Mentoring Program

Our mentoring program is the cornerstone of our addiction treatment programs. Clients are empowered to pay it forward as they help one another in recovery.

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Our mentoring program is designed for individuals who are ready to pursue lasting sobriety and true freedom from addiction. We provide a focused, disciplined, and results-driven approach that emphasizes personal responsibility, growth, and long-term change.

Located in Broward County, our center offers a welcoming and professional setting where men and women gather for mentoring, fellowship, and personal development. Overall, our objective is permanent sobriety and meaningful life transformation.

Call James Club Treatment Center today at (954) 445-0430 to learn more about our addiction treatment programs in South Florida.

What Is Our Mentoring Program?

The James Club Mentoring Program is a comprehensive recovery mentorship experience built around discipline and real-world application.

Our program addresses the habits, mindset, and lifestyle patterns that fuel addiction.

We combine intensive curriculum-based mentoring with individual guidance and group engagement. Participants meet consistently with a certified mentor and or recovery advisor two to three times per week. These sessions are designed to challenge limiting beliefs, build resilience, and reinforce healthy decision-making.

In addition to recovery guidance, we provide court advocacy and progress reporting to Pretrial and Probation Officers when necessary. Our team works diligently to help clients obtain the most favorable outcome possible in legal matters.

What To Expect In Our Mentoring Program?

When you enroll in The James Club Recovery Mentoring Program, you can expect consistency, accountability, and measurable progress. From your first session, you will begin working through a highly structured and intensive curriculum that addresses addiction at its core.

Your experience will include:

Individual mentoring sessions tailored to your goals and challenges
Group sessions that reinforce growth and reduce stigma
Life and social skills development
Relapse prevention strategies
Anger management guidance
Character development exercises
Court advocacy
Progress reporting for legal compliance
Fellowship opportunities and community engagement

While in this program, your mentor will monitor your development and guide you through specific milestones. Our methodology includes the concept and implementation of the How To Handbook, a practical guide that translates 12-step principles into daily action steps.

Group sessions are conducted in a focused environment designed to encourage engagement and growth. Food is provided during our Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night meetings, creating predictability and a sense of belonging within the community.

Furthermore, we understand that life responsibilities do not pause during recovery. That is why individual mentoring sessions can be arranged around your schedule. If transportation or distance presents a challenge, teleconferencing options may be available.

How Can The Mentoring Program Help Me?

Addiction reaches far beyond destructive habits. It disrupts relationships, damages legal standing, interferes with employment and education, and harms a person’s sense of worth.

True recovery requires more than abstinence. It demands self-awareness, skill development, advocacy, and renewed purpose. We strive to address each of these areas directly, therefore, equipping participants with the tools and guidance necessary to rebuild their lives with confidence.

Some particular highlights of our Fort Lauderdale mentorship program are listed below:

Consistent Accountability That Strengthens Decision-Making: We provide regular interaction with an experienced mentor who monitors progress, addresses setbacks immediately, and reinforces achievements. This consistent engagement creates a clear framework for responsibility and growth. Instead of allowing small challenges to escalate into relapse, issues are identified early and handled with clarity and discipline.
Practical Life Skills That Create Long-Term Stability: Sustainable recovery requires the ability to manage stress, communicate effectively, resolve conflict, maintain discipline, and navigate everyday responsibilities. Through focused training and personalized coaching, you develop the real-world skills necessary to function successfully in both professional and social environments. These capabilities restore independence and prepare you to handle life’s pressures without reverting to unhealthy coping mechanisms.
Professional Advocacy in Legal and Court Matters: If you are facing court proceedings, probation requirements, or pretrial supervision, our program provides documented progress reports and direct courtroom advocacy when appropriate. We work to demonstrate your commitment to meaningful change and responsible behavior. Our goal is to help you present a clear record of accountability and growth, positioning you for the most favorable legal outcome possible while reinforcing your path toward stability.
Guidance That Extends Beyond Sobriety: Our mentors actively encourage advancement in education, career development, and personal growth. We help you set measurable goals, pursue new opportunities, and cultivate habits that lead to long-term wellness. By focusing on progress in multiple areas of life, you build a future that no longer revolves around addiction.
A Clear Path From Chaos to Purpose: Most importantly, our program replaces confusion with clarity and instability with direction. Through disciplined mentorship, practical application, and consistent guidance, you gain a renewed feeling of fulfillment.

Meet Your Mentors

The strength of James Club Recovery lies in the experience and dedication of our mentors.

With decades of combined experience in recovery and mentorship, our team understands both the challenges of addiction and the discipline required to overcome it.

Each certified mentor and recovery advisor is committed to accountability, transparency, and tangible results. They do not simply offer encouragement. They provide direction, correction when necessary, and consistent reinforcement of recovery principles.

Our mentors advocate for your advancement in every area of life, including legal matters, education, employment, and personal successes. They model integrity and resilience, demonstrating that permanent sobriety is truly achievable.

Ray Rapaglia

CEO & Founder

Ray Rapaglia is the CEO and Founder of James Club Recovery, a leading recovery residence dedicated to transforming lives through support and advocacy for those struggling with addiction. Before his journey into recovery, Ray enjoyed a successful 20+ year career as a Senior Vice President on Wall Street, where he thrived as a stockbroker. Despite his financial accomplishments, Ray struggled privately with alcoholism and drug addiction, ultimately losing everything and became homeless in June 2010.

Barbara McCarthy

Mediator

Barbara McCarthy, a retired Broward County Circuit Court Judge, brings extensive experience as a mediator, Magistrate, social worker, and educator. With over 10 years on the bench and 7 years as a Civil Magistrate, she has presided over thousands of cases, including 750 jury trials, and now assists in resolving disputes as a certified mediator, Special Master, and Arbitrator. A former special education teacher and social worker, Barbara combines her legal expertise and compassionate approach to foster effective mediation.

Glenn R. Roderman

Former Broward County Municipal Judge, Criminal Attorney

Glenn R. Roderman, a South Florida resident for decades, earned his Juris Doctorate from Stetson University in 1972 and has over 50 years of experience in Florida’s criminal justice system. He has served as a state prosecutor, municipal judge, mentor to attorneys, and legal analyst for ABC News Channel 10 in Miami. Mr. Roderman emphasizes that both experience and education are essential for effective legal representation, a principle he shares in his Spoken Law series.

Our Mentoring Curriculum

Our program integrates a highly structured and intensive curriculum designed to address addiction from a practical and psychological standpoint.

This curriculum includes:

Relapse prevention education
Anger management training
Life and social skills development
Character and accountability exercises
Implementation of the How To Handbook and 12-Step Immersion
Goal tracking and milestone evaluation

Every element is designed to translate insight into action. Participants are not simply passive observers but are active contributors in their own transformation. They are given the tools needed to build the habits and mindset required for sustained sobriety.

In other words, our curriculum is not theoretical. It is practical, direct, and results-oriented.

The James Club "How to Booklet"

James Club has created a proprietary process to teach others how to take individuals through 12 steps. The “How to Booklet” enables individuals to gain confidence and develop a consistent habit of taking many people through the steps and helping others.

With over 15 years of experience, we believe this is the key to permanent sobriety. *Practical experience shows that nothing will so much ensure immunity from drinking/drugging as intensive work with other alcoholics/drug addicts.

To us, this means taking many people through the 12 steps. James Club Recovery will furnish those individuals and guide you in this vital process. In our opinion, this unblocks an individual in his relationship with God. We believe God will reward the individual with sustained sobriety and a purposeful, joyful life.

The James Club Recovery Mentoring Program is an affordable alternative to treatment programs. Based on our founders experience, we believe this concept is more effective and prevents individuals from succumbing to the vicious cycle of addiction, but we offer no guarantees whatsoever.

The James Club Recovery Mentoring Program is designed to help individuals achieve permanent sobriety and a joyful, purposeful life.

Our program is offered at the new James Club Center in Oakland Park, Florida. We include individual & group mentoring sessions, activities, events, catered meals after sessions, and volunteer opportunities. Our group meetings and studies are in a classroom-type setting with individuals urged to participate in discussions to share their innermost truth.

*Page 89 of AA Big Book “working with others”

Healing Begins Here

At James Club Treatment Center, we are dedicated to providing compassionate, evidence-based care for individuals struggling with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. Inspired by principles of integrity, accountability, and grace, we walk alongside our clients on their journey to lasting recovery.

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Begin Your Transformation Today

When you have fought your way through relapse, exhaustion, and disappointment, you deserve more than another revolving door, but a chance at genuine change. The James Club Recovery Mentoring Program provides an affordable and effective path toward permanent sobriety and a revitalized life.

If you are ready to break free from addiction, rebuild with strength, and step into a future defined by direction and meaning, we are prepared to guide you. Take the first step toward a better tomorrow by giving us a call at (954) 445-0430 or visiting our admissions page today.

Success Stories

Ray Rapaglia

CEO & Founder of James Club Recovery

Andrew Brett

Graduate of James Club Recovery

Michael Spinella

Graduate of James Club Recovery

Barbara McCarthy

Retired Broward County Judge

James Club Foundation Board Member

Mentoring Program Disclosures

* The James Club Recovery Mentoring, “Residential” and “Outpatient” services, are NOT a licensed IOP, PHP, or Treatment Center. We do not dispense medications nor take insurance of any kind. We do not provide any mental health counseling or therapy sessions. We provide recovery mentoring, and our numerous Recovery Residences are FARR Certified, in good standing since 2016. We also don’t guarantee any results whatsoever.

** The James Club Recovery Mentoring Programs are NON-REFUNDABLE but if a client is suspended or terminated for relapse, a rules infraction, or if he/she voluntarily leaves the program, we will provide a prorated credit when and IF the person returns. If the judge orders prison or jail time, a credit in the mentoring program will be available for that individual under the same terms when the person is released. If the person does not return or is not permitted to return, we will donate that prorated credit for a future scholarship to a deserving and willing individual. There is no guarantee that an individual will be court ordered to our program and that is completely up to the judge. We get no preferential treatment or favoritism, nor would we want any. We are known to the legal system because of our honesty and integrity, which are of paramount importance to us.

*** James Club Recovery Mentoring is NOT a licensed Treatment Center, nor do we provide any medical services whatsoever. We do not offer detox, IOP or PHP programs. We provide Recovery Mentoring and a higher level of care before our 4-phase curriculum
****James Club Recovery Mentoring has a mental health component and works with many likeminded institutions but does NOT provide Mental Health or Addiction Counseling