Using Apps In Addiction Recovery

Today, I am honored to announce that TRIPP, our adaptive digital health company that develops products to address mental wellness, focus and productivity, together with Sober Grid, the world’s largest mobile addiction recovery community, announced the receipt of a highly-competitive $1.7M “fast track” grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The grant is presented in two phases to streamline the administrative process with the first phase launching immediately under NIDA’s Small Business Innovation Research grant program. Both study phases will take place at Houston’s renowned Memorial Hermann Prevention & Recovery Center. The “PaRC” has an award winning, 35-year history of treating alcoholism, drug addiction and co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders in Houston, TX.

Combining TRIPP and Sober Grid technologies will allow researchers to study the effectiveness of providing continuity of care in addiction recovery treatment. The study will analyze the use of TRIPP’s VR platform in clinic and following (with an at-home version of the platform), and its efficacy when augmented by Sober Grid’s easily-accessed digital peer recovery coaching support and robust mobile recovery community. The goal of the two-phase project is to develop innovative treatments to help reduce drug abuse and strengthen addiction recovery, which accounts for an estimated $600B a year in…