Inside The Guest House Ocala: John West on Trauma, Safe Spaces, and the "Secret Sauce" of Recovery

About this episode

What happens when the people who look like they have it all together are the ones hiding the most? John West, Co-Founder of The Guest House Ocala and Sober Companions and Board Chair of High Watch Recovery Center, joins Mark Scrivner and Lee Pepper to talk about building safe, attachment-based treatment environments for people navigating trauma, addiction, and high-visibility lives. John shares his own path into the field following his father's sudden death, how a 50-acre property in Ocala became one of the country's most exclusive private treatment estates, and why his staff of "OGs" is central to how the model works. The conversation moves from personal loss to hard operational truths…