The same coach every week
On video, in thirty-minute sessions, once, twice or three times a week depending on your plan. Your coach is a certified recovery specialist who has been through recovery themselves.
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Sober coaching
An online sober coach who is there every day of the week.
A certified coach who has been through recovery, and who you see every week on video. A breathalyzer check twice a day. Random saliva screens through the week. A group every day. It is the job a sober coach is supposed to do, done from your phone.
Two things people mean by "sober coach"
A coach you meet every week, plus the daily testing most coaches do not have.
When people search for a sober coach they usually mean one of two things. The first is a sober companion, a person who is physically with you, sometimes living in your home, for days or weeks, priced by the day. The second is a coach you meet regularly who helps you build a sober life and holds you to it.
Accountable is the second kind, with one thing most coaches do not have: daily testing and daily group meetings that cover the time between sessions. Our guide to what a sober coach is walks through both models and what each one costs.
What your sober coach does
Here is what the week looks like.
Daily check-ins in the app
A breathalyzer check twice a day with facial verification, and random saliva screens on recorded video. You do not schedule the tests. Every completed check earns AccountaPoints toward Accountable rewards.
You decide who is in the know
Your therapist, doctor, sponsor, parent or partner see only what you share, and your coach keeps everyone on the same page.
A group any day you want it
Group recovery meetings on video every day, led by a coach. Talk or just listen. You can message your coach in between sessions.
What a coach does not do: diagnose, prescribe, or provide therapy. Accountable is recovery support, not treatment, and coaches are not a crisis line. If we think you need more care than we provide, we tell you and help you get to it.
How to start
Online in a few minutes. A first session as soon as the next business day.
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Start online or book a call
Sign up in a few minutes, or set up a 15-minute call first if you want to talk it through.
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Pick a plan
One, two or three coaching sessions a week. Every plan includes the breathalyzer, the screens, the daily groups and messaging. Change or cancel any month.
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Your device ships to you
The breathalyzer arrives at your door, and check-ins run through the app from day one.
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Meet your coach
A first session as soon as the next business day, and sometimes the same day, during business hours. The same person every week from there.
In crisis? Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline).
Plans
Three plans. The only difference is how often you meet your coach.
Every plan includes the testing, the daily groups, messaging and care coordination. There is a one-time $125 device fee. Everything is month to month, and you can change plans or cancel any month. Some members are covered through their health plan; we check before you pay anything. The pricing page has the full breakdown.
Your coach
Certified coaches who have been through recovery themselves.
Dave A.NCPRSS, CPS, MARS
Got sober in St. Louis after years of trying, earned his peer certification, and ran a 30-bed sober living intake before joining Accountable.
Read Dave's story →
Ailish A.NCPRSS
A shy kid who found alcohol and then found her way back through a second trip to rehab.
Read Ailish's story →
Matt F.NCPRSS
More than seven years sober in Virginia after being, in his words, jobless, broke and out of chances.
Read Matt's story →
Katie M.NCPRSS
Started drinking at 12 to quiet anxiety and got sober after dropping out of college. Now the team's community manager, and says it is never too late.
Read Katie's story →Who this is for
People who want a person, not just a room.
People staying sober after treatment who want someone in their corner for the year after.
Staying sober after rehab →People who are sober-curious or working toward a goal they set, like drinking less, with structure but without checking in anywhere.
How to stop drinking →People who go to meetings and want a person as well as a room. Many members do both.
Coaching vs. AA →People comparing sober coaches who want to know what their plan covers and what it costs to pay privately.
Coverage and cost by state →People on Suboxone or methadone. We support every path to recovery, including medication.
Does virtual support work? →Anyone comparing a coach to an IOP or to therapy and trying to work out what they actually need.
How recovery coaching works →Does it work?
What members say.
98/100
Ninety-eight out of a hundred members surveyed in 2026 said they would recommend Accountable to someone they love (592 surveyed). The research on recovery support, with sources, is in the guide on whether virtual recovery support works.
"They do what they say they're going to do, even when I resented them for it at times. They've been instrumental in coordinating care, giving my family peace of mind, and most importantly, holding me accountable."
Olivia M., member
"The daily check-ins and encouragement from the team have kept me motivated and focused on my goals. I don't feel alone in this process anymore."
Samantha L., member
"My peer coach, Dani, is wonderful and very supportive. She really understands where I'm coming from and my struggles from day to day. I will continue with the groups and my progress thanks to this program."
Rebecca A., member
Common questions
What people ask us.
A sober coach is someone you meet regularly who helps you build a sober life and holds you to it. A sponsor is a volunteer from a 12-step program who has worked the steps and helps you work them. A therapist is a licensed clinician who treats what is underneath. Accountable coaches are certified and have been through recovery themselves, and they work alongside a sponsor or a therapist rather than replacing either.
A sober companion is physically with you, sometimes living in your home for days or weeks, and is priced by the day. A sober coach meets with you regularly and holds you accountable between sessions. Accountable is the coach model, with the daily testing and daily groups that cover the time between sessions, at a monthly price instead of a daily one.
Ask what credential they hold and from whom, what happens between sessions, and what they do when you have a bad week. The coaches on this page hold the NCPRSS credential and are in recovery themselves. Between sessions there are daily check-ins and a daily group. And a bad week gets a message from your coach, not a report to anyone else.
No. Accountable is recovery support. Coaches are certified recovery specialists who have been through recovery themselves, not therapists or doctors. We work alongside your treatment program, therapist, or prescriber, and we will tell you if we think you need more care than we provide.
Coaching is on video, so your coach can be anywhere in the country and so can you. Testing devices ship to you. Accountable is based in Red Bank, New Jersey, and works with members in all fifty states.
Yes. Many members do both. Your coach coordinates with your treatment program or therapist with a signed release, and only shares what you choose.
Start online in a few minutes, or set up a 15-minute call first. A first session as soon as the next business day, and sometimes the same day, during business hours.
Plans are $375, $650 or $850 a month for one, two or three sessions a week, with a one-time $125 device fee, in every state. That works out to about $12 a day at the entry plan. Some members are covered through their health plan, and coverage is expanding; we check before you pay anything.
Ready when you are.
Start online in a few minutes, or call (646) 450-7641 weekdays 9 to 7 ET.