Who is David Bennington?
David Bennington is the founder of Recovery Well, based in Red Deer, Alberta. He is thirteen years sober and has spent nearly two decades embedded in Central Alberta’s recovery community — first as someone rebuilding his own life, later as a mentor and connector for others doing the same.
Why did he start Recovery Well?
Because he kept meeting the same two kinds of people. On one side: people who were struggling but not “bad enough” for a funded program, with nowhere structured to turn. On the other: people with real lived experience and the tools to help, who had no accessible way to be found or to earn a living doing it. Recovery Well exists to connect them.
What is his background?
Before recovery coaching, David spent roughly fifteen years doing field-level quality control and inspection work across telecommunications, utilities, pipelines, oil and gas facilities, and power plants. Earlier still, he worked in cost accounting, accounts payable, and sales management, which gave him a working understanding of how financing and business structures actually operate.
He is currently completing formal peer recovery coach training through the Recovery Coach Academy of Canada.
What guides his work?
Progress at the Pace of People — No One Left Behind. David doesn’t believe in shortcuts, high-pressure tactics, or treating recovery as a race.
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