Recovery Is Personal. Your Support Should Be Too.
Ironside Addiction Recovery Coaching was built on a simple belief: lasting recovery requires more than a program. It requires understanding the person, the struggle, and the life they are trying to rebuild.
Ben Banks
Founder & Recovery Coach
Ben brings more than 25 years of international coaching and training experience to Ironside, along with something that cannot be learned from a textbook: lived experience.
For years, Ben worked in a hospital addiction recovery center and one-on-one with thousands of people struggling with addiction. Through that work, he saw firsthand how different every person’s circumstances, challenges, and reasons for using can be.
But Ben’s understanding of addiction became deeply personal through his own battle with alcoholism.
When he sought help for himself, he experienced the frustration of trying to find support that truly addressed him as an individual. That experience helped shape the philosophy that would eventually become Ironside Addiction Recovery Coaching.
The Person Has to Come Before the Program.
Addiction may have common patterns, but the people living through it are anything but identical.
Ben’s own recovery experience reinforced something he had already seen throughout years of working with others: meaningful change starts by understanding the individual.
Why do you drink or use? What pain are you carrying? What circumstances keep pulling you backward? What does the life you actually want look like?
Those answers aren’t the same for everyone.
That’s why Ironside begins with the person — not a one-size-fits-all formula.
Built Around You.
One-on-one recovery coaching gives us the opportunity to understand where you are, what you’re facing, and what you need to keep moving forward.
Understand
We take the time to understand your story, your challenges, your triggers, and the circumstances surrounding your addiction.
Individualize
Your recovery path is developed around you rather than forcing your life to fit inside a predetermined program.
Walk Forward
Recovery coaching provides ongoing guidance, support, accountability, and someone in your corner as you build a life beyond addiction.
Your Recovery. Your Foundation.
Recovery is personal. For some, faith in God is central to the journey. For others, strength is found through purpose, relationships, personal growth, accountability, or learning to believe in themselves again.
Ironside respects the beliefs and values of each individual and builds coaching around the person — not a prescribed belief system.
What matters is building a foundation strong enough to support the life you want to reclaim.
“A steadfast guide, one that will stand TALL, helping you reach your own summit.”
Taking you out of the shadows and into the light, where you can rediscover the true joy of life.
You Don’t Have to Figure Out the Next Step Alone.
Whether you’re looking for help for yourself or someone you love, the first step is simply a private conversation about what’s happening and what comes next.