The Recovery Way

A book by Mark Manderson · Founder, Pacific Shores Recovery

How to Heal from Any Addiction and Start Enjoying Life Again

Why are some people who struggle with addiction able to learn how to outgrow it and go on to live a life full of joy and fulfillment, where others seem to just stay stuck in the cycle of chaos?

This book is the step by step blueprint on how to create the life you desire free from addiction. You will learn how to leverage the 5 Foundational Freedoms, the 4 Codes, and the 3 Decrees so you can learn how to take back your life once and for all. These pages are filled with the tools, habits and strategies that blend evidence-based methods along with holistic principles to help you heal through any addiction, and are unlike any traditional program you may have encountered before.

Inside the book

The Five Foundational Freedoms

Manderson’s framework rests on five areas he asks readers to invest in daily — not perfectly, just consistently. Recovery holds when you’re showing up in all five, not when you’ve mastered one.

01 Fitness

Move your body and feed it well. Exercise and nutrition change the same chemistry that mood, decision-making — and addiction — run on.

02 Faith

A daily reflection or dialogue with something larger than yourself, however you define it. Responsibility, Manderson argues, extends past the self.

03 Family & Friends

Trust rebuilds in small, honest deposits, not declarations. Consistent effort and real communication repair what addiction damaged.

04 Finance

Work that fits your actual values, not just your bills. The book pushes readers toward a trade or skill that creates meaning instead of dread.

05 Feelings

Journaling, therapy, plain self-inquiry. This foundation holds up the other four by getting underneath the thought patterns driving them.

About the author

Mark Manderson

Mark Manderson is the founder of Pacific Shores Recovery and has spent more than two decades helping individuals and families heal from the devastating effects of addiction. Drawing on years of professional experience in treatment and recovery, Mark combines evidence-based approaches with compassionate, real-world guidance.

He wrote The Recovery Way to give anyone—whether just starting recovery or years into it—clear, actionable steps for rebuilding life with purpose, health, and hope.

20+ YRS

Manderson’s experience in addiction & mental health treatment

25 YRS

Pacific Shores Recovery has been operating — a run he calls “nearly unheard of in the industry”

In their words

Proof the framework works

These aren’t book reviews — they’re voices from Pacific Shores Recovery, the treatment program where Manderson’s method was built and tested before it became this book.

I couldn’t fathom my life 6-8 months ago that it would be this whole and this free today… I’m at a spot that I’ve always wanted to be in…I’m living life again and I’m free

- Jason

It was a mind blowing experience because I saw it in action. It was nice having a platform to better myself and to work on what I was putting up which was a front for so long…

- Xavier

My life was going too fast and I had lost my non profit business and ended up losing hope as even rehabs couldn’t help me… Now people don’t even recognize me. I’m a new person. I had so much guilt and shame and you were instrumental in me recognizing this. My life is on track and I’m excited…

- John

Within the last 2 or 3 weeks I’ve been waking up and not having to fight as hard for my sobriety anymore. It’s just become who I am. I’ve been experiencing so much peace lately it’s been amazing.