How to Hire a Sober Companion

1. Describe the decision you need help with

Explain whether the immediate need is a journey, return home, a period of daily implementation, or longer live-in support. Name the requested timeframe and broad location. Avoid sending medical records or identifying client details through an initial website inquiry.

Start with the separate service scopes. If you need treatment or medical decisions, identify the appropriately qualified treating professional rather than asking a companion to fill that role.

2. Meet the proposed person, not only the brand

Ask who would actually work with you, which experience is relevant to this assignment, and how the person’s role is represented. Verify any credential through its issuing organization and clarify whether it is current and relevant.

At The Firm, personnel are called Recovery & Wellness Guides. That name does not establish clinical licensure, background-check results, specialty training, or a universal credential. Ask for the evidence supporting any qualification or safeguard claimed for the assigned person.

3. Ask concrete safeguard questions

Get assignment-specific answers and supporting evidence. A provider’s willingness to discuss these questions is useful; the questions themselves are not evidence that a safeguard exists.

• What screening has been performed, when, and for which role? What can be documented?
• What insurance applies to this work, travel, and driving, and what exclusions matter?
• What are the limits around medication, transportation, money, confidentiality, and personal relationships?
• Who handles concerns, personnel changes, and requests outside the agreed scope?
• What is the response plan when medical or psychiatric needs exceed nonclinical support? Who provides any required clinical care?

4. Put the daily arrangement into words

Request a written scope with dates, hours, rest, household boundaries, communication permissions, expenses, and a named decision-maker for changes. Identify who receives updates and the consent needed to share them.

For live-in work, discuss private space, meals, visitors, time off, relief coverage, and the end of the arrangement. For travel, discuss the itinerary and handoff. Refer to the live-in guide or transport guide.

5. Compare the full proposal and agree on review points

Compare the same scope across providers using the cost checklist. Confirm deposits, cancellation, extensions, expenses, and any separate provider fees before committing.

Define practical review questions: Are appointments happening? Is the proposed routine usable? Is this level of presence still appropriate? What needs qualified reassessment? Avoid promises of sobriety, acceptance of treatment, or guaranteed outcomes.

6. Confirm the assignment before relying on it

Submitting an inquiry, discussing dates, or receiving general information does not confirm personnel or deployment. Ask for explicit confirmation of the person, timing, responsibilities, and terms before arranging a discharge or travel around companion support.

You can request a deployment conversation with The Firm. Professionals can also use the referral pathway; share case details only through an agreed, appropriate channel.