Sober living & adult residences Planned
Clear house routines, decided fairly and agreed in writing.
For privately operated adult sober-living homes and residential communities where residents have agreed to random testing as part of the house arrangement. This pathway is being designed for house coordinators and residents, with consent and clear limits at its centre.
The random scheduling and accountability service is free. Test kits and any laboratory testing are purchased separately.
A future pathway
Sober-living support is planned after the four main experiences. Nothing on this page is available yet, and the details below are design intentions that may change. Adults only: residences that house anyone under 18 are not supported.
What a residence gets
Fewer disputes about who was picked and why
When a coordinator chooses who tests and when, residents can feel singled out. A schedule chosen in advance, under rules everyone has read, removes that question.
Fair random schedules
Test days are chosen at random in advance on the residence's own node, with a verifiable commitment. The coordinator does not hand-pick residents or dates.
Operational reminders
Reminders for house meetings and scheduled check-ins sit alongside test days, and coordinators get simple operational reports on what the agreement covers.
A house handbook
The residence's written rules, testing agreement and privacy notice, versioned, so every resident can see what they accepted and when.
Professional or peer style
A residence can choose a professional, coordinator-led setup or a peer-run household style, depending on how it is governed.
Never forced competition
No rankings between residents. Any shared house goals are optional and cooperative, and nothing is tied to a test result.
Reporting bounded by consent
Coordinators see the fields the house agreement names, and nothing beyond what residents consented to and the law allows.
Step by step Planned
How it works for you
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The residence sets up its node and handbook
The operator runs its own data node and writes the house testing agreement: frequency, response window, what the coordinator sees, and how disagreements are handled.
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Each resident reads and accepts
Residents see exactly what will be recorded and who can see it before they accept. The agreement is versioned, and changes need fresh acceptance.
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Days are chosen in advance
The residence's node selects test days at random for each period and seals them with a commitment, so nobody can reroll or quietly reshuffle them.
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Reminders, follow-through and a calm review
Residents get reminders and follow the agreed process with separately purchased tests. Anything unexpected is reviewed by people, under the handbook, with no automatic consequences.
Two views Planned
Coordinator and resident
House coordinator
- House calendar: meetings, check-ins and scheduled days
- The handbook and who has accepted which version
- Status fields that the house agreement names
- Invitations that expire and can be revoked
Resident
- Their own scheduled day and reminders
- The handbook and the version they accepted
- A list of exactly what the coordinator can see
- Their own records, kept in their own vault
Privacy model Planned
The residence's records, on the residence's server
- Residence-owned node. Shared house records are planned to live on a server the residence operates, not on P in the Cup's servers.
- Resident vaults. Each resident's own notes and records are planned to stay in an encrypted vault on their device.
- No blanket access. A coordinator's access is limited to what residents agreed to and what the residence has legal authority for.
- Honest limits. In a small house, people know each other; totals cannot make anyone anonymous. Network traffic and software updates carry ordinary risks. See Privacy Explained.
What this is not
P in the Cup is scheduling and record-keeping software. It is not a substitute for housing or tenancy legal process, for residence certification or operating standards, or for treatment standards. Consent to a house agreement does not override residents' rights under housing, privacy or health law. It does not verify test results, make any residence compliant with any regulation, or decide any consequence for a resident. A residence should get its own legal advice before using any testing arrangement. P in the Cup is not affiliated with any recovery fellowship, residence network or treatment provider.
Questions
Sober living FAQ
Can a coordinator see every resident's results?
Only the fields the house agreement names, which each resident reads before accepting, and only where the residence has legal authority. There is no blanket access.
Can a missed day automatically lead to an eviction or warning?
No. The software makes no automatic decisions about residents. Any consequence is a human decision under the residence's own rules and the law, including any housing legal process that applies.
Will residents compete against each other?
No. There are no rankings between residents. Any shared house goals are optional and cooperative.
When will this be available?
It is a future pathway, planned after the four main experiences. No date has been set.
Who pays for tests?
The random scheduling and accountability service is free. Test kits and any laboratory testing are purchased separately. How costs are divided is up to the residence and its agreement.
Interested?
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