A clear mind, a healthy body, and a life you're fully present for.
Open to everyone, a gift from Grounded.
When you get sober, the fog lifts and you see it all: the beauty, the joy, and the pain. The damage, the guilt, the lost years. Without hope and a sense of purpose, that pain becomes too much, and the old way of numbing it starts calling.
Grounded stands for living sober, with a clear mind and a healthy body.
Wherever you are, you belong here. Thinking about a change, counting your first days, many years along, or loving someone who drinks or uses: we meet you right where you are, and we walk with you toward a sober life, one day at a time.
Chris, one of Grounded's founders, has been sober since 2008. Friends see that life and ask how he does it. Living Sober is our answer, shared with anyone who wants it: encouragement for today, short videos, ninety days for the early days, and a private place to grow in The Grounded Way.
Most of your attention, right here.
Honor how far you have come.
A little looks forward.
Everything here is shaped by a simple framework Chris lives by: about 80% of your attention on today, 10% honoring how far you have come, and 10% on the life ahead.
Open The Grounded Way and make your profile with a passcode. It lives on your device, private to you.
Choose your stage and, if you like, your day one. Your count and your next medallion show on Today.
Each day: today's encouragement and mantra, a short video for the early days, Ride the Wave when an urge rises, and My Anchor Plan close at hand.
You wake up clear. Your morning begins with an intention and a quiet minute. When something big stirs, you write it out, walk it out, talk it out, and pray it out. Day by day, your mind grows calm, your body grows strong, and the people you love find you fully present.
A fresh encouragement and a mantra each day. Share one with someone who could use it.
One day at a time, starting with this one.
One day at a time.
From Growing a Healthy Tree, the Living Sober series in The Grounded Way. Each one plays right here, with a calm voice and a moment to try it.
Start Here, 1 of 3The Healthy TreeThe parts of your tree to tend, and Chris's three kinds of tools: mind, body, and spirit. About 6 minutes.
Start Here, 2 of 3A First Morning RhythmWater, light, breath, a choice, and a short walk to start a Sober day. About 4 minutes.
Start Here, 3 of 3Breathe Through ItSlow, low, and long: a breath for cravings, anger, and hard nights. About 4 minutes.
Ninety videos for your first ninety days, about a minute or two each, or for any day you want a fresh start. Each one has a moment to pause and try it. Three chapters, one path.
An urge rises, peaks, and passes. Ride it out with a calm voice, ten minutes, one breath at a time.
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Plan a great night out, watch your body grow stronger, and steady your sleep, food, and movement. You define your own sobriety; these tools meet you there.
A morning intention, an evening look back, My Week, medallions for every milestone, and Money Kept, all locked on your device.
Unwinding after work, celebrating, letting loose, weddings, holidays, and travel: a plan for each one.
From the first day to the first year: how sleep, energy, and health grow back, with sources for each step.
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When you live sober, everything wakes up. These four steps help you work through it all.
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Look at the people around you, and you will see yourself in five years. Find healthy, thriving people near you, keep a short list of your good people, and grow strong on your own too.
Running and hiking groups, classes, service, music and maker groups, leagues, and sober events: why each one helps, how to find one, and what to say the first time.
For people who like their own company: solo mornings, evenings, and weekends, solo celebrations and adventures, and a plan for a lonely evening.
A short list of the people who leave you better, names only, locked on your device. Each week it asks one gentle question: who will you see this week?
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In The Grounded Way you choose your stage privately, and Living Sober fits itself to you: the guides, the videos, and the growth plan ideas for where you are.
Honest questions, a gentle look at what drinking or using does for you and costs you, and safe first steps, starting with a doctor.
For anyone curious about drinking or using less, or stopping.
The first 90 days: sleep, cravings, mornings, evenings, and people in your corner. One day at a time, with Early Days: 90 Days alongside.
For the first weeks and months.
Healing what you drank over, repairing relationships, sober friendships and celebrations, and a life that keeps getting fuller.
For the first years.
Still growing: new seasons, staying honest, helping others, and marking your anniversaries with gratitude.
For years along the path.
Steady support for loving a parent, partner, child, or friend who drinks or uses, and for tending your own tree too.
For family and friends.
Your stage, your sober date, and your plan stay on your device, locked in your own profile. Only you see them.
Private by design.
Begin Living Sober opens the app with Living Sober turned on. Inside, you'll find your stage, today's encouragement, an optional sober date with a medallion for each milestone, My Anchor Plan, and every Living Sober guide and video. With The Grounded Way, your day count, today's mantra, and your next medallion shine on Today and Grow.
Everything stays on your device. Make a profile with a passcode to keep your choices locked and private.
Loving someone through this is heavy, and you deserve support too. These guides help you speak honestly, keep yourself and your family steady, and tend your own tree.
Guides for partners, parents, grown children, and grandparents raising grandchildren, chosen for your age inside The Grounded Way.
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Hard moments can come at any hour. My Anchor Plan is ready before they do, in your own words:
Make yours in The Grounded Way. It stays locked in your profile, ready on your phone whenever you need it.
Make My Anchor PlanA doctor is a strong first call, especially for anyone who drinks or uses every day, because stopping all at once can need medical support. Healthy, thriving people, a mentor, SMART Recovery, treatment, medicine, therapy, faith, and friends all help people grow sober.
If someone is hard to wake or breathing slowly, call 911.
A Living Sober talk for community groups, schools, workplaces, and families: real stories, four simple steps for hard days, and a first step for the week.
See the Living Sober Talk
