In a recent post, we suggested some apps that could help you manage and improve your physical health and your emotional and mental well-being. Our intention was to demonstrate the ways in which your phone can serve as a tool to help you build healthy habits that firm up the foundations of your recovery.
In this follow-up post, we are going to consider even more apps, including some that can support your financial health and others that can help you strengthen your relationships.
As a reminder, this is all built around the notion that, while it is true that there are downsides to spending too much time using a smartphone for various purposes, there are also resources that can be truly helpful as your recovery journey unfurls. Those are the sorts of resources we have been collecting in these entries.
Apps to Support Your Financial Health
Money can be a stressor in anyone’s life—and certainly in the life of a person in recovery from a substance use disorder. In a previous post, we wrote about the importance of managing your money well in recovery. After all, issues related to money can be major stressors, and adding stress to your life can be detrimental to your efforts to leave drugs and alcohol in the past. Here are some apps that can help you make sense of money matters.
- Goodbudget: This app builds on the idea of budgeting by dividing up your money and placing it in specific envelopes for specific purposes. You can create a digital version of that system in Goodbudget, creating categories like rent/house payment, utilities, groceries, entertainment, and more. The free option can get you started and provides a window into your spending that can help you make good ongoing decisions.
- Rocket Money: There is a good chance you have seen ads for this app. Often, they highlight the app’s ability to help you identify recurring subscriptions you have been paying for—perhaps without realizing it—and make it easy to cancel them. The free version also lets you view your bills and monitor your spending.
- EveryDollar: In this app, you can manually assign your income to a detailed budgeting app. The free version can get you started—and may be sufficient for most users—while the paid version lets you auto-sync the app to your bank accounts to help you monitor your spending.
Apps to Support Relationships and Social Health
Maintaining strong relationships is important in life—including for those who are in recovery. A substance use disorder may have upended some of your relationships, and these apps can help you rebuild trust and create new, lasting, and mutually supportive connections. They can be a wonderful alternative to social media sites that often threaten to do an individual more harm than good.
- ShareWell: This app offers live, free emotional support groups that address a range of topics, including recovery. The peer-support platform also has groups that gather virtually to discuss issues like trauma, anxiety, ADHD, and grief.
- Band: Because everyone is so busy all of the time, it can be hard to keep a group of folks together. Band seeks to address that problem. It is a group communication app that can be great for friend and family groups, teams and clubs, and, yes, even bands. Inside the app, you can share calendars, posts, chats, and files with your group of like-minded people.
- Lovewick: An app for building stronger connections, Lovewick uses questions, discovery prompts, and shared wish lists to help users engage in meaningful conversation and to enjoy shared experiences.
Apps that Apply to Your Recovery
We would be remiss if we did not note the benefits of the CaredFor App, a secure, online platform that keeps Farley Center alumni connected while also allowing for ongoing support from our team. CaredFor includes a personalized dashboard that lets you track your time in recovery, keep a gratitude journal, join a range of wellness challenges, and more.
We Have the Aptitude to Help You with a Substance Use Disorder
Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, The Farley Center is a beacon of hope for those who are struggling with drugs or alcohol. Our recovery approach, which is highly personalized to each individual we serve, includes group therapy, individual therapy, a relapse prevention program, and 12-Step support groups.
Because each individual’s needs are unique, we offer a variety of services to effectively address substance use disorders. For example, we provide comprehensive, medically supervised detoxification services. We offer both a residential setting for substance use disorder treatment as well as a partial hospitalization program and an intensive outpatient program. We even offer a telehealth virtual intensive outpatient program.
Whatever your substance use situation, we are able to due to our evidence-based approach grounded in our high levels of expertise, years of experience, and spirit of empathy. If you are ready to make a lasting change for the better, we are ready to help you reach your important goals so that you can reclaim your life and build a positive future.
