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7 days free, then AU$20/month. Cancel anytime. Today’s Readings, crisis support, and Get help stay free.

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Or stay on the free account. That is 15 Hope messages a day, with no card and no charge. Get help, your safety plan, relapse prevention and exit plans, the daily check-in, the 12 core coping tools, My next step, the journal and exporting or deleting your data stay free either way.

Need help right now? If you are in danger, call 000. Lifeline 13 11 14.

Welcome to Hopewick

A private place to talk through cravings and hard days between sessions.

  • What Hope helps with: talking things through, reflecting, coping with cravings and finding a next step.
  • What AI can’t replace: Hope is an AI, not a counsellor, doctor or clinician, and it can make mistakes. It can’t advise on withdrawal, detox or medications.
  • Your privacy: chats are kept on this device and saved, encrypted, to your account. Messages are sent to our AI provider to write a reply. Staff don’t read your conversations, and you can export or delete your data any time.
  • Real help: in an emergency call 000. For crisis support, call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Get help is always at the top of the screen and always free.

Need help right now? If you are in danger, call 000. Lifeline 13 11 14.

About Hopewick

Hopewick is AOD recovery support between sessions from BRIDGE&BITE.CO PTY LTD. You chat with Hope — an AI recovery companion, not a counsellor, doctor, or person in rehab.

Founded by Dwayne Stevens (BRIDGE&BITE.CO / Hopewick).

Hopewick Plus — 7 days free, then AU$20/month: no daily limit with Hope, full history and monthly insights, a printable mood and recovery report, weekly plans in My next step, SMART and personal goals, journal extras (gratitude and recovery entries, guided series and prompt packs, Deepen with Hope), new coping tools and journal packs first, the resume builder, the recovery learning library, Going Deeper study tracks, and the full year of readings. Older saved chats open with Plus. Essential support stays free, including Get Help, crisis support, domestic and family violence resources, your safety plan, relapse prevention and exit plans, the daily check-in, the 12 core coping tools, My next step, the journal, Today’s Readings, the clean-time tracker, Bible & SOAP, the 12-step outline, and exporting or deleting your data. Free shows the last 7 days of history in the app and keeps everything you save. Hope chat on Free is 15 messages a day. Cancel anytime. One subscription per person. Add Hopewick to your home screen as a web app today.

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  • Privacy. Profiles, chats and memories stay in your browser. Signed in, this profile’s chats, check-ins, and weekly goals are also saved to your account so they come back. A chat is kept until you delete that chat, delete the account, or it has not been updated for 24 months, and then it is removed from the live server. A free account can open the latest chat. Older chats can still be stored. Not seeing them is not deletion. Hopewick Plus can open stored history that is still there. Hopewick staff do not get a live feed of the conversation.
  • Hopewick Plus. 7 days free, then AU$20 a month for one person: no daily limit with Hope, full history and monthly insights, a printable mood and recovery report, weekly plans, SMART and personal goals, journal extras (gratitude and recovery entries, guided series and prompt packs, Deepen with Hope), new coping tools and journal packs first (they come to free 6 to 12 months later), the resume builder, nutrition, gut health, and neuroplasticity notes, ice baths and recovery spa notes, Going Deeper study tracks, and the full year of readings. Older saved chats open with Plus. Always free: Get help, your safety plan, relapse prevention and exit plans, the daily check-in, the 12 core coping tools, My next step, the journal, the clean-time tracker, Bible & SOAP, the 12-step outline, and exporting or deleting everything you saved. If Plus ends, nothing is deleted.
  • Hope. Sign in and chat. Free is 15 messages a day. Hopewick Plus has no daily message limit. Hopewick holds the model connection — you do not need an API key.
  • Account. Sign in with email and password, and stay signed in on this device until you sign out or you have not used Hopewick for 30 days. A one-time email link is there if you need it. We store your email, your name and phone if you add them, a password hash when you set a password (not the password itself), subscription status, today’s message count, this profile’s saved chats, check-ins, weekly and personal goals, journal entries, your safety plan, relapse and exit plans, coping history, next steps and weekly plans. A chat is kept until you delete that chat, delete the account, or it has not been updated for 24 months, and then it is removed from the live server. A free account can open the latest chat. Older chats can still be stored. Not seeing them is not deletion. Hopewick Plus can open stored history that is still there. Deleting the account removes the sign-in, server chats, check-ins, goals, journal, safety plan, relapse and exit plans, coping history, next steps and weekly plans, and signs you out. A copy in this browser can remain until you clear it in Settings. Stripe can keep invoices. Never your card number. Get help, domestic and family violence support, and today’s readings stay free.

Get help now

Here’s what you can do now. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000 now. For crisis support, call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Then use a free, confidential Australian line below:

Your own step-by-step plan for when things feel too much: warning signs, what helps, people to call. Free, always.

Hope is an AI recovery companion, not a counsellor or doctor. For withdrawal, detox or medication questions please speak with a GP or your local AOD service.

Before we start 🌿

Hopewick offers Hope — an AI recovery companion for talking through alcohol and other drug use, cravings and hard days. Faith content is optional. It draws on approaches used in Australian AOD services, but:

Chat with Hope

Sign in to chat with Hope. Free is 15 messages a day. Hopewick Plus has no daily message limit. Today’s Readings, crisis support, and Get Help stay available.

Messages go to Hopewick to create a reply. Signed in, this profile’s chats are saved to your account and kept in this browser. You do not need an API key.

Hopewick Plus — 7 days free, then AU$20/month

Cancel Hopewick Plus?

Plus stays on until the end of the current period, including a trial. You won’t be charged again after that. You can keep using Plus until then.

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This removes your Hopewick sign-in on our server: email, name, phone, password, and today’s Hope message count. Saved chats for this account on the server are erased. Check-ins and weekly goals saved for this account on the server are erased too. If you pay for Hopewick Plus on our website (Stripe), it is cancelled straight away so you are not billed again. A Hopewick Plus subscription bought in the Google Play app is not cancelled by this: you cancel it in Google Play (Payments and subscriptions), or Google can keep billing you. Deleting the account also signs you out.

This browser may still keep a copy of those chats, along with your journal, check-ins, weekly goals, and profiles, until you clear them in Settings. Stripe can keep invoices. Hopewick never stores your card number. Existing Render disk snapshots can still hold older data. This delete does not wipe a disk snapshot, and this does not promise they disappear at once. On 3 October 2026 the newest snapshot was restored onto the live disk. Files were not compared one by one.

If you cannot use this screen, email the address on the Hopewick website from the account’s email address and ask for the account to be deleted. A person handles that request. It deletes the same server account, server chats, and server check-ins. It does not delete Stripe invoices or what is only in this browser.

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Mode & faith
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🌿 Memories

These facts are shared with Hope in every chat so it can remember you. Edit anything inline — changes save automatically.

🌱 Clean time

🎯 SMART goals Plus

Two small goals for this week, Sunday to Saturday. This is your own plan in Hopewick — not a SMART Recovery meeting. To find a meeting, use Find a meeting. The full editor is part of Hopewick Plus.

✝️ 12 Steps

📖 Bible & SOAP study

ScriptureToday’s reading — what verse stood out?
ObservationWhat did you notice?
ApplicationHow does it meet your life — gently, in recovery?
PrayerOptional — “shall we pray?” then pray together

Scripture shown: World English Bible (public domain). You don’t need a paper Bible for this study.

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Log today’s SOAP (optional)

Going Deeper Plus

Study is not care

Going Deeper is optional reading. It is not counselling, not medical advice, and not a substitute for a GP, an AOD service, or a faith leader you trust. A lapse is not a failure.

If you are in danger, or thinking feels unsafe, stop this study. Call 000. Lifeline 13 11 14.

📍 Find nearby help

Looking for free meals, a shower, a bed for the night, health care or money help? Ask Izzy lists free and low-cost services across Australia.

Location is optional and only used if you tap the button below — we never request it on load, and we don’t save your precise GPS.

Open Ask Izzy

In immediate danger? Call 000. Crisis support: Lifeline 13 11 14 · AOD: 1800 250 015.

🤝 Find a meeting

Peer-support meetings are run by AA, NA, SMART Recovery and similar groups — not by Hopewick. We only open their official Australian finders so times stay accurate. This is not a crisis service.

After a finder opens, type your suburb or postcode on their site. We don’t scrape or host meeting lists.

AA — Alcoholics Anonymous (Australia)

Find local and online meetings. Helpline available nationwide.

NA — Narcotics Anonymous (Australia)

Find meetings across Australia. Text or call for meeting info on mobile.

SMART Recovery Australia

Evidence-based mutual-support meetings (in person and online).

Celebrate Recovery (faith-friendly)

Christ-centred recovery groups in Australia — optional if faith support helps you.

In immediate danger? Call 000. Crisis support: Lifeline 13 11 14 · AOD: 1800 250 015. Use Get help now for more contacts.

🏥 Find treatment / rehab

Hopewick does not run rehabs or treatment services. These are official government and peak-body finders and helplines across Australia. Numbers change — if a call fails, check their site. This is not a crisis service.

We don’t scrape or host a list of every facility (those go out of date fast). Open the official finder for your state, or call the helpline.

National Alcohol & Other Drug Hotline

Free & confidential — routes you to your state or territory service (24/7; SA hours shorter).

Pick your state or territory

In immediate danger? Call 000. Crisis support: Lifeline 13 11 14. Use Get help now for more contacts. Medical withdrawal (especially alcohol or benzos) needs a doctor or AOD service — not DIY detox.

🤝 Find AOD services

Hopewick does not run these services. Offerings below are summarised from each organisation’s public website and may change — always confirm on their site or by phone. This is not a crisis service.

QLD-first curated NGOs (what they can offer), different from Find treatment / rehab (state helplines and official finders only).

National / find more

Helplines and directories when you need a broader search — or open Find treatment / rehab for official state finders.

In immediate danger? Call 000. Crisis support: Lifeline 13 11 14. Use Get help now for more contacts.

⛪ Find a church

Hopewick does not run churches. These are official Australian denominational finders and a broad directory. Open a finder when you feel ready — no pressure. This is not a crisis service.

We don’t scrape or host a church database (those go stale). After a finder opens, search by suburb or postcode on their site.

Search near me (maps)

Quick location search — then check the parish or congregation site for service times.

AusChurches directory

Browse Christian churches across Australia by suburb (independent directory — verify times with the church).

ACC — Australian Christian Churches

Pentecostal churches across Australia (official national finder).

Catholic

Official Catholic Church in Australia site, plus a free public parish lookup (National Council of Priests). The official Directory at directory.catholic.au needs a paid subscription — we don’t link that as the default.

Anglican Church of Australia

National dioceses & parishes list — open your diocese site for a local parish finder.

Uniting Church in Australia

National “Find your church” hub linking to state synod finders.

Baptist

Australian Baptist Ministries points to state associations; state unions run local finders.

Salvation Army (corps)

Official locations search — filter for church / corps near you.

Presbyterian Church of Australia

National Presbyterian site — use it to reach your state church or local congregation.

Lutheran Church of Australia

Official suburb / postcode / location finder.

Churches of Christ

State conference finders (no single national map). Pick your state:

Celebrate Recovery (faith-friendly)

Christ-centred recovery groups — also listed under Find a meeting. Optional if faith support helps you.

In immediate danger? Call 000. Crisis support: Lifeline 13 11 14 · AOD: 1800 250 015. Use Get help now for more contacts.

🛠️ Craving skills

Short DBT- and CBT-informed exercises you can practise with Hope in chat. This is skills practice, not therapy or a substitute for a psychologist.

🥗 Nutrition

Education, not individual medical advice

This section is for education, not individual medical advice. Your health, medications and recovery are individual. Some supplements, compounds and major dietary changes can interact with medicines or medical conditions, so speak with an appropriate health professional when that applies to you.

Alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal can be medically dangerous, including seizures, and can need medical management. That is separate from ordinary nutrition such as meals, water, or breakfast. Call 000 for severe symptoms (confusion, seizures, chest pain, trouble breathing). If someone may have taken too much paracetamol, call 000 or the Poisons Information Centre 13 11 26. A shop supplement is not the response. This page is not crisis support.

Recovery can be a period of rebuilding and experimentation. Food, sleep, water, movement, and ordinary routine are easy to neglect while using. Recovery can bring curiosity back: What helps me feel stronger? What helps me sleep? Which foods leave me feeling better? Am I eating enough? Am I drinking enough water? Is this something to discuss with a doctor, pharmacist, or dietitian?

From the founder — personal experience, not evidence

During my own recovery I became willing to experiment with things I had never considered before, from changing the way I ate to exploring supplements and other approaches. Not everything I tried will be right for everyone, and my experience isn’t medical evidence. What mattered was that I stopped neglecting myself and started becoming curious about what helped me rebuild.

🌱 Gut health

General information only — not medical advice

These notes are general education, not medical advice, not a diagnosis, and not a meal plan written for you. A food or a probiotic is not a treatment for depression, anxiety, or addiction. Talk to a GP or dietitian before you start a probiotic or make a large change to how you eat — especially if you take medicine, are pregnant, or already have a gut condition. In immediate danger call 000. Severe pain, blood in the stool, being unable to keep fluids down, or confusion needs care now. This page is not crisis support.

The gut and the brain stay in two-way conversation: nerves, hormones, immune signals, and the microbes that live along the digestive tract. Food, sleep, stress, alcohol, and some other drugs all change that conversation. These notes cover what is established, what is still early, and the ordinary habits worth doing either way.

🧠 Brain habits

About this information

Hopewick provides general education and practical tools and does not replace personalised medical or psychological care. If you are in immediate danger or at risk of harming yourself or someone else, call 000 or Lifeline 13 11 14, or use Get help now.

Thoughts, feelings, cravings, and habits are things a person has learned to do, often under pressure. These notes are about psychological flexibility — relating differently to what shows up inside you — and about how behaviour is learned, so an old pattern is not the only move available.

🧊 Ice baths & recovery spas

You spent years training yourself to escape discomfort. Recovery gives you opportunities to practise meeting discomfort differently. An ice bath is one optional way to do that.

Before you get in

Cold-water immersion places significant stress on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and is not appropriate for everyone. If you have a heart condition, cardiovascular disease, rhythm problems, an implanted cardiac device, uncontrolled blood pressure, respiratory disease, circulation problems, pregnancy, a significant medical condition, or any concern about whether cold exposure is safe for you, speak with your GP or treating clinician before you attempt it.

Never use an ice bath while intoxicated or impaired. Avoid doing it alone. Enter gradually rather than diving in. Stop immediately if you have chest pain, severe shortness of breath, faintness, confusion, unusual heart symptoms, or anything that feels medically wrong, and call 000.

Alongside the rest of your recovery

This is an optional personal practice. It sits alongside meetings, counselling, medical care, healthy relationships, sleep, exercise, and other established recovery supports.

An ice bath is not a treatment for substance dependence, withdrawal, trauma, depression, or any medical condition. It does not detox the body, cure addiction, permanently increase dopamine, or heal the nervous system, and it does not replace professional treatment or the people you trust.

If thinking feels unsafe, or you are in danger, use Get help and call 000 or Lifeline 13 11 14.

⚡ Circuit breakers

When a craving or stuck feeling hits, pick one small thing that interrupts the urge. Free and low-cost ideas — nothing here enables substance use.

Find something local / free

If you feel unsafe

These are for crisis support — not casual “activities”. Call 000 in immediate danger. Lifeline 13 11 14 · AOD: 1800 250 015 · Adis QLD: 1800 177 833.

💚 Self-care today

Small cares add up. Tick what you’ve done today — no score, no shame. The list resets each day.

🌿 Plans

Self-help only — not a counsellor or a crisis service

These plans are yours to write and edit. Hopewick is not a counsellor, and this screen is not a crisis service. A lapse is not a failure.

If you are in danger, use Get help now or call 000. Lifeline 13 11 14. AOD support: 1800 250 015.

A calm place to write a relapse / lapse prevention plan, and exits for high-risk moments. Free on every plan, and private to you.