Sober Book has one promise: you never have to explain yourself. Everything below exists to keep that true for the next person.
Sober Book · soberbook.app · last updated 8 September 2026
Don't out anybody. Don't pitch to anybody who didn't ask. Don't prescribe. Don't hit on people who just got here.
People in recovery, however you're doing it. AA, NA, SMART, church, therapy, Suboxone, methadone, naltrexone, a dog and a running habit, or nothing with a name yet. All paths welcome, medication included. Nobody here has to defend their route.
You have to be 18 or over to have an account.
Don't screenshot, repost or forward what somebody wrote — not to Facebook, not to a group chat, not to somebody who'd find it funny. Don't name anyone you recognise from a meeting.
If somebody posted without their name on it, don't guess out loud who they are, and don't confirm somebody else's guess. Not even in a message. Working out who somebody is and saying so is the one thing this whole app is built to prevent.
Treatment centres, sober livings, peer supporters and programs are welcome here, and you can talk about what you offer. Somebody looking for a bed should be able to find one.
Two conditions, and they aren't negotiable:
No MLM, no crypto, no make-money-from-home.
Don't tell somebody to come off their medication. Don't tell them their sobriety doesn't count. You are not their doctor and you don't know their history.
Don't hit on people who just got here. A day count is not a dating filter. If you're not sure whether a message is friendly or something else, it's something else.
A relapse posted here is somebody coming back. Answer it, or scroll past it.
Say what happened to you. Don't post amounts, doses, methods, or where to get anything.
Race, religion, who somebody is, who they love, how they got here. No.
Every post, reply, profile, message and room message has a ⋯. Tap it and choose Report.
It goes to a queue only the person who runs Sober Book can see, and it is read by a human, not a filter. Depending on what it is, the content comes down, the account is suspended, or both. There is no strike counter — rule 3 or rule 5 can end an account the first time.
A report never unmasks anybody. The queue is built so an anonymous post can be read and acted on without ever showing who wrote it. That is not a policy we promise to follow — the name is not in there to look at.
Block is on that same ⋯, and on anybody's profile. It is instant, it works both ways, and the other person is never told — they simply stop being able to reach you. You can undo it any time from your own page.
You don't have to report somebody to block them, and you don't have to have a reason.
The report menu has a second lane: I'm concerned about them. It isn't a punishment button — it flags that somebody might be in danger, and it shows the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline on the way through.
If something scares you, use it. Then, if you can, answer them.
We don't verify that anybody is who they say they are. Nobody here is vetted or background-checked, and any app that tells you otherwise is lying to you. Treat people the way you'd treat a stranger at your first meeting — warmly, and with your own judgement switched on.
Questions, or something you don't think we got right: hello@soberbook.app. A real person reads it. What we collect and what we don't is set out in the privacy policy, and deleting your account takes one tap from your own page.