CENTUM/office of executive recovery
90-Day executive mandate · IT leaders and executives

Lead with clarity.
Not vodka.

This is the turnaround proper. Across your 90-Day mandate we replace the four-drink afternoon with a governance system: medical support, a real support board, and clarity you can feel in the room.

You're drinking 4+ drinks a day. Your team knows. Your family is worried. Your decisions are getting worse. You know this has to change but stopping feels impossible.

90-Day
confidential mandate
20 min
weekly peer board
0
board disclosures required
board brief · exec summary

Return to clarity

private
subject

Executive Sobriety in 90 Days — Lead With Clarity, Not Vodka

metrictodaytarget
  • Daily intake4+ drinks0, medically
  • Decision qualitydegradingsharp
  • Board confidenceat riskrestored
  • Disclosure to boardnot required
Recommendation · EXECUTE THE TURNAROUND
section 01 · risk register

The cost of doing nothing, itemized.

No shame copy, no rock-bottom theater — just the three line items you already run past every day. If they are on your register, you are exactly who this brief is for.

R-01CriticalOperational

Decisions signed off at four drinks deep

You've got board pressure, acquisition chaos, layoffs to lead. You're drinking in the morning to steady your nerves. By afternoon you've had 4–5 drinks. You show up to the 2 PM anyway and hope nobody notices.

Exposure · board calls, headcount, the 2 p.m. you barely remember

R-02HighRelational

The intervention you talked your way out of

Your family tried the intervention. You got defensive. You promised to cut back. You didn't. You know you're heading for a crash: health, career, family. But the anxiety without alcohol is unbearable.

Exposure · the promise to cut back, broken again by Friday

R-03HighConcealment

Trapped between the boardroom and the kitchen table

You can't admit this to anyone at work (board will lose confidence, your job is gone). You can't admit this at home (the shame). You're trapped and getting worse.

Exposure · no safe place to admit it — so it compounds in silence

section 02 · the mandate

Three workstreams. Each with an owner.

You do not need willpower — you need a turnaround plan you can actually run. Medical first, governance second, accountability for the long haul. No higher power required.

medical-first · not AA · not a lecture
  1. WS-01Stabilize
    priority

    Get medical support immediately

    This isn't a protocol issue. This is a medical emergency. We connect you to a doctor, a therapist, potentially rehab. The protocol starts *after* you're medically stable.

    Owner · you + your physician

  2. WS-02Govern
    priority

    Executive sobriety leadership

    You don't need to tell your board. You do need to tell your therapist, doctor, and spouse. We build a support system that's actually strong. And we schedule your leave if needed (yes, even executives take 30 days for health).

    Owner · you + spouse + therapist

  3. WS-03Sustain
    priority

    Weekly accountability with peers who've been here

    Not AA (unless you want it). Confidential group of high-performing people in recovery. They get the pressure. They're not judging. They're ahead of you on this path.

    Owner · your confidential peer board

section 03 · board projection · the turnaround

The turnaround, charted across your 90-Day mandate.

Long enough to stop being a crisis and start being how you operate. The fog lifts, the decisions sharpen, and the room notices.

decision claritydependency risk
HighMidLowDay 0Day 23Day 54Day 90
  1. Day 23

    You're medically stabilized. You've done rehab or intensive outpatient. You're back at work but with support in place. You're not hiding anymore.

  2. Day 54

    The fog lifts. You walk into the board session prepared and sober — and see, finally, what the vodka was costing you in the room.

  3. Day 90 endpoint

    Sobriety is real. Your mind is clearing. Decisions are better. Your family is cautiously hopeful. Work is still hard but you're handling it sober.

Illustrative cohort projection · adherence-weighted · not a guarantee

section 04 · peer advisory

References, confidential and on the record.

Not testimonials. Peer references — high-performing leaders who ran this mandate privately and came out sharper. Names rotated; roles real.

MHCFO · public SaaS · 51
I ran the whole thing the way I run a turnaround: stabilize, govern, sustain. The board never found out, my CEO never found out, and my decisions got measurably better. That was the entire point.
mandate held · 11 mo
DRFounder & CEO · 47
The morning vodka to steady my hands before a raise — that is what I could not say out loud anywhere. The peer board could hear it without flinching, because they had all done it.
morning drink · gone
SKVP Engineering · 49
No higher power, no church basement. A doctor first, then four people who were ahead of me on the same path. Twenty minutes a week. It is the most leveraged meeting on my calendar.
clarity · restored
Confidential by defaultNo board disclosure requiredMedical-first, alwaysPeers who have led, sober90-Day mandate · money-back if it does not hold
section 05 · matters arising

The questions you cannot ask anyone else.

Answered the way a peer would — directly, confidentially, and without the recovery clichés you have already learned to tune out.

Q01What if I can't stop? What if I've got physical dependence?
+

That's why you see a doctor first. Alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous. Medical detox exists. You use it. No shame. Then we do the recovery protocol.

Q02Do I have to tell my board?
+

No. You're taking care of a personal health issue. Like therapy or medication. Your job is to show up clear and effective. They don't need to know the mechanism.

Q03What about the high-stress decisions? Won't I be less sharp?
+

You'll be *more* sharp. Right now alcohol is making your decisions worse and you don't see it because alcohol also numbs your ability to judge. Sobriety is clarity.

Q04If I go to rehab won't everyone find out?
+

Some might. That's a calculated risk. But more likely: they won't. And if they do, you're taking your health seriously, which boards respect. Hiding a bigger problem is worse.

section 06 · motion to proceed

Approve the turnaround.

A 90-day executive mandate that trades the bottle for the clarity your company is already paying you for. The quiz takes two minutes, asks about your real week, and returns a candid brief you can act on alone or with a coach — no card, no upsell mid-quiz, no shame.

$147once
90-Day mandate
  • A medical-first intake — physician referral before anything else
  • A confidential peer board: leaders ahead of you on the path
  • A 90-day mandate, governed week by week
  • Handled privately — no disclosure to your board, ever
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