Treatment is needed and possible. What's missing is one place that delivers it whole.
Restart is a wellbeing centre for addiction recovery with the spirit of a therapeutic retreat, based in Alanya, Türkiye.
The first conversation is free and fully confidential · no commitment
From one personal story to an integrated system.
Restart began with founder Saad Al-Mahmoud's own recovery — and an early realisation: treatment is needed and possible, but what is missing is one provider who delivers it holistically, through every stage, and for long enough. Each provider treats one dimension of a multi-dimensional problem, and people leave a purely physical or locked-door programme only to relapse.
In November 2019 the journey began with a message of awareness and hope through Arabic digital content. Next came referring cases to existing providers — and seeing weak results — then building the holistic program in-house, and finally moving to the in-person model in Alanya.
The story, in the founder's words.
How we got here.
- 2019
The beginning
Restart began in November 2019 with a message of awareness and hope through digital content.
- 2021
Recovery coaching program
Structured recovery coaching programs began.
- 2022
Clinical services
Clinical treatment services launched in early 2022.
- 2023
In-person model & 100-Day Challenge
The in-person model launched in Alanya, along with the 100-Day Challenge Plus combining psychiatry, psychotherapy, recovery coaching, fitness, nutrition and spiritual care.
- 2024
Therapeutic retreat programs
Residential therapeutic programs began in Türkiye.
- 2025
Restart Clinic
Restart's mental health clinic opened in Alanya.
Helping one million people recover from addiction by 2050.
Our mission is to advance addiction treatment in the Arab world through a documented, replicable, holistic and scientific method, and to build a strong, lasting recovery community for Arabic speakers — including training and empowering 1,000 coaches and practitioners over 25 years, with programs that combine our Arab and Islamic values with international best practice.
- We plant hope: showing people there is a solution — many solutions
- We treat what lies beneath: root causes and co-occurring mental health conditions
- We work on every front at once — for long enough for change to hold
- We support the participant and family throughout the journey
- We set people on a path to lasting reintegration in life, work and community
Seven values behind every decision we make.
Our values bring together our Arab and Islamic identity and international best practice in addiction treatment.
Complete confidentiality
A contractual commitment signed by the whole team.
Family is part of the solution
Always with the participant's consent.
A second family
A place where people feel understood, without judgement.
A method that respects our identity
Culturally and spiritually.
No forced treatment
The decision comes from the person.
Respect without stigma
Addiction is a health condition to be treated, not a shame to hide.
Evidence-based method
Interventions such as CBT, CRAFT and psychiatry.
Ten differences that make a different outcome.
No forced treatment
Decisions people make themselves are the ones that last.
Families are part of treatment
Through dedicated family specialists.
Multi-front care at once
Psychological-behavioural, physical, spiritual, grief work and supportive medication.
Behaviour, cause and co-occurring conditions together
Physical treatment alone sends people back to where they started.
An open environment, no walls
Real life during treatment — cravings are worked through as they happen.
A multidisciplinary team
Recovery specialist, psychiatrists, therapists, family specialist, nutrition & fitness coach.
Freedom and ownership
As a therapeutic factor, instead of confinement.
A personal treatment plan
Built on a five-session assessment.
Gradual reintegration
Returning home with a companion as a transition phase.
Complete confidentiality
A contractual commitment signed by the whole team.
Learn from lived experience.
Saad Al-Mahmoud's courses and books for people in recovery and their families.
Memories of an Addict
Ten unforgettable moments with addiction, detailing the transitions on the road to recovery and what to do at each stage.
Get it →Overcoming Psychological Issues After Addiction
Social anxiety, panic, depression, anger, low self-worth and shame — and how Saad worked through them.
Get it →How to Help Someone You Love Overcome Addiction
A practical plan that encourages a loved one to consider change and treatment, handling relapse, and signs of use.
Get it →Ready Fitness & Nutrition Plans
Workouts and meal plans built around your goals, for sustainable habits and better overall health.
Get it →Sound Nature (Al-Fitra)
A guide to recovery from pornography and compulsive sexual behaviour across three areas: body, mind and spirit.
Get it →My Recovery Journal — Saad Al-Mahmoud
Short, candid videos recorded throughout a recovery journey — reflections that may feel close to home.
Get it →Questions about Restart
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The first step is a conversation.
Tell us about your situation or a loved one's. We'll understand what's happening and guide you to the right path — in complete confidence.
The first conversation is free and fully confidential · no commitment