App Profile: Sober Puffin

This app has been built by one of the 1 in 3 families throughout the US affected by addiction.

No login required: A private and secure app designed to meet those struggling, those already in recovery and all of their loved ones wherever they are on their own personal journey.

Education and Resources: Help at the start of recovery and support for long-term remission.

Facts and Perspectives: Reliable information in a relatable tone, presenting unbiased and expert insight on prevention, finding help and intervention.

Easy to Understand and Navigate: A condensed and simple approach to the disease of addiction, medically known as Substance Use Disorder.


Sober Puffin on your iPhone and iPad makes it easy to understand the disease and how it impacts you and your loved ones.

Sober Puffin's DISCOVERY is an anonymous, private and unbiased addiction resource center that fits in your pocket.

Reliable information, in a relatable tone, is presented so that everyone impacted and interested in learning about the disease of addiction has the ability to support the fight against stigma.


Within Discovery:

-Learn about the facts of the disease with short 1-3 minute reads (audio available) and read stories from those in remission and their loved ones.

-Ask and get answers by searching from the 150+ previously submitted community questions that have all been answered by our team of medical experts. If you can't find what you're looking for, ask them anonymously and see the indirect response.

-Take a screener to help gauge next steps in the early recovery process. RESULTS ARE SAVED DIRECTLY ON YOUR DEVICE - NOT WITH US - SIMPLY CLOSE THE APP TO DELETE SCREENER ANSWERS AND RESULTS.

-Find and locate professional detoxification centers, treatment centers and sober living homes nationwide.

-Find and locate Family Support Groups nationwide: Al-Anon, Nar-Anon, SMART for families & Families Anonymous.

-Find and locate Recovery Community Support nationwide.

-Dedicated Veteran and Military Family support tools and resources.

-Curated Videos to help support further learning and understanding about the disease of addiction.

Within Recovery:

-Dashboard featuring a sobriety counter (easy to reset), personal milestone updates, fellowship and step marker, reminder for friend's anniversaries, manager for service commitments, sponsor information (quickly text and call) and a meeting attendance reference.

-Find and locate in-person and online recovery support meetings nationwide. Save favorites and monitor your own attendance. Currently supporting these fellowships online and/or in-person fellowships: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), Heroin Anonymous (HA), SMART Recovery (SMART), Refuge Recovery (RR), Recovery Dharma (RD) and LifeRing (LR).

-Find meetings near you, or where you're traveling, "Check-In" & "Favorite" meetings to keep attendance and a schedule. Share meetings with friends via text message. Get directions to meetings.

-Program and recovery maintenance tools. Keep track of Goals to help you keep a sober lifestyle. Keep track of Resentments (4th Step). Spotcheck Daily Inventory & Nightly Inventory (10th Step). Keep track of your Medications.

-Bookstore sharing favorites from the Sober Puffin community.

-Literature from AA, NA, CA, CMA & HA: Including all Steps, Principles, Promises, Prayers, Traditions, as well as a full copy of the Big Book.

-Personal journal.

-Listen to a collection of recovery themed Speaker Tapes, Leads, Discussions & Talks.

-Sober Puffin Stories - Recovery themed talks, leads an discussions submitted regularly by active Sober Puffins in the community. (Audio of current and up-to-date 15-60 minute AA and NA leads.)