This study challenges the idea that hope is an individual trait. Instead, hope is deeply shaped by context — the environments, routines, and communities people connect with.

Does the peer model actually work? A 2025 systematic review says yes — and the research backs that. People who work with recovery coaches engage more, stay longer, and build lives that hold.

I started NFR as a way to give back to the recovery community after everything it gave to me. It’s what keeps me grounded and focused; above all else, it’s what keeps me resilient.  It has given me everything I have today, including an incredible wife and partner who was there for me during the worst of my addiction, and now an amazing son.