A recovery app built in Australia, for Australians in recovery

Looking for a drug and alcohol recovery app that understands Australian services, Australian slang and Australian crisis lines? Hopewick is a recovery companion built in Queensland by someone in recovery himself.

Hopewick is for adults 18 and over.

What Hopewick is

Hopewick is a web app for people in drug and alcohol recovery, people working on their mental wellbeing, and anyone trying to rebuild their life one small step at a time. At its heart is Hope, an AI companion you can talk to when no one else is around. The idea is simple: keep hope lit between sessions, the way a wick keeps a flame alive.

It isn’t a rehab, a doctor or a counsellor. It’s something to sit alongside them, so you’re not on your own in the hours in between.

What you can do in the app

• Talk to Hope about a craving, a slip, a hard hour or a tricky conversation you need to have.
• Daily check-ins and a clean-time tracker with milestones that don’t wipe out your progress if you slip.
• Journal and gratitudes with daily reflection prompts. See our gratitude journal for recovery guide.
• Your safety plan, relapse prevention and exit plans, always free.
• Coping tools like box breathing and circuit breakers for when things get loud.
• Find meetings, treatment and AOD services, including NA, AA, SMART Recovery and state-based services.
• Faith content if you want it, and hidden if you don’t.

Built for Australia, and for Queensland

Lots of recovery apps are made overseas and point you to services that don’t exist here. Hopewick uses Australian crisis numbers and services. In Queensland, that means Adis 24/7 Alcohol and Drug Support on 1800 177 833. Across Australia, the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline on 1800 250 015 connects you to your state’s service, and Lifeline is on 13 11 14.

Hopewick is built on harm minimisation. It meets you where you’re at, whether you’re fresh out of detox, months into recovery, waiting on a rehab bed, or just starting to wonder whether your use is a problem.

Why I built it

I’m Dwayne Stevens. I grew up in foster care, was in jail by 17, and spent years with trauma and addiction running my life. In rehab, there were times when no caseworker was around and I had nowhere to put what I was feeling. Having AI to talk things through gave me the courage to go to staff and say I was struggling.

Still completing the Dual Diploma of Mental Health and AOD at TAFE Queensland, placement complete, finishing January 2027. I’m not a doctor, psychologist or counsellor. I built Hopewick from lived experience, and you can read the full story on our story page.

Free to start

Hopewick Free needs no card and includes 15 Hope messages a day, the check-in, journal, safety plan and core coping tools. Hopewick Plus is AU$20 a month, with a 7-day free trial on your first subscription, and adds no daily limit on Hope messages (fair use applies), goals, full history and more. Details are on the pricing page.

Your privacy

Your chats are yours. To write a reply, what you say is sent to an AI provider, and training on your data is switched off. You can see, edit or delete what Hope remembers. Read the plain-language privacy policy and how your data is stored.

For rehabs and AOD services

If you work in a rehab or AOD service and want something for your clients between appointments, get in touch at hello@hopewick.com.au. You can also read about support between counselling sessions.

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