Version 4.0 is now available.

recoveryBox Version 4.0 is now available in the Apple store. Check it out.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/recoverybox-addiction-recovery/id538010611?mt=8

recoveryBox Version 4.0 Coming Soon!

Version 4.0 Coming Soon

It's in the Apple store now as I write this waiting for approval. 

What's New in this VersionrecoveryBox has grown! We heard your requests and we added them in - we support your recovery!!

New Features:

~ recoveryBox is now Universal for either the iPhone or the iPad

~ iPad version can be used in portrait or landscape mode

~ iPad version works with bluetooth keyboards

~ Multiple Sobriety Dates - set specific dates for each addiction (sobriety date badges and light calculations will work with this too). Just swipe on the Date of Sobriety tool to advance left/right or select from a list.

~ Journaling (this is not the same as daily trigger notes or 12 Step Journaling). Ability to add these Journal Entries to text/email accountability communication piece. Create as many entries for each day as you desire.

~ Ability to email/text 12 Step/CR Journaling.

~ Ability to customize the text/email communication feature. Choose to add your trigger notes, green light comments, yellow/red light comments and journal entries.

~ New FB/Twitter algorithm for displaying sobriety time.

~ 12 Step/Celebrate Recovery Step tools completely revamped with a slick new interface. Less clicking!

~ Faster Badge Calculations

~ Earn sobriety badges for each addiction

~ Enhanced "how-to" section

~ Custom triggers added will always show first.

~ Enhanced labels for yellow and red lights to reflect which addiction light is being selected.

~ Inspirational quotes added to recoveryBox and can be tweeted to Twitter or posted to FB from the Daily Lights Entry screen. Thanks to our users who submitted their favorite quotes.

Bug Fixes:

~ For some users, app crashing when selecting multiple addictions. Sorry about this - but it's fixed.

recoveryBox Adding Addiction Problem App Crashing

WHATS THE PROBLEM: adding an Addiction for the first time OR are trying to add a secondary addiction might crash recoveryBox.

WHO DOES IT AFFECT: only select users.

HOW TO WORK AROUND THIS:  actually, after it crashes, if you just start up recoveryBox your addiction was actually selected and you can continue on.

WHEN WILL IT BE FIXED:  We are in the middle of scrambling to fix it ASAP!!!  Literally hoping to submit to Apple in the next few days!  We just need to test it out a bit more.

If you need help, please email us at support@recoveryboxapp.com


We are truly sorry about this!!

~ the developers at recoveryBox

Preparing For Change and the Mistakes We Make

The Parallels of Recovery and New Features 

As we are working on the new features of recoveryBox (features that our users have asked us to implement that would aid in their recovery), it's interesting to note that as a team we have come up with observations that you might find interesting and how it parallels recovery.

In fact, these are lessons that really apply to just about anything!

• If it's something that I am asking for - perhaps others can benefit from it as well.  I think that's actually the point of support groups too -- if I'm going through it, then perhaps others have my same experiences and perhaps I can gain from their journey.

• It takes courage! Not everyone thinks about asking for features..rather many jump to criticism. But what I tell anyone who writes to me...this app is truly the first of it's kind and it's based on the input from many different counselors and behavior modification systems. And so, there is a chance that what you need might not be a part of them app, or perhaps it's there but you just don't know how to use it. So sending an email is a great way to ask for help. And like the road to recovery, instead of getting down on how the system doesn't always work, ask for help!  There are so many willing to help you out.

• We all make mistakes!!  Currently I am working on fixing bugs that either I have found in recoveryBox or that have been brought to my attention. Being the person that I am, I hate to make mistakes..not because of pride but rather because I'm afraid to let others down.  And during my own journey I have learned that I am NOT perfect, I have to give myself room to be human and make mistakes. Where we grow as a person, is when we learn from our mistakes.

• Preparation is KEY! As part of a new recoveryBox version, I am mapping out app the places that I have to make changes. This one feature specifically, while a seemingly small request really touches on the heart of the app and therefore we need to make a lot of changes. In doing so, we have to look at our existing code, plan for the changes we need to make and then test test test!  We want to be prepared so that when we make a change we can support it well.  In recovery, we must prepare for the changes we need to make. Trying to give up drinking while running with the same crowd won't do it. Trying to give up viewing pornography while not making plans to protect your eyes is foolish. If we want to be successful, we must step back, analyze the situation and then make plans.

• We don't always get what we want! Making changes to recoveryBox based on user requests is exciting because it means there is a huge opportunity to help others. But, there are times when my team has to make difficult decisions such as "How many people have requested this feature?", "How much time will this take to develop?", "Is this truly the best direction for recoveryBox?", "What other demands do I see coming down the road from Apple that I need to implement in order to keep recoveryBox in the store?", "When/if is the right time to try and create the same app in android land?" These really are difficult decisions to make and unfortunately since my team is REALLY small, we can't always satisfy every request.  And in recovery, we don't always get what we want either. Not every relationship is going to be reconciled because of past baggage.  But what we need to remember is - "DID I TRY MY BEST?" and if the answer is yes - then we must learn to accept and move on.

If you haven't already tried recoveryBox, perhaps it's a tool that can get you going in the right direction toward your sobriety. And hopefully the new version will be in the Apple store within a few weeks more!

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Download recoveryBox Addiction Recovery App - Your Complete Accountability Sobriety Toolbox

New Release:: Customize your own Triggers!

You asked and we listened. In the latest release of recoveryBox is the ability to fully customize your triggers. Your triggers will float to the top of the list for faster daily entry. 

All custom triggers will appear in all email/text accountability communications  sent to your sponsor.

Be accountable! Be supported!

Download the recoveryBox Addiction Recovery Sobriety app! Be successful and break the addiction!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/recoverybox-addiction-recovery/id538010611

recoveryBox Uses the Celebrate Recovery Steps or a Traditional 12 Steps - you decide!

Many of us need to utilize structured programs in order to maintain our sobriety. Following a traditional 12 Step program or a Celebrate Recovery program is a great way to do that.  Regardless of which you decide is right for you, it is possible to track your progress in recoveryBox.  You can add goals for each step and journal each step  as well.  Some of us choose to make it very personal and write out our thoughts while others prefer to think about it but not write it down.  Please write to us if you have any questions about how to use this part of the recoveryBox app or if you have suggestions.  We are always here to help!

To access these tools, Click More Tools -> 12 Step Program

Don't have recoveryBox yet, Get it today at the app store.

Download recoveryBox, Addiction Recovery App - Your Complete Sobriety Toolbox

Merry Christmas from recoveryBox

Wish you all a wonderful and sober Christmas and holiday Season!

~ the developer of recoveryBox, the iPhone app for Addiction Recovery