Living Flywheel
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The problem

Relapse happens in isolation.

Most people in recovery hit their hardest moments alone: late at night, after a bad day, when the people around them are asleep or don’t understand. One reply from someone who has been there can change that night.

The Living Flywheel is how the Sober Sidekick team checks that everything we build makes the wheel turn faster, so fewer people are alone when it matters.

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The hedgehog

Where what we care about, what we can be best at and what drives us meet.

What we care about

No one recovers alone. We exist so that nobody in recovery has to face a hard moment by themselves.

What we can be best at

Getting people to help people at scale. Every post is answered by a real person, never a bot.

What drives the engine

Engaged members with real peer connections. Health plans pay for the outcomes; members never pay.

The wheel

Each part hands members to the next, and the last feeds the first.

  1. Reach out

    Someone in an isolated moment opens a free, anonymous app.

  2. Tell the truth

    They say how today actually feels: a check-in, a post, a milestone, a reset.

  3. Get answered

    Real people reply quickly. Never a bot, never a script.

  4. Stay connected

    They come back, follow people and join meetings.

  5. Answer someone

    The answered become the answerers: the inner loop and our network effect.

  6. Prove and fund

    Signals and outcomes that health plans pay for, which bring more members in.