I Am Sober

I’ve been using this app for about a year. In the beginning it wasn’t helping me too much, and I wasn’t using it consistently. I relapsed for a couple months and ended up coming back to this app as another resource to keep my commitment to sobriety. When I came back (over 6 months ago) I saw they added the workbook questions - this did wonders for my recovery! These questions helped me dive so much deeper into my addiction and help me understand myself. There was one question that has stuck with me even today. That was “what are the excuses you tell yourself to keep using.” After writing out all the excuses I just laughed because I couldn’t believe how ridiculous my excuses were. It was really a breakthrough for me. I found the chat rooms to be really helpful- I would go on there just to encourage others who were struggling and remind them that they haven’t failed, they’re human, and to get right back on track after a set back. I didn’t realize then how much encouraging others made my recovery stronger. I now have 6 months sobriety and life is better than it’s ever been. If I can make one suggestion it would be to add more motivation packs on a regular basis. Maybe temple retire some as you add new ones and then being the retired ones out later. Just to keep things fresh. As a plus member, for almost a year, I’ve gone through nearly all the packs. I know there’s a lot more encouraging quotes out there. That’s the only change I’d like to see right now.

This is a pretty cool app actually. It’s awesome because you can track multiple addictions. Like for me I’m in recovery for alcohol and drugs but I also quit smoking like a month into my recovery so now I can also track that. It lets you put in how much you think you spent a day on your addiction in both money and hours and it’s pretty cool to see how much I’ve saved money wise. I had no idea how much I was spending a day on drugs and cigarettes. It blows my mind! It also sends you positive quotes and motivational quotes. You can buy extra packs of motivation for like a dollar and the one I got gives me exercises to try every once in a while. But I think the coolest part about it is it lets you review your day at the end of the day and you get to say whether or not you made your pledge how the day went from impossible to easy and then you put what activities you’ve done and then it gives you like a little text journal and you can journal a little bit about your day. Yesterday was a really hard day for me and after I submitted it it has a pop up that said “it’s tough. We’re rooting for you!” And I thought that was pretty cool. Little things like that make me happy. It also calculates milestones and shows you how many other people are teaching that milestone with you. I mean this app has so many awesome things about it! Just download the app and try it out and you’ll see just how awesome it is!! (:

I have been addicted to heroin for about 8 years, I just turned 25 a few days ago. I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl in January and she changed my life and motivated me to get clean. This app along with my clinic, my counselor, and my family all help me to stay clean. My family has a group text so every morning they look forward to me sharing my daily motivation because the affirmations start their days off with a positive mindset too!! I love how this app tracks your sobriety to the very second, and tracks how much money you’ve saved and how many hours you’ve saved since getting clean. The developers are constantly tweaking the app to make it better and add new motivation packs pretty regularly, I own almost every pack so every month once I finish one pack I start a new one. I realllllllllly LOVE how the app celebrates all the milestones, because it’s exciting to celebrate every month sober, especially the big milestones like 100 days, 6 months, 1 year, etc. I go to a methadone clinic and I always recommend the I Am Sober app to my counselor and to anyone there who is still struggling and especially to people who are newly sober because it’s helped me so much. This app has become a really important part of my day, and I plan to keep utilizing it for as long as possible for my sobriety!!