Retire from alcohol™.On your terms.
I retired from alcohol on my terms. Now I help other high performers do the same.
LDL down 33 percent. Fourteen pounds gone. Off two medications. I made a decision. I retired April 16, 2025.
A complimentary 30 minutes, one-on-one with Colin. Nothing you share ever leaves our conversation, no records, no notes.
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Who are you here for?
Two paths lead here. Pick the one that fits, and I'll meet you where you actually are.
I'm quietly weighing my own drinking.
You're functioning, successful, and privately done pretending it isn't a question. See the five-stage framework and where you land on it.
See the frameworkThis is about someone I loveI'm worried about someone else's drinking.
A partner, a parent, a friend. You can see it, and you don't know how to help without pushing them away. Start here.
Read this first- 540
- Days retired from alcohol, and counting. I've walked this myself.
- 1:1
- No groups. No labels. No program to join. Just me, on the phone, with you.
- 100%
- Confidential. Nothing you tell me leaves this conversation.
Five stages, walked together
Most programs hand you a rulebook. This is a guided sequence, paced to your life, not the other way around.
- 01You're quietly picturing life without alcohol, and noticing what it costs you.
- 02Who you're becoming doesn't match who you meant to be.
- 03Brain fog, weight, irritability. The costs stack up until you can't ignore them.
- 04You connect the dots, pick a date, and tell people.
- 05Day one isn't the finish line. It's the start of everything compounding the other way.
- 01
Visualization
You're quietly picturing life without alcohol for the first time, and noticing what it really costs you.
- 02
Identity Drift
Who you're becoming doesn't match who you meant to be. What you're protecting is your identity.
- 03
Compounding Friction
The costs stack up until you can't ignore them: brain fog, weight, irritability. You realize this can't keep going.
- 04
Decision Point
You've connected the dots. You pick a date, tell people, and accountability locks it in.
- 05
Retirement
Day one isn't the finish line. It's the start of everything compounding in the other direction.
What you're actually retiring into
This isn't about giving something up. It's about getting yourself back, and being fully present for the life already waiting for you.
540 days
alcohol-free, and counting. I've walked exactly where you are.
Colin Casillas
Founder, Prepared Sobriety™
I walked this path before I ever guided anyone through it.
Twenty years selling to CxOs at some of the biggest names in tech, and I bought into the drinking culture completely. Happy hours, vendor dinners, the nights where the most expensive bottle on the table was the whole point of the table.
I never hit a rock bottom. Never lost a job, never blacked out. I was just quietly aware that alcohol was chipping away at how clear my head was, and how good of a husband, father, and friend I had it in me to be. So I spent six years mentally preparing, and on April 16, 2025, I retired from alcohol.
Four months later my LDL dropped 33 percent. I lost 14 pounds without touching my diet, came off two medications within ten months, and got a decade of sharpness back. I'm not a counselor and I'm not running a program. I'm a sales executive who made a deliberate decision to find out what else was possible.
When we talk, you're talking to me. Not an intake team, not a coordinator. Me.
Read my full storyOne path doesn't fit everyone. So there are two.
Some want a single candid conversation. Some want me alongside them the whole way. You choose, and you can move between them as your needs change.
A single private conversation
One focused 1:1 call to talk it through openly and leave with a clear picture of your next step. Many continue with ongoing guidance from here.
One-time 1:1 call
Ongoing 1:1 guidance
Regular private calls with me as you move through the five stages, paced to your life and your calendar. The deepest level of support, for as long as it's useful.
Recurring 1:1, paced to you
Investment discussed privately on our first call.
The people who watched the framework work
These aren't client testimonials. Out of respect for client confidentiality, we never publish their stories. The accounts below come from Colin's own network, the colleagues, friends, and family who watched him live the framework and noticed the change before he said a word about it.
“Colin and I go back a ways. We're neighbors, close friends, and we even co-founded our local Cloud Security Alliance chapter together. Working alongside him in tech, I actually noticed the change before he ever said anything. He was just sharper on strategy calls and bringing a different level of energy to everything we were doing.
When he told me he'd quit (retired from) drinking, it was what I thought. I remember telling him back then that people in our network were definitely noticing the change, and that's really what Prepared Sobriety comes down to. He doesn't pitch it like standard recovery, which it's not. He approaches it like a high-performance career decision. If you're in tech or strategic sales or any profession wondering whether drinking is holding you back, this is hands-down the best approach out there.”
Tony Johannsen
Client Advisor
“It was only afterward that I realized just how much sharper Colin is now. The clarity, the patience, the speed with which he tackles complex problems is all just a different league. We met in business school seven years ago and I've watched him operate at a high level the entire time. But this version is something else. Prepared Sobriety is built for high-performing professionals who already know what excellence looks like and want to know what else they're capable of.”
Doug Croft
COO
Wherever you are, start there
Tell me where you are. No pressure and no pitch, just a private, candid conversation about whether this is the right next step for you.
You've been thinking about this for years already. At some point thinking turns into stalling. Pick the date.
A complimentary 30-minute call, one-on-one with me. Or write to me using the form.