New Calendar Feature in Version 5.0 ~ Understand Your Lights

Post by RecoveryBox Addiction Recovery iOS App.

iOS8 Support

recoveryBox Update for iOS8

Just waiting for Apple approval. When that happens I'll let you know!

Again thanks to users for testing as well as those who send in requests.

In this next release I have added the following based on user requests as well as bugs identified:

• iOS8 Support
• Adding Sobriety Time to Accountability Messages
• Ability to turn on/off Sobriety Time for accountability messages.
• Redid the Reminder Messages. For existing users, to take advantage of this, please reset either the Text/Email Accountability reminder And/Or (if you use both) the Add Lights Reminder.  If you are a new user..no worries this will happen automatically for you!
• Support for iPhone 6/6Plus larger screens
• Added more motivational quotes (many sent to me by users)
• Fixed crashing bugs when accessing certain resources
• Added a few additional badges
• Worked on better memory management for the entire app
• Crash when certain users create a text/email accountability message
• Fixed crash when certain users were editing their addictions
• Added a few additional badges
• Changed the Entry Method for the Number of Daily Lights of Green Lights to be more than 10. Will default to 1. An overwhelming number of users asked us to change this and we listened!! 
• And lastly, the Search Light Feature has a calendar that will display a total count of lights entered for the day. As well as give a visual color indicator of how your day went!!  

AND SURPRISE:: we have had a number of users as us to create some sort of calendar view so that you can visually see the number of lights entered as well as the over all color for the day. This will allow you to visually see if it's a day of the week that tends to be a yellow or perhaps red's always occur on weekends?

I love that so many of you continue to write in with your requests. One request that I am working on that has been requested is the ability to have How-To's in the video form. Hopefully that will be coming soon!

For now I wish you the best with your recovery!

PS. Of course we haven't been able to test the app on the iPhone 6 or 6Plus and all that testing has been done using simulators (which is not the same as the phone). If you have problems please let me know immediately so I can address them.  We are in the queue of getting one ourselves to test but even we have to wait like so many others.

recoveryBox Update

Just wanted to say thank you to the users who helped identify a bug in recoveryBox. Your data is fine but the app does crash for some users (not all - don't know why but it seems mostly iPhone 5s devices).

This bug will happen when drilling down to see details of your numbers.

We are working on fixing that bug as well as some additional new items requested by our users.  Thanks for your patience and I sincerely apologize!

~holly@recoveryBox

Group Accountability ~ Crucial to Addiction Recovery and Why It's a Green Light

Group Accountability is crucial to addiction recovery. Many posts on this blog have been about one-to-one accountability, but (and I know this is hard) it's so important to attend some sort of Group Accountability meeting.

It can be a traditional 12 Step Meeting, it can be a group therapy session, or a Celebrate Recovery meeting.  Whatever that looks like for you...but it's so important.  

It counts as a G2 - Group Accountability Light.

I mentioned that it's important to find a group that deals with similar addictions.  I will say personally I would not relate to someone who had a drug addiction while I was dealing with CoDependency.  I know from experience that Celebrate Recovery starts with everyone combined to have a worship time and then breaks apart into separate groups and most often by gender.  Others like AA meetings combine everyone together men and women. You are the only one who can decide what feels right but there IS a group that can help you out.

At most meetings you don't have to say a single word until you are ready. But as the time goes along, the reason you attend is to be able to open up, have others understand your experiences, and offer support. Not all meetings are alike - don't give up finding the right one!

Your support system ought to include others who have walked the path that you are going through.



Use recoveryBox with your group to share how your life is turning around and the Green Lights are improving (showing growth in healthy areas).  Share your yellow or red lights when ready.  There is no need to have to rethink everything since you already recorded it. Use that to reflect back at a later date and learn from those mistakes.  Then move on!

Click here to download recoveryBox from the iPhone store.

Customizing your Lights (both the Yellow and the Red's)

Want to customize your lights for your addiction?

Create the perfect set of Yellow Warning Lights to indicate that you are heading down a path that might lead to destructive behaviors. 

Red Lights can be customizes to any type of behaviors that are considered addictions or bad habits.

By tracking these personal behaviors with an accountability partner or sponsor, you can figure out "why you are doing what you are doing" and create a plan to stop these behaviors. 

Accountability really works!

Customize your addiction in the Settings section of recoveryBox.

Don't have recoveryBox? Download it today in the Apple Store. 

recoveryBox named one of Healthline's 2014 Best Apps for Eating Disorders

recoveryBox has been named one of Healthline's Best Eating Disorder Apps for 2014.

Don't know how recoveryBox can help you?  Download it today and commit to making a change!

Eating disorders are usually not talked about openly. It’s a difficult subject to approach, which makes treatment and recovery even harder. But for the 24 million Americans suffering from an eating disorder, the condition is very real.

Recovering from an eating disorder requires a great deal of help from trained professionals. These apps are only a small part of a potential plan. But if you’re trying to get well, hopefully one of these can help in some small way.

For more information about recoveryBox, check out our website.

Did You Know??

That recoveryBox is available for both the iPad and iPhone?  And it has lots of new features... click on the links and check it out.

for the iPhone 

for the iPad 

Different looks but same great app!

---

Download recoveryBox Addiction Recovery App - Your Complete Accountability Sobriety Toolbox