Addiction & Chronic Pain Recovery
Empowered Recovery. Your Path. Your Pace.
Peer support coaching for individuals and loved ones navigating addiction, chronic pain, and the journey toward lasting resilience. In person in NYC or virtual throughout the US.
Walk With Us
Join Team Super Helpers at the Shatterproof Walk.
Damien is a team captain for the Shatterproof Walk in New York City on October 25, 2026. Sign up, walk, or donate to support recovery and help end the stigma around addiction.
Damien at the Shatterproof Walk
Our Mission
At Reilly Recovery, our mission is to create a safe, compassionate space where individuals and families can feel seen, heard, and supported as they move from darkness toward hope, from doubt toward confidence, and from survival toward lasting transformation.
About Reilly Recovery
Discover the path that works best for you.
Founded by Damien Reilly, who brings both personal experience in long-term recovery and professional expertise in moderation management, harm reduction, abstinence-based approaches, and chronic pain recovery, our mission is to empower you to discover the path that works best for you.
Addiction and chronic pain devastates individuals but also their families and loved ones. That is why we offer guidance and support to help families navigate the challenges of recovery with compassion, understanding, and connection.
You don’t have to face this journey alone. Reilly Recovery will help you heal, rebuild, and move forward.
Our core values. Our moral compass.
Reilly Recovery is grounded in six values you will feel in every conversation, every session, and every step of the journey toward the best version of yourself.
Compassion
We lead with empathy, humanity, and respect, creating a safe and nonjudgmental space where people feel seen, heard, and supported.
Connection
We believe healing begins through authentic relationships. We meet people where they are and build trust through presence, honesty, and consistent support.
Accountability
We do what we say we will do. We show up with integrity, maintain ethical boundaries, and support clients in taking meaningful steps toward change.
Trust
We protect confidentiality, honor each person’s journey, and create relationships grounded in honesty, reliability, and respect.
Growth
We believe every person has untapped potential. We support clients as they move from doubt to confidence, from fear to possibility, and from survival to transformation.
Empowerment
We do not force one path or one answer. We help individuals and families access their own inner resources, make informed choices, and step into the lives they can create.
Vision
Reilly Recovery envisions a recovery community where individuals and families are seen, heard, and empowered to move beyond survival into true transformation.
Through compassion, connection, trust, growth, accountability, and empowerment, Reilly Recovery seeks to become a trusted leader in human-centered recovery support, helping people reclaim their identity, rebuild relationships, and create lives filled with dignity, purpose, and choice.
My Journey
14 years in recovery. Every day, I keep showing up.
I’m Damien Reilly. By age 13, I started using substances to numb feelings I didn’t yet understand. After I left high school at 19, that turned into 18 years of active addiction. I told myself it was normal. But on the inside, I was deeply miserable.
When I finally reached out, leaning on friends, family, treatment, and community, everything began to change. Surrendering was the turning point that led me toward the life I have today.
Our Promise to You
Reilly Recovery promises to provide compassionate, trustworthy, and nonjudgmental support that helps individuals and families feel seen, heard, and empowered. We meet people where they are, honor their autonomy, and help them access their own inner resources to create meaningful, sustainable transformation.
Damien Reilly, Founder
Supportive Journeys
How We Can Work Together
Every journey is available in person in NYC or virtually throughout the United States.
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Coaching Journey
Your path, your pace. Whether you are reducing use, practicing harm reduction, exploring moderation, or choosing abstinence, we support the approach that aligns with your goals and values.
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Family Coaching Journey
Coaching for the people who love someone in addiction or recovery. Healthy communication, boundary setting, and reclaiming space for your own healing.
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Restoring Connection Journey
Facilitated conversations for individuals and their loved ones to address conflicts around substance use and recovery with clarity, compassion, and structure.
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Chronic Pain Coaching
Pain that lingers can be unlearned. Grounded in mind-body research, this coaching helps you calm the nervous system, rebuild trust in your body, and move toward ease at a pace that honors where you are.
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Sharing Resources
When additional support is needed, we guide you to properly vetted sober companions, sober livings, treatment centers, clinicians, and wellness practitioners matched to your goals.
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Intervention Journey
When a loved one cannot yet see the way forward, a professionally guided intervention can open the door with compassion, not confrontation. Damien is a Certified Intervention Professional.
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Kind Words
What People Are Saying
Recent reviews from Google. Read more on Google.
★★★★★
“Damien is great. His thoughtful counsel helped me support a member of my family when they needed it. Damien helped find additional resources for my family member and helped me manage my anxiety about the situation. I highly recommend Reilly Recovery.”
Google review
★★★★★
“Reilly Recovery was instrumental in helping me get on track with my recovery and I’m so grateful to Damien for his kind and compassionate approach. I would strongly recommend Reilly Recovery to anyone who is struggling with addiction or has a loved one struggling. I felt seen and empowered that I could tackle my addiction and be an active participant in what my recovery looks like. Thank you Damien and I’m so grateful to you and all your support!”
Google review
★★★★★
“Damien is a smart, skilled, and compassionate recovery professional. Whether you are someone in early recovery from substance use disorder, or a family member, Damien can help you navigate the emotional ups and downs, and will promote sustained positive change. He’s a real mensch!”
Google review
★★★★★
“Damien is thoughtful, knowledgeable, and genuinely invested in helping people move forward. He has a gift for explaining complex aspects of addiction and recovery in a way that’s easy to understand, and his advice is always practical and grounded in compassion. I’d recommend him without hesitation to anyone looking for a counselor who truly cares about his clients and their families.”
Google review · Local Guide
Where to Find Us
In Person in NYC. Virtual Across the US.
Based in Brooklyn, supporting individuals and families throughout the United States.
Take the First Step
You don’t have to face this journey alone.
Reilly Recovery will help you heal, rebuild, and move forward.
