Chris Thompson
8 Helpful Tips To Quit Vaping
Smoking cessation has been a challenge for many for generations. While vaping has been used as a smoking cessation tool, many are now...
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Chris Thompson
- 24 hours ago
- 2 min
You're Not Alone: Sobriety Is Possible with Community Support
When you’re an addict, you feel like you’re the only one in the whole world with this problem. Despite the fact that 20 - 25% of...
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Chris Thompson
- 3 days ago
- 3 min
How to Help Someone Through the First Month of Sobriety
The first month of sobriety is one of the most difficult times for someone entering recovery. It’s during that time that you feel some of...
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Chris Thompson
- 3 days ago
- 6 min
How To Overcome Food Addiction: 6 Things To Consider
Overcoming food addiction is no easy feat. Here are six ways you can work towards creating healthier food habits and battling addictive patt
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Chris Thompson
- Jan 25
- 2 min
Why Your Sobriety Journey Needs Sober Sidekick
Everybody needs a sidekick to help them on their journey, and a sobriety journey is no different. At Sober Sidekick, we know that success...
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Chris Thompson
- Jan 23
- 2 min
4 Ways to Improve Your Own Recovery Story
Your recovery story is a powerful way you can inspire others to begin their own sobriety journey. Sharing that story also helps you...
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Chris Thompson
- Jan 19
- 2 min
How Meditation Can Bring Peace on Those Struggling Sobriety Days
Every recovering addict knows that some days are more difficult to get through than others. You just need a little something to help get...
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Chris Thompson
- Jan 17
- 2 min
5 Sober Apps to Support Your Recovery Journey
The 12-step program is a proven way to get and stay sober and has helped countless people in their recovery journey. The 12 Steps AA...
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Chris Thompson
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Addiction Statistics & Predictions for Americans in 2023
If you’re an addict, it’s important to know you’re not alone. Millions of Americans suffer from some kind of substance abuse disorder...
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Christopher Thompson
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Ready for Change? 3 Steps to Embracing a Sober You
It’s a new year, and you’re ready for a new, sober you. That’s fantastic! But it won’t be as easy as simply stopping the use of your...
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Chris Thompson
- Jan 5
- 3 min
5 Reasons to Avoid Facing Sobriety Alone
You might be thinking that asking for help when you’re going sober is a sign of weakness. Nothing could be further from the truth. In...
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Chris Thompson
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
4 Support Resources to Help with Sobriety Over the Holidays
If you’re like many addicts, the holiday season brings on some complicated emotions. For many people, it’s not quite the holly jolly time...
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Chris Thompson
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Rehab Doesn’t Work Without Community-First Solutions
You might have heard the saying, ‘the heart wants what the heart wants,’ but when it comes to addiction, it’s your brain that’s driving...
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Lindy Backues
- Oct 24, 2022
- 6 min
Encouragement in Weekly Doses: My Takeaway after 6 Months of Sober Sidekick Meetings
Beginning on March 10, 2022, we the leadership team at Sidekick Mobile Technologies have met weekly with a handful of Sober Sidekick...
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Lindy Backues
- Oct 7, 2022
- 5 min
Tacit Knowledge- The language without words
It may sound a bit strange but – as the Hungarian/British polymath Michael Polanyi use to say – we all know much more than we can tell....
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Chris Thompson
- Sep 24, 2022
- 1 min
Sober Sidekick story featured on Fortune Magazine's, Term Sheet
The Sober Sidekick story is gaining some wind. Fortune Magazine recently chose to feature our story on their newsletter Term Sheet....
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Lindy Backues
- Aug 25, 2022
- 8 min
Reducing the risk of relapse by giving voice to voiceless populations
With now over 5,000 public reviews (4.8/5), and over 130,000 downloads, we have decided to take a stab at answering the following...
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Lindy Backues
- Jul 26, 2022
- 5 min
The Need For Community-Driven KPIs In Behavioral Health
There is a surprising lack of community centered KPIs (key performance indicators) currently monitored by the US healthcare system in...
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Lindy Backues
- Jun 5, 2022
- 5 min
The Opposite Of Addiction is Connection: Sober Sidekick has the data to prove it.
We at Sidekick Mobile Technologies recently have been doing a deep dive into data available to us by way of the social network sobriety...
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