Here’s what Jimmy does and who each piece is for. The crisis work is up top. The recovery comes after the sun’s up.
For families whose person won’t admit there’s a problem, or keeps saying “next week.”
Jimmy is a certified intervention specialist. An intervention with him isn’t an ambush. It’s a planned conversation with the right people in the room, saying the right things, so it ends with your person agreeing to get help.
He helps you plan who’s there, what gets said, and what happens the minute they say yes, so there’s no gap between “okay” and getting them in the door.
For when you know they need treatment, but you have no idea which place is any good.
There are a lot of treatment centers out there, and a lot of 800 numbers that will send your person to whoever pays them the most. Jimmy has years of experience placing people in treatment facilities around the country, and he matches the program to the person, not the other way around.
For families whose person is facing charges, and jail looks like the only option.
Jimmy is known as an effective advocate in the court system for people who need addiction treatment. Jail has never been proven to help anybody recover. Treatment gives them a real shot.
Jimmy works with many attorneys in Massachusetts on Section 12 and Section 35 cases, and with attorneys in Florida too. He calls it the place where treatment meets justice.
He works alongside your lawyer to build the treatment side of the plan: the right facility, the right supports, and a follow-up a court can trust. One family facing “certain jail time” wrote that he “searched out medical professionals, attorneys, addiction facilities, etc. non-stop until he was finally certain the plan he put together would accomplish all the goals.”
Jared Breton, in his own review: “He went right to my court date and spoke on my behalf, had an IOP and sober living facility set up for me. I would not have been released that day without Jimmy in my corner.”
Jimmy isn’t a lawyer and doesn’t give legal advice.
For families dealing with an involuntary commitment, whether you’re filing one or someone is already being held.
Section 35 lets a family member ask a Massachusetts court to commit someone for substance use treatment. Section 12 is an emergency psychiatric hold of up to 3 days. Different laws, different rules, and families usually get thrown into them with no warning.
Jimmy helps families through both: figuring out whether a Section 35 is the right move, getting one reversed so your person goes into a real recovery program instead, or building a treatment plan that gets someone out of a Section 12 and into care that fits. One family’s loved one was released in 3 days.
Jimmy works Florida cases too, with attorneys there, under the Marchman Act (Florida’s version of a Section 35, for substance use) and the Baker Act (closer to a Section 12, for mental health).
“Jimmy Kane does the most important thing for someone going through Section 12: HE SHOWS UP.” Austin Adamcheck, Google review.
Section 35 and 12, in plain English · Marchman and Baker Acts
For the person in recovery, or trying to get there. You Kane do it.
Jimmy is a certified life and success coach. Treatment is the start, not the finish. Coaching is for everything after: staying on track, building a routine, fixing what got broken with family, getting back to work, figuring out who you are now.
He treats every client with respect and dignity. No lectures, no judgment. Just someone in your corner who believes you can do this, and holds you to it.
There’s no one-size plan. Jimmy works it out case by case and walks you through it on the phone.
For when your person needs more support around them, on request.
Addiction and mental health usually show up together. When someone needs more than coaching, Jimmy can connect them with a recovery coach or a licensed mental health therapist.
They’re part of Jimmy’s team, and he matches the support to the person, case by case.