Recovery & support groups Planned
A structure for showing up, not another place to be judged.
For independent peer support meetings and voluntary group programs whose members have chosen random testing as part of their own goals. Group mode is being designed around facilitator resources, consent, and participation totals that protect individuals.
The random scheduling and accountability service is free. Test kits and any laboratory testing are purchased separately.
Independent, and not treatment
P in the Cup is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, SMART Recovery or any other fellowship, mutual-aid organization or treatment provider. It makes no claim about treatment outcomes or sobriety. It is for consenting adults only. The app has not launched; this page describes the planned design.
What a group gets
Support participation as a group
Group calendar
Meetings, check-in circles and the group's schedule in one place. Members' own test days stay private to them.
Facilitator resources
Reading materials, consent settings and group invitations, organized for the person who runs the group.
Cooperative, never competitive
Shared group goals are optional and only if the group opts in. Prizes and rankings are off by default, and outcomes never decide recognition.
Members choose how they appear
Named, under an alias, or anonymous to the facilitator. Each choice is explained on the join screen before anyone accepts.
Aggregate-only for anonymous members
For members who join anonymously, the facilitator sees only protected group totals: no names, no individual schedules, no individual results.
The group's own server
Shared group data is planned to live on a node the group runs itself, not on P in the Cup's servers.
Step by step Planned
How it works for you
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The facilitator sets up the group
Choose a meeting cadence, add resources, and decide which participation modes the group allows. Create invitation links that expire and can be revoked.
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Members join by choice
Each member reads what the facilitator will and will not see, picks named, alias or anonymous-to-facilitator participation, and accepts. Nobody is added without accepting.
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Each member's days are chosen in advance
Test days are chosen at random on the member's device or the group's own node, and sealed with a verifiable commitment. The facilitator does not pick days and cannot reroll them.
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Meet, check in, and talk about it
Members follow through with separately purchased tests as they agreed. The group sees only what members chose to share, and anonymous participation only as a protected total.
Two views Planned
What the facilitator and members see
Facilitator view
- Group calendar and upcoming sessions
- Active invitations, with expiry and revoke controls
- Educational resources and consent settings
- Participation totals for anonymous members, only when the group is large enough
- Named or alias members' details only where each member agreed to share them
The facilitator cannot see an anonymous member's individual schedule or results, and cannot identify them from invitation records.
Member view
- Their own scheduled day: testing day or not
- A personal consent and sharing panel
- Supportive, non-competitive check-ins
- Optional cooperative group goals, if the group opted in
- A clear button to change sharing or leave the group
No rankings, no public scoreboards, and no prizes unless a group deliberately switches them on.
Privacy model Planned
Anonymous means aggregate-only
- Personal vault. Each member's own records are planned to live in an encrypted vault on their device.
- Group-owned node. Shared group data is planned to live on a server the group itself runs, with its own keys, backups and administrators.
- Small-group suppression. Group totals appear only when enough anonymous members are counted. Below a minimum size, the facilitator sees "too few members for a group total" and nothing is reported.
- Alias is not anonymity. A nickname hides your name from other members, but your activity can still be linked together. Only anonymous-to-facilitator participation is aggregate-only.
No anonymity is absolute
Group-size limits and other safeguards reduce the risk of someone being singled out, but they cannot mathematically guarantee anonymity, especially in a group where people know each other. Network traffic and software downloads carry ordinary risks too. See Privacy Explained.
Clinics and treatment providers
Group mode is designed for voluntary peer support. A clinic, treatment program or other health care provider has legal duties that a peer group does not. Clinical or treatment use stays switched off until a separate legal, security and compliance review has been done for that deployment, with the agreements and access controls it requires. P in the Cup does not claim compliance with HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2 or any other regulation.
Questions
Recovery group FAQ
Is this connected to NA, AA or SMART Recovery?
No. P in the Cup is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any fellowship or recovery organization. A group that uses it does so on its own decision.
Can the facilitator see my results?
Only if you are a named or alias member and you chose to share them. If you join anonymously to the facilitator, they see only group totals, and only when the group is large enough.
Why does a small group show no totals?
In a small group, a total can reveal what one person did. So below a minimum group size, nothing is reported for anonymous members.
Are there prizes or rankings?
Not by default. Prizes and leaderboards are off. A group may opt into cooperative, non-competitive goals, and recognition is never based on test results.
Can a treatment center use it?
Not without a separate compliance review first. Clinical use is gated behind legal and security work for that specific deployment, and we make no compliance claims.
Who pays for the tests?
Members arrange their own. The random scheduling and accountability service is free. Test kits and any laboratory testing are purchased separately.
See it for yourself
Explore recovery group mode
The homepage preview shows a sample group program. Interested in shaping it? A contact address will be published here before launch.
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