SoberHub was not built from a business plan. It was built from a jail cell, a treatment center, and one realization: nothing existed to keep someone connected to recovery when they needed it most.
The founder is a software engineer with over 20 years of experience and a person in long-term recovery. He experienced delirium tremens in 2007. What followed was twelve years of failed attempts — doctors, priests, monastery retreats — before he found a lasting solution through a 12-step fellowship in June 2019.
For nearly five years, he thrived. Then life came apart — all at once, from every direction. He lost his sponsor, his meeting community, his housing, and eventually his job. There was no time to breathe, no room to think, and no tool that could keep him connected to recovery while everything around him was on fire.
On April 27, 2024, he relapsed. What started as one drink became a months-long spiral: emergency room visits, an arrest, and eventually a treatment center. He got sober again on July 17, 2024.
When he reached a treatment center and looked for a digital tool that could keep him connected — literature, meetings, crisis support, all in one place — nothing adequate existed. The available apps were outdated and nearly unusable. So he used his engineering experience to build what should have existed all along.
SoberHub launched in 2025 — built entirely by one volunteer engineer and given away for free.
