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!

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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