Sober Help Now vs Paddle Past

Sober Help Now is a simple, in-the-moment support tool for people who want help resisting a drinking urge. This is not a tracker app. There are no streaks, charts, or pressure-filled progress screens. The goal is simpler: open the app when you need help, tap the button that matches what is happening, and get clear, specific actions you can take right now. Use Sober Help Now when: • You want a drink • The urge feels urgent • You feel restless • The urge is getting stronger • You are about to drink • People are drinking around you • You are alone and thinking about drinking • You are starting to justify drinking • You drank and need to reset The app includes practical tools like a 10-minute urge timer, breathing prompts, action checklists, social scripts, thought interrupters, an escalation ladder, and short distraction passages. Sober Help Now is designed to reduce friction in vulnerable moments. It gives you something concrete to do before the urge turns into action. Important: Sober Help Now is for informational and supportive use only. It is not medical advice, therapy, diagnosis, treatment, or emergency care. If you may be experiencing alcohol withdrawal, severe distress, thoughts of self-harm, or immediate danger, contact a medical professional, emergency services, or a crisis hotline right away.

Paddle Past is a guided, science-backed sequence to help you paddle past urges. No account, no tracking. SCIENCE-BACKED EXERCISES Each exercise comes from published research on cravings. - Remove distractions. Use Apple’s Screen Time to put your apps out of reach for 5 minutes to 4 hours. - Settle the body. A minute of paced breathing, four seconds in and six out. - Crowd out the picture. Three minutes of a visual puzzle. Urges tend to arrive as pictures of what you want, and a visual task occupies the same mental space. - Loosen the link. Under two minutes of noticing where the urge sits in your body and staying with it. The aim is a gap between having an urge and acting on it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no notifications, no advertising identifier, no analytics, crash reporting, or usage telemetry. Once unlocked, sessions work offline. There is no Paddle Past server, so we never receive your data. Full details: https://paddlepast.com/privacy REACH FOR IT THE MOMENT BEFORE YOU ACT Open Paddle Past when: - You are pouring the drink you said you would skip. - Stepping outside for a cigarette. - Reaching for the vape without deciding to. - At the fridge and not hungry. - Unlocking your phone again. - Looking at the checkout, again. - Placing the bet you called your last. WHAT IT IS NOT Paddle Past is not treatment, a recovery program, or a promise that you will quit. It is a tool for acute episodes. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 in the United States. For treatment referrals, contact the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357. Your first three sessions are free, then a one-time purchase unlocks it for good. If the cost is a barrier, email support@paddlepast.com and we'll help.