I drank for 24 years. Started at 18, stopped at 42 — not because I had to, but because I wanted to know who I was without it.
Everything changed. I had to start over. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. I needed someone to talk to, but I didn't know how to ask. I'd built a life that looked fine from the outside, and that made it harder, not easier, to admit something was wrong.
Asking for help is the hardest part. I built CheckIn so that the people who need it most — the ones who can't bring themselves to call a hotline, schedule a session, or open the app you spent six figures licensing — still have a way to be seen. A way for someone who cares to know, before it's too late.
I came up through professional hockey, and I know what it looks like to be inside a culture that punishes vulnerability. Veterans, first responders, college students, founders, athletes — anyone in a world where saying "I'm not okay" costs something. CheckIn is for them.
It's not a wellness app. It's not a therapy substitute. It's the layer underneath the system you've already built — the one that catches people who would otherwise fall through it.