What Others Say
From people who watched it happen.

"Colin was never the guy you'd point at and say he had a problem. Great career, family, always showed up. That's why his story hit me the way it did. He didn't wait for a crisis. He just decided he wasn't going to keep doing it. Watching him retire from alcohol deliberately, without making it dramatic, was the reason I finally cut way back myself. I didn't need a rock bottom either. I just needed to see someone do it differently."

"What I didn't realize until after Colin retired from alcohol was how much sharper he could actually get. The clarity, the patience, the speed at which he works through complex problems now. It's a different gear. We met in business school seven years ago and I've watched him operate at a high level the entire time. But this version is something else. Prepared Sobriety isn't built for people in crisis. It's for high-performers who already function well and want to find out what they're capable of."

"I noticed the change before he told me what he was doing. Sharper on strategy calls. More patient on customer cycles. Out-thinking people he used to be neck-and-neck with. When Colin finally told me he'd retired from alcohol, it tracked. He doesn't talk about it like recovery. He talks about it like a career decision. For anyone in tech wondering whether drinking is quietly costing them something, this is the most impactful framework I've come across."

"Colin's the last person I thought would stop drinking because he never had a serious problem with it. But he saw the limitation and made the decision years ago to walk away in April 2025. His framework is like nothing I've seen. Probably the best alternative out there for high-earning professionals looking for something that isn't a traditional program."

"I've had Colin in my chair for nine years. When you see someone that regularly, you notice things other people miss. He never struck me as someone with a drinking problem. Always put together, always sharp. But after he retired from alcohol, something shifted. Lighter. More present. Genuinely happier. I've watched a lot of people sit here and talk about wanting to make a change someday. Colin actually did it, on his own terms, before anything went wrong."