, storytelling, meditation, and symbolic practices that offer a roadmap to personal transformation in recovery.

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For those looking for self-guided, experiential ways to enrich your recovery, the following offerings provide creative pathways grounded in the same principles of transformational recovery.

NEW MINI-COURSE

The Recovery Wheel

Your Roadmap To Personal Transformation In Sobriety


Grounded in ancient wisdom and modern psychology, The Recovery Wheel helps you understand where you are in your own process of transformation, what’s blocking your progress, and how to move forward with clarity and purpose.

This mini-course gives you a fresh, inspiring way to approach recovery — one that reconnects you to meaning, momentum, and the deeper parts of yourself you may have lost along the way.

Inside the Recovery Wheel mini-course, you’ll discover:

  • How the ancient Medicine Wheel can guide your growth in sobriety—and help you understand what phase of transformation you are in
  • Why recovery stalls and how to regain momentum when you feel stuck, flat, or disconnected from yourself.
  • A practical framework you can use every day to reconnect to meaning, purpose, and the deeper parts of your identity.
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The Journey: A Musical Pathway To Recovery

"As I stand in the East, and the first rays of sunlight dance upon the horizon, I know that my journey is about to begin."

 

The Healing Power of Music

The Journey is a rock musical written by Jim Savage that blends story, symbolism, and the healing power of music. Drawing on archetypal and ancient wisdom—such as the Medicine Wheel and the Hero’s Journey—along with over 30 years of clinical experience and Jim's experience as an accomplished professional musician, The Journey Musical Recovery Program is a one-of a-kind musical production that gives you a new way of understanding the struggles we all face and the challenges that shape us, and a practical map for moving forward.

What began as a musical way of telling his  own story of addiction and recovery is now an entire transformational pathway used in treatment programs, workshops, and recovery communities. Blending ancient symbolic wisdom with contemporary perspectives on recovery and psychological development, The Journey offers a meaningful roadmap for healing and personal transformation.

Ways to experience The Journey:

  • Specialty Groups for Treatment Facilities
    Experiential sessions that blend live music, storytelling, and guided reflection—designed to help clients locate themselves on the “pathway” and deepen engagement in treatment.

  • Workshops & Retreats
    Immersive group experiences that use music and symbolism to spark insight, emotional connection, and renewed motivation.

  • Community & Recovery Performances
    Live events that unite audiences around a shared story of struggle, hope, and transformation.

  • Online Courses & Curriculum
    A structured, self-paced version of The Journey pathway—providing a practical map for ongoing recovery and personal growth.

LEARN MORE →

The Journey: A Musical Pathway To Recovery

 "As I stand in the East, and the first rays of sunlight dance upon the horizon, I know that my journey is about to begin."  

 

The Healing Power of Music

The Journey is a rock musical written by Jim Savage that blends story, symbolism, and the healing power of music. Drawing on archetypal and ancient wisdom—such as the Medicine Wheel and the Hero’s Journey—along with over 30 years of clinical experience and Jim's experience as an accomplished professional musician, The Journey Musical Recovery Program is a one-of a-kind musical production that gives you a new way of understanding the struggles we all face and the challenges that shape us, and a practical map for moving forward.

What began as a musical way of telling his  own story of addiction and recovery is now an entire transformational pathway used in treatment programs, workshops, and recovery communities.

Blending ancient symbolic wisdom with contemporary perspectives on recovery and psychological development, The Journey offers a meaningful roadmap for healing and personal transformation.

Ways to experience The Journey:

  • Specialty Groups for Treatment Facilities
    Experiential sessions that blend live music, storytelling, and guided reflection—designed to help clients locate themselves on the “pathway” and deepen engagement in treatment.

  • Workshops & Retreats
    Immersive group experiences that use music and symbolism to spark insight, emotional connection, and renewed motivation.

  • Community & Recovery Performances
    Live events that unite audiences around a shared story of struggle, hope, and transformation.

  • Online Courses & Curriculum
    A structured, self-paced version of The Journey pathway—providing a practical map for ongoing recovery and personal growth.

LEARN MORE →

Jim Savage, LCDC, CADC

Hey there! Thanks for taking the time to explore my work. My name is Jim Savage. I'm a licensed drug and alcohol counselor and have been working in the addiction treatment field for over thirty years.

My approach is simple: I believe that a carrot is more effective than a stick. In other words, my entire career has been dedicated to helping addiction treatment clients find a spark that gets them excited about recovery, as opposed making them feel bad enough that they are forced to follow a recovery plan. And I've come up with some pretty creative ways to light that spark. 

I am a recovering addict as well, and have been sober since 1988. I am very open about my recovery, and am committed to practicing what I preach when it comes to coaching others in recovery. 

In addition to my clinical background, I am also a professional musician and producer. (I was actually a founding member of a  popular Beatles cover band from Dallas, Texas—I was sort of the John Lennon in the group.)  As a recovering musician, I've always been dedicated to using music and the creative arts to carry a positive message about recovery. From rock musicals to musical meditation programs, I have a lot of creative material I use as teaching tools for addiction treatment. 

After running my own adolescent treatment program for ten years, I realized how much help families need in learning how to address a substance use issue with a loved one and navigating the road to successful recovery. I wrote a book titled Rehab Works! A Parent's Guide To Drug Treatment, and went on to develop an entire educational program for families of treatment clients.

Today I wear several different hats: recovery coach, treatment consultant, writer, producer, recovering musician. It's a gift to be able to channel all the things I love doing into one central purpose: Helping others transform the pain and chaos of addiction into one of the best things that could ever happen for them. I'd love to be able to help you have that experience.

Meet Jim Savage, LCDC, CADC

Hey there! Thanks for taking the time to explore my work. My name is Jim Savage. I'm a licensed drug and alcohol counselor and have been working in the addiction treatment field for over thirty years.

My approach is simple: I believe that a carrot is more effective than a stick. In other words, my entire career has been dedicated to helping addiction treatment clients find a spark that gets them excited about recovery, as opposed making them feel bad enough that they are forced to follow a recovery plan. And I've come up with some pretty creative ways to light that spark. 

I am a recovering addict as well, and have been sober since 1988. I am very open about my recovery, and am committed to practicing what I preach when it comes to coaching others in recovery. 

In addition to my clinical background, I am also a professional musician and producer. (I was actually a founding member of a  popular Beatles cover band from Dallas, Texas—I was sort of the John Lennon in the group.)  As a recovering musician, I've always been dedicated to using music and the creative arts to carry a positive message about recovery. From rock musicals to musical meditation programs, I have a lot of creative material I use as teaching tools for addiction treatment. 

After running my own adolescent treatment program for ten years, I realized how much help families need in learning how to address a substance use issue with a loved one and navigating the road to successful recovery. I wrote a book titled Rehab Works! A Parent's Guide To Drug Treatment, and went on to develop an entire educational program for families of treatment clients.

Today I wear several different hats: recovery coach, treatment consultant, writer, producer, recovering musician. It's a gift to be able to channel all the things I love doing into one central purpose: Helping others transform the pain and chaos of addiction into one of the best things that could ever happen for them. I'd love to be able to help you have that experience.