reGroup Recovery

Modernizing recovery,
one goal at a time.

Regroup Recovery builds the execution layer the recovery community has never had — the FOCUS™ framework, the REBOOT book & study-guide library, and a 90-day course series. Secular. Measurable. Built for this decade.

FFOCUSED
OOBSERVABLE
CCALIBRATED
UUNIFIED
SSCHEDULED
48.4M

Americans 12+ with a substance use disorder — one in six

SAMHSA · 2024 NSDUH
4 of 5

who needed treatment didn't receive it — only 19.3% got care

SAMHSA · 2024 NSDUH
69,973

overdose deaths in 2025 — roughly 190 Americans every day

CDC · May 2026
−14%

deaths fell for a third straight year — engagement works

CDC · May 2026

The bottleneck isn't willingness — it's execution. That's the layer Regroup was built to supply.

Why Now

The playbooks people reach for are generations old

Every dominant recovery framework predates the smartphone — and none has structurally changed since.

1935

The 12 Steps

91 years old

A spiritual fellowship written before penicillin was in general use.

1981

SMART Goals

45 years old

A management memo from the year of the floppy disk.

1991

Celebrate Recovery

35 years old

A church curriculum launched before the public internet.

2026

FOCUS™

Built for now

Designed for the always-on, data-driven world it deploys into.

The Framework

FOCUS™ — five tests every recovery goal must pass

Keep SMART's discipline, rebuild every letter for recovery, and surround the goal with execution machinery.

F

FOCUSED

One clearly defined change at a time.
Divided attention is a recovery vulnerability.
O

OBSERVABLE

Progress you can see, count, and record.
Denial games metrics; it can't game a daily log.
C

CALIBRATED

Sized to where you are today.
Overreach triggers the shame–relapse cycle.
U

UNIFIED

Aligned with your recovery and values.
Value-conflicted goals quietly collapse.
S

SCHEDULED

A timeline plus a standing review date.
A goal without a review date is a wish.

THE FOCUS CYCLE

Draft » Test » Commit » Track » Review » Recalibrate — one weekly loop. Missed goals resize, never reset.

THE 90-DAY ARC

Stabilize (1–2 goals) » Build (3–4) » Expand (5 max) — a hard goal-load cap with a full reset at day 90.

THE FOCUS CHECK

Score every goal 0–10. 8+ commit · 5–7 rewrite · 0–4 rethink. No goal is attempted before it passes.

THE SUPPORT CADENCE

Daily self-log · weekly accountability partner · monthly clinician review. Not a solo system, by design.

The Ecosystem

REBOOT — a complete, matched library

FOCUS doesn't arrive alone. Every piece is branded, graphical, worksheet-driven, and ready to deploy on day one.

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THE REBOOT BOOK

The core text and its 17-chapter study-guide library — acknowledgment to long-term sobriety, every chapter a graphical guide with fill-in worksheets.

THE FRAMEWORK

The FOCUS document: five principles, four execution models, the Goal Builder, and the FOCUS Check scoring rubric.

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THE COURSE SERIES

STABILIZE · BUILD · EXPAND — three 30-day courses mapped to the guides, instructor-led or self-led at home.

THE BRIEFING SUITE

Comparisons vs. the 12 Steps, SMART, and Celebrate Recovery, plus the Why-2026 timing brief — ready for partners and referrers.

The 90-Day Journey

Three courses. Ninety days. Two ways to run them.

Each course runs instructor-led (one 90-minute group session weekly) or self-led at home (three blocks plus a daily journal and an accountability partner).

COURSE 1 · DAYS 1–30

STABILIZE

Face it, plan it, build the daily habit.
  • Facing It — acknowledgment & the journey map
  • The Plan — treatment plan & emergency contacts
  • Goals That Hold — your first FOCUS goals
  • The Daily Habit — journal & weekly check-in
Gate: the 30-day FOCUS review & celebration.
COURSE 2 · DAYS 31–60

BUILD

Your people, your triggers, your habits.
  • Your People — the support network map
  • Know Your Triggers — the trigger map
  • Ride the Cravings — the craving toolkit
  • Habits That Carry You — the weekly tracker
Gate: the 60-day portfolio review.
COURSE 3 · DAYS 61–90

EXPAND

A new lifestyle, a storm plan, the long game.
  • The New Life — the lifestyle blueprint
  • Plan for the Storm — relapse prevention
  • Measure & Adjust — the monitoring loop
  • The Long Game — graduation & the next arc
Our Mission
To modernize the recovery community — so that every person, believer or skeptic, substance or screen, can run recovery goals that are focused, observable, calibrated, unified, and scheduled.
The Road Ahead

Deploy in 2026. Expand beyond substances next.

Phase 1 proves the engine on the need we can already measure. Phase 2 drives it into the need everyone can already see.

PHASE 1 · 2026

Deploy

  • Launch FOCUS across Regroup programs and the REBOOT library
  • Stand up the support cadence inside treatment relationships
  • Partner with early recovery centers on turnkey courses
  • Collect outcome data from FOCUS Checks and 90-day arcs
PHASE 2 · NEXT

Expand

  • Extend beyond substances to behavioral & digital compulsions
  • Social media, gaming, and compulsive sexual behaviors including pornography
  • Same five tests — the architecture is behavior-agnostic by design
  • Purpose-built worksheets and arcs for the digital generation
Get in Touch

Partner with us. Pilot the courses. Run FOCUS.

Recovery centers, clinicians, referrers, and families — the full library is ready to deploy.

Skip Vanderburg

Founder · Creator of the FOCUS™ Recovery Framework

skip@regroupfoundation.org

Ask about pilot partnerships, the briefing suite, the FOCUS presentation, and the REBOOT course series.

Need help right now?

SAMHSA National Helpline — 1-800-662-HELP (4357). Free, confidential, 24/7 treatment referral and information.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988, any time.

Regroup Recovery materials are educational and are not a substitute for professional diagnosis or treatment. In an emergency, call 911.