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Experts In Addiction Treatment Recovery

Helping Maintain Permanent Recovery

Worldwide Recovery

Thank you for visiting Sober Services. We’re grateful for your interest in us and we’re always happy to help.

Sober Services is a results driven organisation working all around the world, operating bases from the UK, Europe, North America and Thailand, utilising a variety of techniques to help people attain and maintain permanent recovery from their addictions.

SIGNATURE SERVICES INCLUDE:

Sober Rehab (Thailand)
Sober Interventions (Global)
Sober Companions (Global)

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Sober Body Guard

Operated like a discreet bodyguard whose duties are to ensure that whenever a situation with alcohol (or drugs) presents itself, we will preserver our client’s Safety, maintaining their recovery and helping them to make the right choices.

Progress After Rehab

After treatment clients often are unable to maintain their progress during their first few days outside of treatment. This return to home and work environments can be a difficult transition. That is why we provide encouragement and companionship during this crucial time.

Tailored For You

We match up your exact requirements with a trained Companion who can use various different tools from many different models of training to prevent a relapse.

Any Occasion

Sober Companions or Sober Bodyguards can be employed in any situation from any type of meeting or engagement such as seminar, award ceremony, visits to a lawyer, hospital appointments, family affairs, weddings etc

Fully Trained

The Sober Companions or Sober Bodyguards are trained to diffuse the anxiety that accompanies new sobriety. They are usually sober and drug free themselves, so they can present a role model and healthy conversation.

Our Only Goal

Our only Goal is to deliver you or your client safely without any further unnecessary alcohol or substance use.

“Of course we can do that”

History of Sober Services

Sober Services began formally operating in 2008 after the founder felt motivated by the successful models he was witnessing working extremely effectively amongst the private sector of addiction treatment in parts of the USA. He had been working within Residential Rehabilitation Centres for over 8 years and had the experiences of building and establishing one Centre in 2004, before founding another in 2006.

The thrill of watching people recover and the knowledge that he played a part in their recovery process was enough to persuade him that by offering Sober Services within the United Kingdom and the European Union (he speaks French) he would be able to offer something fairly unique and original to those seeking a certain level of attention whilst beginning their journey towards recovery. These days, Sober Services usually has active cases across the world, including UK, Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and the Middle East. 

Sober Services really began when Ian Young, the Founder was asked to assist with a Hollywood film production being shot in England and their leading lady needed some help, that Sober Services began to formally launch their Sober Companion and Sober Body Guard services, recruiting other people to join the team and becoming the first Sober Companion service outside of North America.

It was also around this point that he began to use the term “of course we can do that”.

More recently, Sober Rehab was launched due to the demand from various clients around the world for a Recovery experience in a beautiful part of the world (Phuket, Thailand), where we could really provide a breast service but at such a reduced cost compared to anywhere in the Western Countries like USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, etc. 

These days, Sober Services are happy to offer anything from light support right the way through to very intensive accompaniment 24 / 7, and pretty much everything in-between. Basically, we’ve probably been asked it before, and our attitude is always “of-course we can do that”.

All of our Sober Transporters, Sober Companions, Sober Bodyguards and Sober Coaches are people who have made a choice to dedicate their lives to the well being of other alcoholics and addicts seeking recovery. They have all successfully beaten their own addictions and are fully aware of how to deal with addicts and alcoholics in early recovery. They have been chosen based upon their responsible temperament, positive personalities, knowledge of successful recovery, and their ability to adapt to the client’s environment. They have all been CRB checked and will have passed our stringent process’s of suitability. This means they are completely trustworthy, kind and able to be firm when required. Yes, of course we can do that!

As our motto says “Yes, we can do that!” so if you have any specific requests, please contact us directly.

“We’re always Happy to Help”

Our dedicated team are here to help if you have any questions.

Staying Sober – With a Little Help From My Companion

” Hiring a sober worker offers a tough-love approach to beat drink and drug addiction “

– The Daily Telegraph

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“Of course we can do that”

History of Sober Services

Historically, Sober Services have been best known for their Sober Interventions – where we work with relevant family members and close friends to successfully motivate your loved one to take responsibility for their addiction and accept the help we’re offering – either through another Sober Service or by checking themselves into a residential facility. This is because the founder, Ian Young, was one of the first Interventionists in the Europe, really making himself available to families and serving to help break the chains of addiction and denial one person at a time.

However, it should be noted that prior to Sober Services, Ian Young had built 2 successful British Rehabs from the ground up, and really made his mark upon the way that 12 Step Rehab was positioned in the UK. 

So it may be no surprise to find Sober Services now offering Sober Rehab in the beautiful location of the Island of Phuket, Thailand, where Ian now resides and runs Sober Services Global from.

Sober Services also have an outstanding reputation within the addiction treatment industry for their one-on-one ‘Sober Companion‘ addiction treatment model, which uses one experienced Sober Companion to assist the client in becoming alcohol and drug free, often including Sober Coaching and other therapeutic practices aimed at reducing the clients’ chances and reasons for continuing to drink or use.

Each programme is designed to suit the clients’ requirements, which allows us the flexibility to make sure they get the precise results that they and their family or colleagues desire.

We prefer to work one-on-one with the client, so that they get the maximum amount of attention and value from our Sober Services.

As a method of assisted recovery, there is no better model towards enabling someone to have the very best opportunities towards long-term sobriety and a drug free lifestyle, than such an intensive and personal service geared entirely to the client’s specific requirements.

Sober Companions are typically engaged post Residential Rehab as a form of Aftercare. If the assignment involves someone who does not have the time or willingness to attend Residential Rehab, then this would typically be referred to as a Sober Bodyguard. 

For those of our clients looking to access residential rehabs or detoxes, we’ve got access to centres all over the world based upon our many years (since 2001) in this industry. Our Treatment Advisory Service will be levied to you at 10% of treatment costs for a global bespoke solution, working with the best facilities around the world within your price range or requirements. That said, we would always ask you to consider our Sober Rehab in Phuket, Thailand, operated by Ian Young himself.

We are currently operating all the services listed on this website, and are always delighted to discuss new ideas or concepts of assisted recovery treatments.

Sober Services is a company built and designed for anybody seeking addiction help, specifically alcohol addiction treatment and / or drug addiction treatment, including alcohol detox. We work with both the individual and the family depending upon the dynamics of the problem.

Sober Services will always try to offer an addiction treatment solution on the client’s terms by bringing the drug or alcohol help to the individual using various methods of treatment including Sober Coaching and Sober Interventions, to help the client in giving up alcohol or drugs.

Sober Coaching is a very useful tool for alcohol therapy, and is a highly successful method for our clients to gain genuine long lasting and permanent alcohol recovery. We offer the same Sober Coaching for drug therapy, since we believe alcohol is a drug. Statistics have proven that treating alcohol as a drug offers the best possibility to gain alcohol recovery or drug recovery.

Primarily, all those seeking drug or alcohol help must begin with an assessment to determine whether or not a drug or alcohol detoxification, is required. Detoxification is a simple procedure aimed at reducing discomfort while the body withdraws from its physical addiction.

IMPORTANT: Never attempt to perform alcohol detox or narcotic detox without proper medical supervision. Without a Doctor’s overview your alcohol detox (or sometimes drug detox) can cause severe medical consequences, including seizures (Delirium Tremors better known as DTs), heart attacks, violent shakes, dizziness, etc. Approximately one in every ten cases of un-medicated alcohol detoxification leads to fatal seizures. Get the appropriate medical help before attempting alcohol detox by yourself!

European Association of Recovery Specialists

Sober Services is proud to be recognised as part of EARS – the European Association of Recovery Specialists, for Interventionists, Recovery Coaches & Sober Companions. We’ve worked hard to achieve this membership, which includes our accreditation and insurance, as well as offering us the opportunity to network and discover the best practices with other Practitioners across Europe and beyond.

Association of Intervention Specialists

The Association of Intervention Specialists  is a network of professional interventionists across the world. Interventionists guide families and friends, business executives, and others through the intervention process to urge the family and addicted person to accept help. All full members are Certified Intervention Professionals exceeding educational and performance standards.

Code of Ethics: All AIS members adhere to the AIS code of ethics. The code preserves compliance with legal and ethical standards, and safeguards AIS member’s clients. 

Testimonials

What People Are Saying About Us

Amazing influence in my life last year. Ian Young was an amazing influence in my life last year and has continued to be a wonderful support to me since. He helped me to research a film role I was determined to get right. It was the role of a police woman struggling with alcohol and cocaine addiction. Ian introduced me to some unbelievable people who were so honest and open about their own experiences of addiction and rehabilitation.
The whole experience was unbelievably moving to me as a person and made the role in to something that exceeded all of my expectations as an actress. I knew, after my time with Ian researching, that I had to honour him and all the people who had given me their time in my performance. I am so grateful to all of them. I don’t care how the role is perceived as long as they and Ian gives it the thumbs up! That’s what matters.
Seeing the generosity, commitment and humour Ian brings to the people he works with is truly inspirational. He uses his own struggle and experience to help others through theirs. Not the kind of humanity you find every day. He is one of those people that makes things happen. All I had to do was ask if he could sort me out with some people to talk to and places to visit for research and it was done. He really did make what I thought to be the impossible, possible. I could not have done it without you Ian! Let’s hope the film does well, but most importantly, let’s hope all the people I met are happy and healthy and continue to thrive on the support you and people like you give them.
Thanks for being so generous and putting yourself on the line for a complete stranger. All the blessings in the world for all you put your hand to
Zawe AshtonActor and Writer
Better than we could have ever hoped for! Ian Young and his team at Sober Services have delivered a service that has been far better than we could have ever hoped for. On the very first day I called Ian he was able to react to our situation immediately and had two people on the job that very afternoon. The level of advice, support, experience and resources that Sober Services provide is quite impressive.
This particular assignment had its own challenges… confidentiality and being able to adapt to constantly changing schedule were key! Sober Services fitted around our requirements perfectly and got the job done.
Production Co-ordinatorInternational TV & Film Production Team (maintaining their client’s anonymity)
Sober Services were brilliant! I just wanted to drop you a note to thank you for the report you sent through and for the service that you provided.
We were very concerned that my brother-in-law would find traveling alone between London and Cape Town very difficult at such an early stage in his recovery. We realised that the best thing to do was to arrange for someone to travel with him and the Detox facility he was in recommended Sober Service’s transport service to us.
From the very first contact, Sober Services were brilliant. It was a huge relief to find someone offering exactly the service that we needed. It was also very reassuring talking to you and a great comfort to know that my brother-in-law was in such safe and experienced hands.
Thank you for taking so much time and care to plan everything with me. I’m sure that it made a huge difference to my brother-in-law to have you there and it certainly was very important to his family and friends.
In the nicest possible way, I hope that we never have need of your services again, but I would be very happy to recommend you to anyone in a similar position. I will of course let you know how he gets on. In the meantime, it has genuinely been a pleasure dealing with you.
With many thanks again and best wishes for the future.
Brigid C
I want to thank you very much for your time, effort and support through this very difficult time – you have been amazing and it’s been very useful receiving your input. You definitely made me feel better as seemed to be able to relate very well to everything I said which also made me feel that we weren’t alone in this and weren’t peculiar or anything but that these things do happen to normal families!
Maybe we will meet one day, but hopefully under nicer circumstances!!
JanineSouth Africa
Still sober thanks for the help and genuine care. Hi, my name is Dave and I am an extremely happy customer of Sober Services. After 18months of continually failing to stay sober for more than two months I was somewhat baffled to why this was. Most of the time all was well, I would get through the first couple of weeks full of confidence, and then out of the blue would find myself relapsing at times of stress or at social events. On speaking to a friend she suggested I contact Ian, so I did. On meeting Ian for the first time I immediately felt very comfortable and at ease in his company. A week later I was due to go on business abroad, these certain trips were always my most vulnerable times (airports, business meetings etc.) so I decided to give sober services a try. Ian picked me up promptly in the very early hours of the morning (in a very nice comfortable car) and drove me to Heathrow airport. We chatted all the way to the airport and I was made to feel at ease before boarding my flight. Upon my return Ian was again prompt and returned me home safely. A couple of weeks later I had to attend a family function, (these were always big trigger points for me), and I invited Ian to accompany me. Ian introduced himself as a friend and was welcomed by all members of my family, and again I returned home safe and sober…. A few months have passed now and I’m still sober thanks to the help, genuine care and support from Ian and Sober Services. Many thanks
Dave W.
Benefitted greatly from Ian’s input. We employed Ian to offer cocaine addiction consultancy and training to our leading lady – Zawe Ashton, so that she could play the part of a policewoman with a drug habit. Ian did so much more than help her understand how to act like a cocaine addict, but over a number of sessions he went on to make suggestions regarding the complete psychology and behavioural patterns of an addicted person, which positively impacted the complete credibility of the film. I know that our movie benefitted greatly from Ian’s input and I will be recommending him and his Sober Consultancy services in other Lionsgate movie productions.
Elliot LesterDirector of Blitz for Lionsgate UK
“We are happy to confirm that we have been successfully commissioning transportation and client relocation services from Sober Services since January 2009. We have always found them to be reliable and efficient in managing our, sometimes, unpredictable and chaotic clientele, and one of the most cost-effective solutions to a reoccurring challenge for our multi location organisation. Our admissions team work closely with the Sober Services team and this allows us both to offer a professional and effective service which we believe to be of paramount importance in our client’s recovery journey. Whilst we do not endorse any outside agency we are happy to confirm that we have every intention to continue working with Sober Services for the foreseeable future.”
Gavin Cooper – Managing DirectorTTP – Trust The Process Counselling Centres
Extremely reliable, flexible and courteous. We have used Sober Services on a number of occasions and have found them to be extremely reliable, flexible and courteous. They have enabled us to ensure that clients have arrived with us in a safe, stable and comfortable manner, allaying the anxiety that can be felt by a client in having to organise trains, taxis etc. I have no hesitation in recommending this service to other treatment providers or similar services.
Sue AllchurchBusiness Development Director – The Linwood Group
Efficient and considerate in their duty. On 15th July 2010 Sober Services transportation offered us a very good service.
They were efficient and considerate in their duty.
We would certainly use them again.
Pauline TaylorAssessments & Admissions Department – Broadway Lodge
We have been utilizing the Sober Transportation services for over 18 months.
At all times we are very impressed with their rapid call to action and availability at very short notice to collect a client anywhere (within the British Isles and Europe) and transport them safely at the agreed location with accurately timed arrival.
The Referral Network fully supports Sober Services for their professional approach and their results. The industry is a better place for their services.
Nov. 2009
Zuma Smith – Team ManagerThe Referral Network
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