Mentors
Our mentors are not credentialed therapists or staff. They are people who were in addiction themselves, or lived beside it. They know what shame, relapse and hope are — from the inside.
We deliberately do not publish surnames or photos — it is a matter of respect for each person's journey. But below are real stories of real people.
8 years sober · mentor for 4 years
Specialization: drug addiction, working with young men
I realized I wanted to help when I saw someone else come out of what I did not believe you could come out of.
Alexey works with participants who are only starting the road and do not yet believe change is even possible.
27 years sober · mentor for 25 years
Specialization: drug addiction, support after relapse
I first tried drugs at 14. I would quit, then it kept coming back — round and round. Until my mother started going to church and praying for me.
Valery works with people who have relapsed more than once and have stopped believing things can be different. He knows this cycle from the inside.
6 years sober · mentor for 2 years
Specialization: alcohol addiction, rebuilding the family
I had it all: a job, an apartment, a family. And I lost it all, little by little, every year. Until I stopped.
Mikhail works with people for whom "everything looks fine on the outside" but inside there is ruin.
9 years sober · mentor for 3 years
Specialization: addiction in women, recovery after trauma
People do not talk loudly about alcoholism in women. I do — because I know how important it is that someone speaks.
Irina works with women who find it hardest of all to admit the problem out loud.
You do not pick a mentor from a list — we match one with you after the first call, based on your situation. This matters: the right person beside you changes everything.
Book a first callIf you have a road of recovery behind you and a desire to help others — write to us. We will tell you how the ministry works and what it means in practice.
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