{"id":8160,"date":"2019-02-14T11:03:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T11:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=8160"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T18:46:20","slug":"benefits-of-addiction-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/benefits-of-addiction-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Addiction Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Patrick Bailey<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/women-who-stray\/201402\/life-coaches-and-mental-illness\">addiction coach<\/a>\u00a0with their coaching certification and expertise in the area of addiction\u00a0is prepared to help clients achieve goals, improve their life, and focus on living in recovery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7703 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/coaching.jpg\" alt=\"Benefits of Addiction Coaching \" width=\"209\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/coaching.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/coaching-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/coaching-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/coaching-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/coaching-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/coaching-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of addiction coaching include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Making the choice to get clean<\/li>\n<li>Developing personal strategies for staying clean<\/li>\n<li>Exploring relapse prevention skills<\/li>\n<li>Personal accountability<\/li>\n<li>Creating personal motivation for recovery<\/li>\n<li>Staying focused on a recovery lifestyle<\/li>\n<li>Setting, meeting, and achieving goals<\/li>\n<li>Developing and maintaining healthy life skills<\/li>\n<li>Creating balance<\/li>\n<li>Making healthy decisions<\/li>\n<li>Assistance with tough life transitions<\/li>\n<li>Identifying and living personal values and priorities<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These great benefits are all helpful for overcoming addiction and creating a healthy life. For an addict wanting to live a wonderful sober lifestyle, an addiction coach is a great partner and support.<\/p>\n<p>Tips for finding an addiction coach:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look for an addiction coach who has experience with addiction and who has the appropriate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/en\/training\/certified-professional-coach\/program-overview.html\">coach training<\/a> \u2013 ask them about both.<\/li>\n<li>Ask for a free introductory session to experience the approach of the coach and to ensure your comfort with them.<\/li>\n<li>Be clear on what you want to accomplish through the addiction coaching.<\/li>\n<li>Be the driver during coaching sessions by choosing what you want to accomplish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Food for Thought: Consider the difference of working without or with an addiction coach when weighing the cost against the benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Bailey An\u00a0addiction coach\u00a0with their coaching certification and expertise in the area of addiction\u00a0is prepared to help clients achieve goals, improve their life, and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,470,471,16],"tags":[777,48,85,50,779,780,698],"class_list":["post-8160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-program","category-coaching-resources","category-coaching-skills","category-coaching-stories","tag-addiction-coaching","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-coaching","tag-life-skills","tag-lifestyle","tag-recovery","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8160"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12731,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8160\/revisions\/12731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}