This program is absolutely amazing! When I try to describe it to my closest friends/family, it is indescribable. There are 4-9 coach led group phone calls each week where a topic is discussed and you are encouraged to participate, share where you are in the program or ask questions. There are 20-40 videos (depending on which program you are doing) that have homework assignments, worksheets to fill out and answers are posted on a forum to be reviewed by a life coach. The accountability piece is AWSOME and the tools provided can be used for the rest of your life in all areas of your life, not just for the particular addiction you are struggling with.

My husband and I have struggled with the same issues for 30 years. We have separated, done individual counceling and couples counceling, but nothing worked for us. I had made my mind up that I was not going to continue to live my life the way I had been living it. I was exhausted mentally and emotionally and was taking a final stance once and for all. Although I loved my husband very much and I had no doubt in my mind that he loved me, I finally made my mind up to divorce him, simply because I did not know what else to do.

About 6 weeks after asking my husband to leave and living apart from one another, I found this program online while searching for an inpatient/outpatient sex addiction program (which were outrageously priced and I was not impressed with the reviews). After watching the video of Craig and Michelle Perra on the Katie Couric show I immediately shared the link with my husband. He connected with it and called the number. He left a message and Craig called him back within five minutes. They talked for twenty minutes, Craig answered his questions and even gave him his personal cell phone number and told my husband that he was available 24/7 if he needed him. He also told him to give the number to me and have me call him. He explained that this program was a lifetime program and as long as he was living and was doing this program he could call him on his cell. He sent my husband a couple of text messages that day to encourage him and to check on him. My husband was in a very very low point in his life.

I called the same day, but there was no answer, I left a message and I sent Craig a text. He immediately texted me back and said he was very busy with lots of calls coming in that day, but he would be available in an hour and a half. I tried back, but did not get him. I texted him again and told him I would try to catch up with him later. I will never forget what he said, “no, let’s nail down a specific time for tomorrow because the same thing could happen if we don’t and I know what is at stake here”. We talked the next day for thirty minutes on the phone. He was honest and blunt with me, which I loved. He told me “don’t believe anything that comes out of your husband’s mouth. Every time he makes a promise to you, just look at him and say, prove it”. He encouraged me and he stressed the importance of putting myself first and doing good self care during a time when I was struggling like I had never struggled before. I could tell he was genuinely interested in making a difference in my husband’s and my life after our first conversation.

I signed up for the Partner Empowerment Program that day while talking to Craig and my husband signed up within the next couple of days (only because he had to get an email account set up first). We were both blown away by his energy, excitement, availability, down to earth approach and his ability to provide us with hope for our future, whether that would be together or separate.

We have been working the program since November 1, 2018 and have not looked back. I have already seen amazing changes in my husband that I thought I would never see and I am changing as well. We still have a long ways to go, but I am very excited to see what the future holds for us and I believe this program is saving our marriage! Thank you Craig and Michelle (and Tara, George, Adrian and Eric). We cannot say enough good about the program and ALL of you!

Date of experience: January 01, 2019