Groups Recover Together 17+

Groups itself has been wonderful for me. Personally, I once went to another agency’s one on one counseling and that was never for me. Groups Recover Together and their type of counseling has worked so much better, in my opinion.
I’m so glad I chose Groups for my recovery. Recently, our counselor has changed, but the first one helped me more than any other counselor has. She was amazing. She gave us the tools necessary for staying in recovery but in a way that helped us to move forward. At GRC, we don’t focus on the place we was, instead we’re encouraged to strengthen who we are now. My experience with counseling elsewhere, whether it was individual or a group setting didn’t help me to move forward but Groups Recover Together has. They’ve also helped me to deal with the loss of my husband to cancer as well. GRC itself gets 5+ stars from me.
(Rating is solely for the app)…for the most part it’s worked out for me. It was always hard to find a sitter for my children so having this, as a weekly Zoom call, has taken that worry from me.
I do think some improvements could be made on the app. I don’t mind the care plan part but when submitting drug screens, it would be nice if there were some kind of confirmation that it was sent.
I feel like more tools for recovery could also be added to the app.

Didn’t get off to a good start. I had problems logging in, and it would just kick me off completely. I also had problems with it freezing while having full Wi-Fi signal. I’m not so fond of the care plan set-up. It’s extremely confusing when you’re trying to fill them out, making it difficult to complete without help. I enjoy Groups, and I’ll keep doing the meetings as long as I can. I just wished the app was a little further in development.

2 stars bc there’s nothing to it. Your weekly group video chat, where u upload images, a care plan that tends to lock the app and ur account info. Nothing else. I was hoping for a user friendly app to utilize during recovery. Maybe a classroom filled with info, a daily counter & calendar keeping track of sober days or setbacks. Or a journal for notes, reminders or appts. A messaging tab for contacting other group members, counselors or administrators. The potential to be utilized w/in this app is immense! Helpful to staff as well as us. I expected more, considering the hype it was given. It was a let down to discover it only did basic functions! Hopefully the app can take off, grow and expand with Groups, becoming more of a tool we can utilize throughout recovery. ✊🏼