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(289) 207-2617·debra@cccrecovery.ca
Chances. Choices. Changes. A peer-led recovery program
An eight-week peer-led recovery program with Debra King
Toronto / Live on Zoom

You're right
where you're
supposed to be.

An eight-week, peer-led recovery program for adults sincerely doing the work. A small room. Honest conversation. The practical language of staying sober — daytimers, boundaries, phone calls, quality over quantity.

Apply for the next cohort → Read the syllabus
Or call Debra directly — (289) 207-2617
Tuition $2,499 Limited seats available at Founder’s rate $1,997. Sliding scale on request.
Format Eight Mondays 7 — 9 p.m. ET, live on Zoom. Cameras encouraged, never required.
Seats Eight per cohort Small by design. You'll know every name in the room.
01 At a glance

The shortest version of the program.

If you only read one section: here it is. Plainspoken. No script. No funnel.

What A peer-led recovery cohort Not therapy, not a 12-step group — a finite, plain-spoken room.
Who Eight adults + Debra Sober or sincerely on the way. Capped at eight, every cohort.
When Eight Mondays 7 — 9 p.m. Eastern · two hours · cameras encouraged.
How to start One short form Debra reads each one. Usually replies within two business days.
02 A letter

If you're reading this, you're in the right spot.

A note from Debra King — not a brochure, not a script. Read it once. Read it twice if the second paragraph rings a bell.

Portrait of Debra King
FromDebra King RoleFounder · Facilitator WhereToronto, ON

I was hungry, angry, lonely, and tired — all four. The rule is the rule. So I went home, to the apartment I'd been to twenty times in two years.

What followed wasn't a goal of mine. It caught up with me anyway. Quality, not quantity. Boundaries surfaced. Feelings ran wild. My network of support got smaller, and more meticulous, and not one-sided.

Today there are counsellors and journals and a daytimer, and a to-do list that sometimes carries into next week. I do the best I can. I'm available — for others, and for myself.

I built this program for the people I keep meeting in the same waiting rooms and the same hours of the night. If you're reading this, you're in the right spot. Stay with it. You're so worth it.

Blue skies and green lights, Debra
03 What it is

A practical program for adults doing the work.

Not a 12-step group. Not therapy. Eight conversations, built on lived experience, structured around the parts of recovery almost nobody teaches you out loud.

I.
Eight weeks

A real beginning, and a real end.

Eight Monday evenings, two hours each. Long enough to build something. Short enough that you can see the finish line from the start.

II.
Small group

Eight people in the room.

Cohorts are capped at eight on purpose. You'll know every name. You'll know whose week was hard. Nobody hides in the back.

III.
Peer-led

Lived experience, in the room.

Debra has been where you are. She has the language, the timing, and the receipts. The vocabulary is the curriculum.

04 The eight weeks

From day one to day fifty-six.

The arc, at a glance. Each Monday stands on its own and builds on the last.

Wk 01Day one — why you came
Wk 02The vocabulary
Wk 03The daytimer
Wk 04Boundaries
Wk 05The middle
Wk 06The people
Wk 07The story
Wk 08Day fifty-six
Sessions are conversation, not lecture. Reading is optional and short. Read the full syllabus →
05 Who it's for

Two honest lists.

It's better to know now. We'd rather you find the right room than the closest one.

This is for you if —Yes

  • You're past day one and the novelty is wearing off.
  • You want practical language, not slogans.
  • You can show up on a Monday night for eight weeks.
  • You're willing to be honest in a small room.

This is not for you if —No

  • You're in active acute crisis. Please call a clinician first.
  • You want a 12-step group, only renamed.
  • You need a substitute for medical detox.
  • Passive observation is what you're after.
If you don't believe in yourself yet — we'll believe in you until you do.
Debra King · The CCC promise Participant voices will live here after the first cohort closes
06 How applying works

From application to day one.

Three plain steps. No funnel, no sales call, no obligation. You can opt out at any point; so can we.

01

One short form.

Tell us a little about where you are. A sentence or two is plenty — there's no script and no right answer.

Read only by Debra
02

Debra writes back.

Within two business days, usually faster. Either a written reply, or a fifteen-minute phone call — no pressure either way.

Within 2 business days
03

Day one arrives.

You're matched with the next cohort. We send the Zoom link, the printed Day-One affirmation, and a short note. Then it begins.

Then we begin
No deposit until you're accepted · Cancel anytime up to Day One with a full refund Begin your application →
07 Where to next

Three short paths through the rest of the site.

Read the syllabus, meet Debra, or apply for the next cohort. Whichever feels easiest.

The program

Read the eight-week syllabus.

The eight weeks of the cohort, laid out plainly. Plus the vocabulary and the honest "who it's for" list.

Read the syllabus →
Meet Debra

The facilitator.

Debra has lived recovery from the inside out — as a Monday and a Tuesday and a Wednesday. Read her story in her own voice.

Read about Debra →
Apply

Begin your application.

One short form. Debra reads every one herself. No script, no obligation, no pressure.

Begin your application →
The next cohort

Forming now.

Send a short application and Debra will be in touch within two business days. Or call (289) 207-2617 and skip the form.

Apply for the next cohort → Call (289) 207-2617
$1,997 · Founder’s rate Apply for the next cohort