Rule 62 - Episode 5 - 90 Days in RehabRule 62 - Episode 5 - 90 Days in Rehab
The SHAIR Recovery Podcast
Jeff and Jessica recount their 90 days in Costa Rica Recovery, from chaotic active addiction to structured daily routines and newly built recovery tools. They talk about the value of a longer stay, the role of honesty and support, and the aftercare plans they put in place to protect their sobriety back home.
1:00:59•31 Dec 2015
90 Days in Rehab: Jeff and Jessica’s Costa Rica Recovery Story
Episode Overview
- A 90-day treatment stay gave Jeff and Jessica a stronger foundation than shorter 30- or 60-day programmes had in the past.
- Consistent structure – early mornings, classes, meetings and limited free time – played a crucial role in stabilising their early recovery.
- Honesty, sharing with others, and using support from counsellors and sponsors helped them challenge distorted thinking and reduce drama.
- Both guests highlighted the importance of clear aftercare plans, including sober living, intensive outpatient programmes, meetings and medication support.
- Spirituality was framed flexibly, with room for individual understandings of a higher power, from human connection to more traditional beliefs.
“Talk to somebody. Check yourself because you are not thinking right yet. Share.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? Rule 62 – Episode 5 takes you inside a 90-day inpatient stay at Costa Rica Recovery, following Jeff and Jessica as they sit down with host Omar Pinto to talk frankly about rehab, relapse, and what comes after. Omar sets the scene by contrasting TV shows like Intervention with the everyday reality of treatment, then hands the mic to Jeff and Jessica.
Jeff describes years of isolation, meth use and a terrifying psychotic break in a Houston hotel, complete with “little people in the air conditioner” and a trip to a psychiatric unit. Jessica talks about heroin, juggling motherhood and addiction, couch-surfing with her kids, working for drug dealers and reaching a breaking point where she told her mum, “I can’t do this anymore.
I’ll go wherever the heck you want to send me.” You’ll hear exactly what 90 days in rehab looked like: 5 a.m. gym sessions, structured classes, meetings, and very little free time. Jeff admits he thought the centre was “beneath my standards” at first, while Jessica jokes she expected a beach bungalow and leis. Over time, both came to see the strict routine and constant repetition as their lifeline.
A big chunk of the chat centres on building a “toolbox” – honesty, sharing, meetings, sponsorship and writing. Jessica sums it up simply: “Talk to somebody. Check yourself because you are not thinking right yet. Share.” Jeff wrestles openly with the idea of a higher power, finding spirituality in connection rather than religion. The final stretch focuses on aftercare. Jeff heads to a sober living horse ranch for nine months, committed to a full year in structured recovery.
Jessica plans intensive outpatient treatment, meetings, Vivitrol, and living with her mum while she rebuilds a stable life for her children. If you’re wondering whether 90 days in rehab really makes a difference, this candid conversation might get you thinking about what kind of foundation you want for your own recovery.
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