You don't need to hit rock bottom to know something has to change.
Maybe you're managing it. Maybe you're past managing it. Maybe you love someone who is. Whatever brought you here, this is where the real work starts. You set the goal. Drink less, stop completely, or help someone you love. We meet you where you are.
Built by Nate Herlean. Former Las Vegas Metro officer, decade inside the treatment industry, author of Anchor of Support.
Every book starts with a dedication.
Before you decide whether to do this, do one thing. Type a name into the box below. The person you'd write this for. The one whose name on a page would mean something. You'll see what I mean in about 10 seconds.
This is built with you, not generated for you. This is your book.
Just For You
Two professionally produced copies of your finished book. Made for you and the people you choose to share it with. Not publicly published. Yours to keep, give to your sponsor, hand to your kids, share at your treatment alumni group. Includes the option to upgrade to the Published Edition later if you want the world to read it.
- Full Story to Strength experience
- 2 printed copies of your finished book
- Up to 10 personal photos
- Option to upgrade to Published Edition later
The Published Edition
Everything in Just For You, plus your book gets professionally published and you do nothing. We handle the platform, the listing, the technical side. You collect royalties for life. Some authors check in monthly. Some forget about it entirely until a check shows up. Both work.
- Everything in Just For You
- Professionally published through the right platform for your story
- Royalties for life on every printed copy sold
- Pre-release podcast conversation with Nate
- Featured in The Nate Minute when your book launches
- Lifetime access to the Authors Circle community
- Ongoing features through Nate's audience
Both options come with a 30-day satisfaction guarantee.
You don't need another expert. You need someone who gets it.
I spent more than a decade as a Las Vegas Metro cop responding to people on their worst day. Crisis negotiations. Mental health calls. Watching addiction tear through families from the front row. I was trained to handle everyone else's crisis. Until I had to face my own.
That part didn't break me. It built everything I do now.
You don't have to do this alone.
Coaching here is built around one idea. Build a life so full that the old one loses its grip. We work on five things together. Family. Fitness. Finance. Future. Hope. Three different doors into the work. Same destination.
One conversation. Real work.
One session, ninety minutes, built around whatever's loudest in your life right now. You leave with a clear next step and a follow-up call so the work doesn't stall.
Ambitious Recovery Package
Seven sessions. Your pace. This is where the deep work happens. We build the system across all five pillars and run it on whatever keeps pulling you back.
Direct access when life gets loud.
The wedding. The big meeting. The breakup at 9pm on a Wednesday. Concierge access to me by phone or text when something hits. Limited capacity.
Start with a free 15-minute call. We'll figure out the right fit together.
Two more rooms I'm built for.
Most of this site is for the person quietly tired of their own drinking. But I spent a decade in the industry. There are two other rooms I keep getting pulled into for good reason. If you're in either one, this part is for you.
Your son. Your husband. Your sister. The phone rang and you don't know what to do next.
I help families place loved ones in the right treatment center. Free of charge. I've walked through close to 100 of these places. I know who is real and who is selling. Call me before you call anyone else.
Two numbers decide whether your facility grows: new admissions and length of stay.
Everything else is downstream of those two. I've spent a decade learning exactly how both get built. If either one is underperforming, that's my lane.
The stuff I'd tell you over coffee.
Not a blog. Not corporate speak. Not motivational poster quotes. This is where I write what I'm actually thinking. I don't gatekeep. If something I know can help you right now, I'd rather just give it to you here than make you pay for it.
Why I Don't Believe in Rock Bottom
You don't need to lose everything before you change. Here's why the rock bottom story costs people years they can't get back.
The DIALS Formula: Why Drinking Is a System Problem
Most people try to stop drinking with willpower and fail. Drinking is a system. Here's the formula I use with every client.
The Cop Years and How Drinking Became My Coworker
Drinking culture in law enforcement isn't a side effect. It's the system. Here's how my career trained me to drink.
Short reads. Real takes.
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