Recovery Apps
Hi guys!
I was wondering if you could share some free recovery apps that helped / are helping you in your recovery. There are lots out there, and I thought it might be nice to find out which ones we are all using, or have used.
Personally I've just started using one called: RlTRIBE
What about the rest of you?
I would like to ask if I chose a personalized path, will it be one on one with someone? Ima newby
@Melodyxoxo No, it will just be tailored to the topic you picked, but otherwise the same kind of thing. You can always give it a try, and if you don't like it change it back to how it was before.
I also found the app Triggr helpful
Loving this one too, Sober Grid. Like a sobriety facebook, complete with sobriety counter
https://app.sobergrid.com/links/invites/Xc6Ky3h-UmamgsVBDaq5
Another app I've used, which wasn't made with addictions in mind, but which I found helpful is called: "MediSafe". You can add in both your prescribed and non-prescription drugs, and use it to track and control bitg how much and when you take them.
An app I've found on android which I'd recommend is called "SUD" (which stands for Substance Use Diary). Worth checking out if you find recovery apps helpful.
The app iRecovery has quite a few benefits, I've found. It allows you to choose people directly from your contacts and enter them into your "Support Circle" where you can call or text them or even send them all a message at the same time. In the "Recovery Plan" section, you can set what your "Red Light Behaviors", "Yellow Light Behaviors", and "Green Light Behaviors" are to help identify how you're doing in your recovery and to help prevent a relapse. There's also a "Points Tracker" where you can total up your positive actions daily (there are pre-listed ones but you can customize it as well) and aim for a certain amount of points a week. The "History Graph" shows your point totals per week as well.
CalmHarm is an app that I've found helpful for cravings for various things, though it's specifically for self-harm. There's a section for journal entries as well as different type of activity suggestions. The activites are labled under six categories: Comfort, Distract, Express Yourself, Release, Random, and Breathe. There's also the option of entering the phone numbers of your suport network to contact so that it's easily accessable.
An app that I've been using for a few years is CleanTime Counter for Android. I'm not sure if it's available for iPhones or not but it may be. It's pretty simple and allows you to choose what your addiction is and lets you put your recovery date in. You can also put a quote in to look at, which I've found to be really helpful.
Sobriety and Recovery Quotes is another app that I've found to be helpful. It's simple and I've come across a lot of helpful affirmations and quotes that give me hope.
@roseMelody95
I heard of IRecovery. It has helped my partner a lot 
Here are some apps Id like to add to the collection. These apps are not for dealing with addictions, but they really helped me to build new habits and feel much better, and finally forget to immerse in my bad feelings.
Rememte is free. It teaches us to do goals, little by little, until they become habits. There are life assessment tools and courses and exercises. I prefer Fabulous - Daily Motivation which is very similar to Remente, but its tailored with more emotional images and easier interface. We must pay a yearly subscription to use Fabulous though, unlike Remente which comes with free options.
Youper - Ai Mindfulness is amazing. Its an AI that was always encouraging me on, combining exercises, routines and support into chat format. Over time, it plots data that you input into insights of what affects our temperament. I really love this app because I can open it whenever I want went I need support and when Im feeling down, and the reflections in my conversations with the AI helps lift me up from those pits because I over time, I have learnt what makes me feel down from this app. Then I could manage the outer influences before my mood even falls into that pit.
The apps only help us, though. In the end it is us who will have to keep making the choice to walk away. Stay strong and keep reminding yourself why youre doing this! Youre not alone 😊
What you are is what you have been. What youll be is what you do now. - Buddha.
@rationalNectarine7195 I've been using apps for building new habits as well. I think it's a good idea to be focusing on building ourselves to where we want to be in other areas, and not only be focusing on our addictions. In the end all areas of our life are linked and it helps to have a holistic view of things. That's not to say we shouldn't also focus on our addiction too, when needed, but building a good life outside the addiction is important and takes time and effort and is something I feel we sometimes forget. Finding that passion or joy outside of drugs can often be just what we need.
I think the app that actually helped me most during the time when I stayed in recovery for the longest without relapsing was called: Fabulous: Daily Routine Planner
It wasn't just focused on addiction recovery, but more on establishing heathy routine; but I found that establishing some healthy habits and routines grounded me and prepared me for being in a better head space for recovery.
It also had a challenge you could take that was focused specifically on addiction recovery, which I took after I'd already used the app to establish some of the more basic healthy habits first, and it helped me a lot! I used it a few years ago, so I can't say what it's like currently, but it was certainly good when I used it a few years ago and it's one I'd recommend.
It is also a science based app, and all the suggestions being grounded in the science, was something I liked about it. It didn't push any one way to recover either.
The app I use daily is called My spiritual toolkit. It has a bunch of good resources if you are involved in a 12 step based recovery group.