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We Are Commonly Well

We envision a world without addiction and despair.

OUR MISSION

We arm change-making service providers, investors, and policy-makers with the client visibility, insight, and predictive capabilities they need to impact truly effective recovery and resiliency change.

Our History

2012

Development on the Recovery Capital Index® began

Shortly after joining Face It TOGETHER, Commonly Well founder and CEO, David Whitesock, was tasked with finding or developing a measure for recovery. The primary goal was to shift the organization from anecdotal evidence to data-supported demonstration of success. The result was the Recovery Capital Index®, a multidimensional survey of a person’s social, environmental, and behavioral wellbeing.

2013

Iterations of the RCI are tested and refined

Testing and refining continued through 2017 before being submitted for scientific validation

2018

The RCI is scientifically validated as a tool to measure addiction wellness

We worked with Sanford Research to validate the assessment, with findings peer-reviewed and published in May 2018. This study confirmed that the RCI measures what it is intended to measure.

2019

The RCI is expanded for licensing and commercialization

The RCI is licensed to support Palm Beach County’s providers

The county’s aim to shift from being treatment-centric to person-centered and recovery-oriented required a well-tested instrument. The RCI supported them with an ease of use and interpretation of data.

2020

Commonly Well is formed with exclusive commercialization license of the RCI from addiction wellness nonprofit Face It TOGETHER

Commonly Well went on to expand into a full-service analytics and patient experience design firm.

2022

Commonly Well partners with engagement and SMS platform, Gloo

Since coming on the Gloo platform, Commonly Well has reached 12,000 people and delivered 15,000 RCIs through 60 organizations.


Commonly Well partners with NY Judicial

15 opioid treatment courts across the state of New York implemented Commonly Well’s recovery intelligence tools

2012

Development on the Recovery Capital Index® began

Shortly after joining Face It TOGETHER, Commonly Well founder and CEO, David Whitesock, was tasked with finding or developing a measure for recovery. The primary goal was to shift the organization from anecdotal evidence to data-supported demonstration of success. The result was the Recovery Capital Index®, a multidimensional survey of a person’s social, environmental, and behavioral wellbeing.

2018

The RCI is scientifically validated as a tool to measure addiction wellness

We worked with Sanford Research to validate the assessment, with findings peer-reviewed and published in May 2018. This study confirmed that the RCI measures what it is intended to measure.

2020

Commonly Well is formed with exclusive commercialization license of the RCI from addiction wellness nonprofit Face It TOGETHER

Commonly Well went on to expand into a full-service analytics and patient experience design firm.

2012

2013

2018

2019

2020

2022

2013

Iterations of the RCI are tested and refined

Testing and refining continued through 2017 before being submitted for scientific validation

2019

The RCI is expanded for licensing and commercialization

The RCI is licensed to support Palm Beach County’s providers

The county’s aim to shift from being treatment-centric to person-centered and recovery-oriented required a well-tested instrument. The RCI supported them with an ease of use and interpretation of data.

2022

Commonly Well partners with engagement and SMS platform, Gloo

Since coming on the Gloo platform, Commonly Well has reached 12,000 people and delivered 15,000 RCIs through 60 organizations.


Commonly Well partners with NY Judicial

15 opioid treatment courts across the state of New York implemented Commonly Well’s recovery intelligence tools

Meet the Team

01

Founder and CEO, David Whitesock's headshot on a blue and green gradient background

David Whitesock

Founder + CEO

David has led innovative and entrepreneurial programs in addiction, recovery, and technology since 2004. While designing new approaches to peer coaching, he developed the Recovery Capital Index® (RCI). David founded Commonly Well in 2020 to broaden the reach and impact of the Recovery Capital Index and to improve how data is used to enhance the recovery process. Through Commonly Well, David also works with healthcare systems and behavioral health clinics to design and implement improved patient experiences.

David is a regular speaker and advocate for addiction and mental health. He focuses his advocacy on improving wellbeing for fellow attorneys and reducing impaired driving.

David lives and works out of Potsdam, NY, where, along with his wife and beagle, enjoy exploring the expanse of the Adirondacks.

02

Johanna Dolan

Chief Operations Officer

Johanna Dolan has developed and run in-person and online training/events for a wide variety of organizations, including SUD treatment centers; community organizations; and other organizations that employ recovery coaches both in the United States and abroad.

Johanna was previously a program manager at an addiction recovery treatment center where they served as a non-clinical member of the Clinical Management Team; started an LGBTQ peer group on campus; and developed and co-facilitated the first company-wide LGBTQ Equality training across numerous campuses.

She is a Recovery Coach Professional, peer trainer, peer supervisor, and focuses much of her time on integrating recovery coaches into various settings. Johanna is a board member of the International Association of Recovery Coach Professionals, the Maryland Behavioral Health Advisory Council, James’s Place Inc., and the Board Chair of The Frederick Center. And is a member of IARCP and ICF.

Johanna brings 25 years of lived recovery experience (established August 10, 1997) to her work.

03

Justin Smith, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer

Justin has garnered nearly a decade of healthcare experience, ascending as a prominent leader in the realm of machine learning (ML) and AI. With a psychology and neuroscience background, including peer-reviewed publications, Justin's distinction lies in the fusion of his Ph.D. in Neuroscience with profound ML/AI acumen.

Justin is a regular keynote speaker and strong advocate of leveraging Artificial Intelligence with an approach that is both humanistic and neuroscientific.

Justin lives in Boise, Idaho, alongside his wife, three children, and a canine companion who thrives on outdoor adventure as much as the family itself.

Experience firsthand how we
capture data

As an automated survey, the Recovery Capital Index® is available right this very minute, along with other helpful surveys and assessments. Try out the RCI for yourself, and experience the way your clients will report their progress back to you. Customization is always an option, so let’s chat about your organization’s needs.

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