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Clear Path
Changing drinking and substance habits with CBT
This isn't about weakness, and it isn't about rock bottom. It's a loop with a job — something sets it off, a craving builds, you use, you get relief — and jobs can be reassigned. We map the loop, learn to ride cravings instead of obeying them, and rebuild what the substance was quietly doing for you. Ten to fifteen minutes a day, guided by your own log. No lectures live here.
The loop has a shape, too
- Something sets it off, a craving builds, you use, you get relief — and the loop resets.
- Telling yourself this time will be different, and it mostly isn't.
- Drinking or using more than you plan to, more often than you'd like.
- The people or places you now avoid, or the ones you can't avoid without it.
- You want it to change — moderation or stopping, your call — and you're ready to look at it honestly.
Your urge log drives the program
Not a course you watch — a loop you run. Clear Path reads your cravings and your goal, and adjusts your plan weekly — the same way relapse-prevention therapy works in a therapist's office.
Measure
A short evening check-in, plus a forty-five-second log whenever an urge or use happens.
daily + as it happensLearn
Short sessions with Sofia teach the method — the loop with a job, the honest ledger, urge surfing, refusal skills.
10–15 min · most daysAdjust
The weekly review reads your surf rate against your own goal and adjusts the plan.
weekly review↻ the loop runs weekly — six times
Surf rate is the number the program tunes against — the share of cravings you ride out instead of obeying. Clear 70% while holding your goal and the plan can widen; below 40%, the plan adjusts — tighten a lever, add a replacement, or resize the goal. A hard week adjusts the plan, never the person.
Six weeks, one method
Seventeen sessions and six weekly check-ins. The first week is free — including your baseline ledger.
Week 1The Loop and the LedgerThe machine, and the honest accounting3 sessions
Week 2The Goal and the MapYour target, and the loop's schedule4 sessions
Week 3The UrgeThe wave, ridden not obeyed4 sessions
Week 4The RoomsOther people, and the pressure they bring4 sessions
Week 5UnderneathWhat it was really doing for you4 sessions
Week 6Keep the PathYour plan, your drill, your path3 sessions
Sofia
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The practical change coach — direct, encouraging, allergic to lectures. Sofia works in small experiments and honest reviews of what actually happened.
“Hi, I'm Sofia. Over the next six weeks we're not going to lecture you about willpower — we're going to map the loop, ride the cravings instead of obeying them, and rebuild what the habit was quietly doing for you.”
The relapse-prevention model, faithfully built
Clear Path implements the relapse-prevention model — functional analysis, decisional balance, trigger identification, urge surfing, refusal skills, and permission-thought restructuring — the same protocol substance-use treatment uses, built around a goal you choose: moderation or abstinence.
- Relapse-prevention modelMarlatt & Gordon
- Urge surfingBowen, mindfulness-based relapse prevention
- Trigger mapping and stimulus control
- Refusal and social-pressure skills
We screen before we start
Clear Path is not medical detox, and a withdrawal-risk screen at onboarding is non-negotiable. Daily heavy alcohol use, benzodiazepine dependence, or opioid dependence route to an education-only track — stopping alcohol or benzodiazepines abruptly can cause seizures and can be fatal, and that belongs under medical supervision, not an app. Dependence-pattern answers get a warm, strong referral to treatment services.
This program is for adults, and it's not a substitute for medical care. We'd rather point you to the right door than let you push through withdrawal alone.
Clear Path, next to the field
| Clear PathResiliens | Reframejoinreframeapp.com | Sunnysidesunnyside.co | Ria Healthriahealth.com | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $149 one-time (draft) — the program is yours | $79.99/year or $13.99/month | Basic $99/year, Cutback Coach $298/year | Not published on Ria's own site |
| Structure | 6 weeks · 17 sessions + weekly reviews | Ongoing daily program of educational lessons, drink tracker, craving toolkit (meditations, games), 24/7 peer community — not framed as a fixed-length curriculum | Daily drink logging (~3 min/day), weekly personalized planning, analytics dashboard — an ongoing habit-tracking loop rather than a fixed-length curriculum | Phased, typically ~12-month program: months 1–3 assessment plus weekly coaching, 3–6 treatment adjustment, 6–9 foundation-building, 9–12 sustained change — a far longer engagement horizon than Clear Path's 6 weeks |
| Personalization | Urge log → surf rate → plan adjustment | Personalized daily activities and goals; user sets a moderation ('mindful drinking') or quit target | Personalized weekly plans and recommendations based on logged drinking | Individualized medication selection and coaching goals, adjusted over time by the care team |
| Human support | Self-guided · clinician-referral gates built in | Self-guided by default; optional paid 1:1 coaching tier, non-prescriber and not medical — no physician involvement in the core product | Real human coaches via text, trained by Sunnyside — non-clinical, non-prescriber. Sunnyside Med is a separate telehealth line for naltrexone with medical intake | Physician (medical management, prescribing) plus a licensed Recovery Coach (weekly 1:1 video) — a clinical, prescriber-involved model |
| Access | Self-serve, start today | Direct-to-consumer subscription, no insurance or prescription gate | Direct-to-consumer subscription; Sunnyside Med requires a telehealth medical intake | Telehealth intake required; insurance-billed or self-pay; includes a free Bluetooth breathalyzer |
| Breadth | 24+ program catalog · bundle 2-3 related programs and save | Supports both moderation and abstinence goals | Moderation-only positioning — site explicitly markets 'no pressure to quit'; does not position itself as an abstinence program | Explicitly supports both moderation and abstinence as the treatment goal |
| Platforms | Web · iOS · Android | iOS · Android | iOS · Android | iOS · Android |
Sources: competitor pricing and program pages — every production value carries a source URL and access date, and unpublished facts are labeled "not published," never guessed.
Why we built it differently
- A curriculum, not a tracker. Reframe and Sunnyside are both ongoing logging loops with no finish line; Clear Path is a six-week relapse-prevention protocol — urge surfing, refusal skills, the replacement portfolio — that ends in a graduation and a plan you keep.
- Your goal, built into the plan. Moderation or abstinence, your choice — the plan is built around it from week one, not bolted on as an afterthought or restricted to one positioning like Sunnyside's moderation-only stance.
- One price, no clinical gate. $149 once, self-serve from day one — no telehealth intake, no prescriber, no insurance dependency, unlike Ria Health's medically-managed, months-long track.
Start free. Continue if it's working.
First week
- Onboarding + two full sessions
- Daily check-in + urge log
- Your baseline ledger
Full program
- All six weeks of Clear Path, yours to keep
- Every session, review, and exercise
- Web + Untangle app access
Working on more than one thing? Related programs bundle together — two or three at a discount. Bundles are announced at launch.
Before you start
Do I have to choose to quit completely?
No — you choose the goal. Clear Path is built around moderation or abstinence, whichever you're working toward, and the plan adjusts to fit it rather than assuming one answer for everyone.
What if I'm physically dependent on alcohol or a drug?
The onboarding screen checks for that directly. Daily heavy drinking, benzodiazepine dependence, or opioid dependence route to an education-only track and a strong referral to treatment — stopping some substances abruptly can be medically dangerous, and that needs a clinician, not an app.
Is this a 12-step program?
No. Clear Path is a CBT relapse-prevention program — functional analysis, urge surfing, refusal skills — not a 12-step model. It doesn't require a particular framework or belief system to work.
How much time does it take?
A short evening check-in daily, a forty-five-second log whenever an urge or use happens, and ten to fifteen minutes most days for the session. The real work happens in the ride — a few minutes of surfing the urge instead of obeying it.
Be first on Clear Path
Clear Path is launching soon on the web and in the Untangle app. Join the early-access list and we'll let you know the moment it opens.
One email when your program opens. No drip campaign.