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Wanting to stop
Still drinking or using, and ready to stop. It starts with safety: when to talk to a doctor before you stop, and SAMHSA's free helpline. Then a first day, a meeting, and an AI mentor to talk it through with.
How it works
From day one to year ten.
Here is the whole app, in the order you will meet it: where you start, your first 30 days, the tools for every day, and what we will never do with your data.
At launch: 3 days free, then from $12.99 a month, plus tax. Renews automatically every month until you cancel. Cancel anytime in your phone's store settings. Any substance. No ads, ever.
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Inside the app
A walk through an ordinary day.
And through a hard one. Everything here is one or two taps from home. On a good day it stays quiet. On a hard day it is right there.
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A check-in that takes a second.
How is today going? Good, okay or hard, in one tap. Okay is enough. One day at a time.
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Your week, handled.
Appointments, meetings, a pickup, any important reminder you choose. Reminders never say what they are for, and your milestones and the day your capsule opens sit on the same month.
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A meeting tonight.
Type a ZIP code, or a city and state. No location permission needed, and what you type is not saved. At launch, listings come from NA's meeting system, and A.A.'s own finders, its Meeting Guide app among them, are a tap away.
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If tonight is hard.
Say so, and the app thanks you for it. Call or text 988 or call 911, free and any hour. Every call takes two taps, so a pocket never dials.
Plus and Premium
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The people in your corner.
Invite the people who have your back by email. They see the milestones you choose and can send a note, never your words, your recordings or a slip. Up to 5 people on Plus, 15 on Premium.
Where you start
Three ways in. One app.
Most apps start on day one. People don't. A few questions tell the app where you are, and it meets you there. You never have to pick a label.
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The first days
Day one to your first year. A guided first 30 days, milestones marked the way a room would mark them, and your Time Capsule on day 30.
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Sober for years
Years in, even decades. Bring your full count and every milestone you already earned. A mentor to talk it out with, any hour, that takes a craving after years seriously.
Your first 30 days
It starts with five quiet minutes.
Your day count is on screen within a minute. Then a few honest questions, in this order. Nothing you say here is shared with anyone.
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Welcome
A few quick questions so the app speaks your language: your name, when your count starts, and your path, if you have one.
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Your reasons
What do you want back? Mornings, trust, a person. In your own words, and you will hear them again on your milestone days.
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Your Time Capsule
Up to 90 seconds to your future self, sealed until day 30. Not ready tonight? It waits on your home screen.
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Meet your mentor
It tells you plainly what it is: “I'm an AI, not a therapist or counselor, and this isn't medical advice or treatment. It's not a substitute for clinical care.” Then it's there to talk things out, any hour.
Then, the guided 30 days
About five minutes a day, all the way to day 30.
A short reading, one small action, and one question your mentor can pick up later, written for your path: AA or NA, SMART, Recovery Dharma, Celebrate Recovery, secular or none. No streaks and no missed days. A day you don't get to simply waits. Day 30 ends with your Time Capsule.
Day 12 of 30
18 days to your capsule
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Done
Today
Day 30: your capsule opens
Everyday tools
Small tools for every day.
Your count, your milestones, an AI mentor at 2 a.m., and a few quiet tools that keep your recovery your own business.
12
days
412 in totalDay count
A count without shame.
Current and total days, side by side. A slip starts a new count and keeps every day you built.
$1,240
not spentProgress
What you get back, counted.
A calendar of your days since your start date, and the money you haven't spent, added up for you. Still yours to see if you stop subscribing.
Mentor
An AI to talk it through with, any hour.
A space to talk it out, by message on every plan, by voice from your minutes, and by video on Plus and Premium. It's an AI, not a therapist or counselor, and it says so. Five mentors have an AI-generated face and voice, and three have an AI-generated voice.
Free and Sober
Something on your calendar at 2:30 p.m.
Reminders
Reminders that keep quiet.
Your lock screen never says what a reminder is for. They live on your phone, so no push service ever sees them.
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Unlock with Face ID
App lock
Locked, and discreet.
A Face ID or fingerprint lock, free on every plan. What is in here stays in here.
Apple Watch too
Widgets
One tap from home.
A home-screen widget with your count, and your count on your Apple Watch face.
Your journal
Three papers. Three pens. A page for every day.
Open the journal to today's page. Swipe back a page, or tap the date to open any day. Tap Style to change the paper and the pen, and every page you've written changes with it.
Notebook
Clean ruled pages with a cloth binding and a ribbon to keep your place.
Shown in regular
Leather diary
Cream pages in a leather cover, with gold stitching, a gold ribbon and a clasp.
Shown in cursive
Notepad
A yellow legal pad, bound across the top, with blue lines and a red margin.
Shown in bold
One page a day
Pages are numbered like a book, from the first day you write. A blank page offers a gentle prompt you can skip.
Three kinds of entry
Your thoughts, gratitude, or a moment that mattered, in your own words.
Only you, unless you say so
Your mentor reads an entry only if you turn that on for it. No organization and no one in your corner ever sees it.
Crisis lines, close by
If an entry mentions danger, Call 988 and Text 988 appear, right there. Your words are kept exactly as you wrote them.
Every paper and every pen, on every plan. Every entry stays yours to read, subscribed or not.
Milestones
Every day you earn stays earned.
Badges for time, milestones for your total, and Firsts for the things you do. Each one is marked the way a room would mark it, and none of them is ever taken back.
Milestone
One month.
It stays yours, whatever comes next.
“You said you wanted mornings back. Thirty of them now.”
Share the moment
Tell one person
Continue
The milestone morning
Revealed full screen, in words that are yours.
Open the app on a milestone day and your badge fills the screen, with one line from your mentor built from the reasons you gave on day one.
24 hours
30 days
60 days
90 days
6 months
9 months
1 year
18 months
Every year after
Your total
Counted across every attempt.
100
total days
250
total days
500
total days
1,000
total days
100, 250, 500 and 1,000 total days, counted across every attempt, so a slip never takes away what you built.
Firsts
Actions, not time.
First check-in
Capsule sealed
First meeting logged
First call to a person
Safety plan built
First person in Your Corner
7 check-ins
Capsule answered
Firsts mark actions, like a meeting or a call to a real person. There are no rewards for time spent with the mentor.
A slip never takes a badge away.
Your collection stays, your total keeps counting, and the next badge is the one on screen.
Your Corner
Bring your people in, on your terms.
Add the people who have your back, choose what each one sees, and let them cheer you on without ever policing you.
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to Mom
8:02 a.m.
Maria shared a milestone with you
Maria reached 30 days today, and she wanted you to know. You can send her a note. She doesn't need to reply.
Send Maria a note
The default subject line never says sobriety or recovery.
A first name and an email.
That is all it takes to add someone. They never need the app.
They say yes first.
One invite, then nothing else until they accept. Every email has a one-click way to stop.
Milestones, unless you choose more.
Person by person, add your day count or the moment your capsule opens.
Never the private parts.
No recordings, conversations, check-ins, cravings or slips. If your count restarts, emails simply pause.
Notes land in the app.
Read them when you want. No reply is expected, and you can mute or remove anyone.
Gone the same day.
Removing someone stops everything that day, and they get no notice.
Not your crisis contact.
Your corner is never alerted in a crisis. Your trusted contact is a separate choice, reached only when you tap to call or text them.
5 people, or 15.
Up to 5 on Plus, and up to 15 on Premium.
Plus and Premium
Corner capsules: their voice, on your milestone day.
The people in your corner can record a sealed voice message, up to 90 seconds, on a web page with no app needed. It opens on one of your milestones, the one they pick: a parent's voice on day 90, a friend's on your first year. You see who sent one and when it opens, and you can delete it unopened.
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From Mom
Sealed
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From Jess
Sealed
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From Ray
Sealed
Sealed by the same rule as your own capsule, and never heard by the AI.
Privacy
Your recovery is nobody's business but yours.
Sobriety is health data, and we handle it that way. No ads, no trackers, nothing sold. Not now, not ever.
No ads, no trackers, ever.
Nothing you do here is used for advertising or sold, and this site runs no trackers.
Your capsule stays yours.
It stays sealed until its day. The recording never reaches the AI.
Counts, never words.
If you join through a program, it sees numbers only, unless you sign to share more. Never your words or your recordings.
Your corner sees what you choose.
Milestones you pick, and nothing else. Not your check-ins, cravings, mentor talks or a slip.
Export or delete, any time.
Take a copy of your data, or delete your account from the You tab. Your recordings go with it.
Backup for everyone.
Free on every plan, so a lost phone never costs you your count. At launch, your vault comes back with your key or your recovery key.
Free and Sober is a wellness app, not medical care. If you are in danger, call or text 988, or call 911.
Plans
Try it free for three days.
Every plan has the Time Capsule, four guided paths and your calendar. Renews automatically every month until you cancel. Cancel anytime in your phone's store settings; the app takes you straight there.
Essentials
$12.99a month
3-day free trial, then $12.99 a month, plus tax. Renews automatically every month until you cancel. Cancel anytime in your phone's store settings.
- The Time Capsule
- Four guided paths: Getting ready, The first 30 days, Staying sober, After a slip
- The mentor by message, any hour
- Milestones, check-ins and meetings
- A private journal, in the paper and pen you choose
Recommended
Plus
$19.99a month
Billed monthly, plus tax. Renews automatically every month until you cancel. Cancel anytime in your phone's store settings.
- Everything in Essentials
- Every guided path, adding After the first 30, The first year and Week by week
- 30 voice minutes a month, or 10 on video
- Corner capsules from your people
- Journal prompts from your mentor
- Your Corner, up to 5 people
Premium
$29.99a month
Billed monthly, plus tax. Renews automatically every month until you cancel. Cancel anytime in your phone's store settings.
- Everything in Plus
- Your Corner, up to 15 people
- 120 voice minutes a month, or 40 on video
- The most time on video
- Help writing your journal, by message or voice
Want more time to talk? Top up on any plan:
30 minutes for $4.99100 minutes for $14.99250 minutes for $34.99Messages are always included. Video is on Plus and Premium, and a minute on video uses 3 minutes. Prices are plus tax.
Crisis tools, your count, your capsules and your data stay open whether or not you subscribe. Compare every feature
Questions
Asked, and answered.
Still wondering about something? Write to support@freeandsober.com and a person replies within 24 hours.
Is it only for alcohol?
No. Free and Sober is for any substance. The mentor and the guided 30 days use the words of your path, whether that is AA or NA, SMART, Recovery Dharma, Celebrate Recovery, secular or none.
I haven't stopped yet. Can I still start?
Yes. If you drink or use every day, please talk to a doctor before you stop. The SAMHSA National Helpline, 1-800-662-4357, can help you find treatment, free, any hour.
What happens if I slip?
You start a new count, and your history stays: your total days and every milestone you earned. A short "I slipped" path helps you look at what happened, the guided 30 days carry on where you were, and your Time Capsule still opens on its day.
Is the mentor a real person?
No. The mentor is an AI, not a person, and every mentor screen says so: “I'm an AI, not a therapist or counselor, and this isn't medical advice or treatment. It's not a substitute for clinical care.” It's a space to talk things out: it listens and helps you reflect, and it doesn't give advice. If you are in danger, the app brings up 988, 911 and your trusted contact straight away. For help with drinking or drugs, SAMHSA's free National Helpline is 1-800-662-4357, any hour.
Who sees my check-ins and recordings?
You do, and the details the service needs stay readable to us, as our Privacy Policy lists. There are no ads and no trackers, and nothing is sold. Your Time Capsule never reaches the AI. Your corner sees only what you choose to share, and an organization sees counts only unless you sign to share more. Neither ever sees your words or recordings.
How much does it cost?
Essentials is $12.99 a month after a 3-day free trial. Plus is $19.99 a month, and Premium is $29.99 a month. All plans are monthly. Renews automatically every month until you cancel. Cancel anytime in your phone's store settings. Prices are before tax; sales tax is added at checkout where it applies. Crisis tools, your count, your capsules and your data stay open whether or not you subscribe.
Is this medical care?
No. Free and Sober is a wellness app. It is not treatment, and it does not replace a doctor, a counselor, a meeting or a sponsor.
Get the app
Walk through when you're ready.
Free and Sober is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play, in every US state except Utah. What happens next: join the waitlist, get a short email confirming you joined, then one email at launch. Use code FIRST30 for 30 days of Essentials free; without it, the trial is 3 days, then from $12.99 a month, plus tax. On your phone, the app shows as F&S on your home screen and in notifications.
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Your first 30 days are free.
A word from Carol, one of twelve AI mentors, with an AI-generated face and voice. Coming soon to iPhone and Android. Join the waitlist, and at launch your first 30 days of Essentials are free with code FIRST30; without the code, 3 days free. Then from $12.99 a month, plus tax. Renews automatically every month until you cancel. Cancel anytime in your phone's store settings.
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