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A calm, private companion for changing your relationship with weed, whether you want to stop for good or take a break. It's built from The Quit Cannabis Handbook by Clearhead, someone who used weed every day for over thirty years and got free. Short recordings for each stage, a toolbox for the hard moments, a ten-second daily check-in, and a companion you can talk to. No account, no streak, no shame, no nagging.

From the book. The recordings are the book's own chapters and techniques, cut into short pieces you can listen to. The companion only ever speaks from the book's content. If you'd like to read or listen to the original, it's linked from Settings, under "Where this comes from".

Clearhead is the pen name of the author. He used weed heavily from his early teens for more than thirty years, told himself it wasn't a problem, and eventually stopped. He ran in-person Clearhead workshops with his friend Adrienne, and the stories in the book come from the people who attended them, with names changed. He's not a doctor and he's not against anyone's choices. He's someone who has been exactly where you are.

Adrien Barbusse, a product strategist who has spent nearly a decade designing mental health products, working in partnership with the author. He also built Loop Mind, a voice-journalling app for overthinkers.

A programme in six parts, around thirty short recordings of one to two minutes each. A toolbox of thirteen short coping recordings for specific moments (a craving, panic, anger, a sleepless night). A guided breathing exercise. A daily check-in that takes about ten seconds. A companion you can text or talk to. A letter you write to yourself, which comes back to you on hard days. Counters, six milestones, and Angela's hour-long Deep Rest hypnotherapy recording.

No. There's no streak to lose. If you have a slip, your day count starts again but everything you've done stays counted, including your total weed-free days and your longest run. Reminders are off unless you switch them on, and the ones you can turn on never mention failure. The choice is always yours.

Either. The book's view, plainly, is that an initial clean break works best, because you can only make a free choice about weed once your mind and body have felt the difference. But it also says cutting down first is a perfectly good way to prepare. The app lets you leave your quit date open for as long as you need.

British English, and only English for now. The companion says "weed" rather than "cannabis", because that's the word the author uses.

Yes. During setup you can say you're not ready to pick a date, and the app treats that as preparation: the companion won't assume you've stopped, and the "Getting ready" recordings are about exactly this stage, including a cutting-down experiment. One honest note: the counters (days clear, money not spent) only start once you set a quit date and confirm you stopped. There's no "cutting down" tally.

The book was written by a daily user of thirty-plus years, so it doesn't pretend this is small. During setup you tell the app how long you've used and whether it's daily, and the companion takes that into account. The approach is the same however heavy the use, but the book notes that for heavy, long-term users weed can still be in your system for four to seven days, so the early days can be harder. If you have other health conditions, please loop your GP in.

Yes. The method is about your relationship with weed, not how it gets in. The book does say that if you use edibles regularly, they take slightly longer to clear, so the early days may run a little longer. Everything else applies as written.

Talk to whoever prescribes it before changing anything. Nothing in the app is medical advice and the companion is not a clinician. The book acknowledges that doctors prescribe cannabis, sometimes to people who've had problems with it, but the app can't tell you what to do about a prescription. If you and your prescriber decide to reduce or stop, the emotional side of that is what the app is for.

Please speak to your GP before you change anything, and keep them in the loop. The book is honest that if you've been using weed to self-medicate depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder, the early days can be harder and you may need professional support alongside this. The app can help with cravings, sleep, and the feelings that come up. It can't replace your care.

Most people quit a few times before it sticks. The book treats lapses as part of recovery rather than the end of it, and the companion is told to honour that it takes courage to go again. During setup you can tell the app you've tried before, and it'll meet you there rather than starting from zero.

Yes. When you set your quit date you can pick a day in the past, and the app will place you in the right stage. If you're a couple of weeks in, that means the withdrawal recordings and the toolbox, rather than the preparation steps.

This app is for adults. If you tell us you're under 18 during setup, the app stops there and shows you free, confidential services built for younger people: FRANK, Childline and the YoungMinds textline. Nothing you typed is sent anywhere.

The programme, the recordings, the toolbox and the companion work anywhere. Two things are UK-specific: the crisis numbers the app shows (Samaritans, SHOUT, NHS 111, 999) and the young-people services. If you're elsewhere, please use your local emergency number or crisis line. The money counter can be set to your own currency.

Six parts, following the book: 1 Start here, 2 Getting ready to stop, 3 The first days, 4 What to expect (withdrawal), 5 Feelings coming back, 6 The other side (recovery). Each part is a handful of short recordings. Alongside it sit the toolbox, the short "When it's hard right now" readings, and Angela's Deep Rest. The companion can also run a guided breathing exercise with you.

The app doesn't put you on a clock. The stages follow your own quit date, and most heavy daily smokers find about three months is what it takes. The stages run from your quit date: quit day itself, the first week (adjustment), roughly days 7 to 27 (withdrawal), and day 28 onwards (recovery). The milestones go out to six months. The book's own suggestion is that six months weed-free gives you real distance and a real choice.

Before your date, a short piece of preparation each day: your reasons, telling one trusted person, watching your patterns, the cutting-down experiment, and the final play. On quit day and the first week, the first-days recordings, one hour at a time. In withdrawal, Today carries a one-line reminder of what's normal (broken sleep, and how long it usually lasts); tap it for the full what-to-expect list, and Part 4 has the sleep and body recordings. In recovery, the pieces about who you are without it, movement, cross-addiction, and what a slip means.

No. You can leave it open and the app stays in preparation with you. When you're ready, the companion can help you pick one. The book suggests five to seven days out: enough time to get ready, not enough to drift.

Open it. Say how you are in about ten seconds. The Today screen shows one next thing: today's piece of the programme, or a bit of prep, or your letter if you haven't written it. Tools that fit how you said you feel sit underneath. That's it. Nothing more is expected of you.

How you feel (eight feelings from the book, from uneasy to proud), how strongly, whether there's a craving, what's showing up in your body, and one line on what's going on. Then you can talk it through with the companion or go straight to a tool. Over time your You tab shows your mood, cravings and what your body's been carrying.

Yes. On the You tab, tap your date and change it. If your date passes and you haven't confirmed you stopped, the app asks once, with no judgement, and lets you correct the real day or pick a new one. If you want a full clean slate, "Delete everything on this phone" takes you back to the start.

A slip isn't the end and the app won't treat it that way. On the You tab, tap "I've had a slip" and your day count begins again from today. Your total weed-free days and your longest run stay exactly where they are, and so do your check-ins, conversations, letter and listening history. The milestone badges follow the new count. The companion won't nag or chase you. There's also a recording on this in Part 6: "A lapse is not a relapse".

The Today screen offers the next piece for your stage, but Explore has all of it once you're a member, and once you've heard everything in a part it offers it again. Listen to what you need, when you need it.

Three days, one week, three weeks, one month, three months and six months. Each has a note from Clearhead about what's changing at that point. You can read all six from day one, so you know what you're heading towards. The first time you open the app on a milestone day, it marks it.

The book's line is: real, time-limited, survivable. You might get all of these, some, or none, and the timings are approximate. The most common ones are broken sleep and vivid dreams, irritability, sweats, loss of appetite, stomach cramps, and occasional shakes. Part 4 of the programme walks through each one, and the Today screen tells you what's normal around your day.

The first two weeks are the hardest. Most of the physical side eases within two to three weeks. The emotional side, the irritability and the feelings surfacing, takes longer, and the book says it can be some months before life's ups and downs flatten out. Every one of these is a window, not a sentence.

Yes, and it's the most common symptom, and the one that sends most people back for "one last one" before bed. The book's explanation is that weed suppresses dreaming, so it comes back all at once. It usually settles over two to three weeks, and natural sleep is worth the wait. In the meantime: the "Can't sleep?" tool is free, there's a recording on the 3am battle, and Angela's Deep Rest is there for members.

Because feelings you used weed to keep down are coming back, and small things, big things and stupid things all set them off. The book says you'll notice you're noticeably less reactive after three to four weeks. In the moment, the "Angry?" tool is free, and the reframing questions help once the worst has passed: what really happened, is it really that bad, where's the silver lining?

Both are common. Appetite usually comes back within seven to ten days; eat small and simple in the meantime, soup, smoothies, nuts, and keep something going in. Stomach cramps usually last up to three days; ginger or peppermint tea, bland food and plenty of water help. If cramps go on much longer, or you're still struggling to eat and losing weight in week two or three, see a doctor.

Sweats can last up to three weeks but usually ease well before that. Drink more water, use light breathable bedding, try a lukewarm shower before bed, and go easy on caffeine and spicy food. Shakes are usually brief and occasional: move it out for five to ten minutes, then lie down and let your breathing settle. If sweats feel like a fever, or shakes last over an hour or keep getting worse, get medical advice.

The book says this is common, especially if weed was how you kept a lid on it, and that for some people weed had quietly started making anxiety worse. It mentions CBD as something some people find helps, with a clear instruction: talk to a healthcare professional first, and use good-quality products. That's a decision for you and your doctor, not for the app.

The book's list: prolonged fever-type sweats, tremors lasting over an hour or getting more frequent, cramps that go on well past a few days, losing weight in the second or third week, or any mental health crisis. Tell them you're quitting cannabis and what you're feeling. In the UK, NHS 111 is for urgent worries, and the app shows crisis numbers if things get dark.

A companion you can text or talk to inside the app, speaking in Clearhead's voice and grounded only in the book. It checks in with you, listens, and then offers one concrete thing: a tool, a recording, a line from your own letter, or a small next step. It's an AI, and it says so under every conversation.

It isn't therapy, it isn't a crisis service, and it isn't medical advice. It's a companion to a book. It doesn't know your medical history and it can't diagnose anything. If you're unwell or on medication, your GP comes first.

Yes. It's an AI and it can make mistakes. It's told to stay within the book and not invent facts, statistics or techniques, and never to make up things about your past. But treat it as a well-read friend who's been there, not as an authority. If something sounds off, trust yourself.

It knows what you told the app at setup (your first name if you gave one, your age range, how long you've used, your reasons), where you are in your reset, how you checked in today, what's helped you before, and a line from your letter. It also keeps a short private summary of past conversations, written once a day and stored on your phone, so it can pick up where you left off. You can read past conversations on the You tab, and delete them there.

The app checks every message for signs of danger before anything else happens, on our server, without the AI. If it finds one, you won't get a normal reply. You'll see crisis numbers instead: Samaritans, SHOUT, NHS 111, the National Domestic Abuse Helpline and 999. That happens whether or not you're a member. We are not a crisis service and we can't contact anyone for you.

Yes. Tap the microphone, say what you want, tap again and it's turned into text you can check before sending. It asks for microphone permission the first time, it needs a connection, and you can always type instead.

Yes. Under each reply there's a Listen button that reads it in Archer's voice. It needs a connection.

Because doing beats talking, most days. After about fifteen minutes in one sitting it'll suggest an exercise instead, and after thirty it'll ask you to pick one thing and step away. It never locks you out. Its job is to help you move forward, not to become somewhere you live.

Because those deserve the right person. The companion is built for quitting weed and getting through it. Diagnosing mental illness, trauma therapy, relationship counselling, legal or financial advice and medication changes are outside it, and it'll say so kindly and point you elsewhere.

Yes. It's the one part of the app that does. Everything else, the recordings, the toolbox, the breathing, your check-ins, works offline.

No. The app is the book, turned into short pieces you can listen to at the stage you're at. Reading it alongside is a good idea if you like to go deeper, but nothing in the app assumes you have.

The Quit Cannabis Handbook by Clearhead is at quit-cannabishandbook.com, and the audiobook, read by the author, is on Spotify. There's a link in Settings under "Where this comes from".

No. The audiobook is the author reading the whole book. The app's recordings are short read-throughs, one to two minutes each, drawn from the book and organised by stage and by feeling, so you can reach the right bit in the moment rather than working through chapters.

They're AI voices reading the book's words. Archer is the default, warm and steady; Grace is calmer and gentler. You can switch between them in Settings or while something's playing. Grace hasn't recorded everything yet; anything she hasn't, plays in Archer's voice and Settings tells you how many that is.

Angela Jullings is the psychotherapist who made the Clearhead hypnotherapy recording with the author. Deep Rest is her real voice, an hour long, and the book's author says he still uses it when he can't sleep. It's part of a membership.

Everything, for your first three days. After that: Part 1 of the programme, four toolbox recordings for the worst moments (Craving?, Panicking?, Can't sleep?, Angry?), the breathing exercise, your check-ins and counters, your letter, and the crisis numbers. Those stay free for good.

No card, no sign-up. The three days start the first time you open the app, and everything is open during them. When they end, the paid parts lock and the free parts stay as they are. You won't be charged anything unless you choose a plan.

The companion (including talking to it and hearing replies), Parts 2 to 6 of the programme, and Angela's hour-long Deep Rest.

One month, three months, or a year. Prices are shown in the app before you buy, in your local currency. Three months is the programme; the others are there if you want a shorter run or a longer one.

Because thirty days isn't the finish line. In the study the app cites, among people who'd already managed a fortnight off, the average return to weed came on day 73. Most withdrawal fades in two weeks, but sleep was still disrupted at day 45 in the study that looked longest, and sleep is one of the main reasons people go back. Ninety days covers the window where people actually return. And to be straight with you: nobody has run a trial of ninety days against thirty, and we don't claim one.

If you're starting your reset, three months matches the programme and the stage where the risk is. A month is fine if you want to see how the companion suits you first. A year makes sense if you want it around for the six-month milestone and beyond.

Settings, Membership, Manage membership. It opens the same screen Apple uses, so it's two taps. You can also do it from your Apple ID subscription settings. You keep everything until the end of the period you've paid for. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.

It's an auto-renewing subscription, so it renews for another three months unless you've turned renewal off at least 24 hours before it ends. If you turn it off, you keep access until the date it ends, then the companion, Parts 2 to 6 and Deep Rest lock again. Nothing you've recorded goes anywhere: your count, your check-ins, your letter and your conversations all stay on your phone.

Purchases go through Apple, so refunds are handled by Apple under their terms. Go to reportaproblem.apple.com, or open the Manage membership screen in Settings. We can't issue refunds ourselves, because we never see your payment.

Sign in with the same Apple ID, then Settings, Membership, Restore purchases. There's no account with us, so your Apple ID is what carries the membership.

Yes, from Manage membership in Settings. Apple handles the change: moving up to a longer plan usually takes effect straight away with a pro-rata credit, and moving down takes effect at your next renewal.

We haven't set the membership up for Family Sharing. There's a practical reason too: everything lives on one phone, so each person needs their own copy anyway.

Because it's the one thing that costs us money every time it answers, and the recordings don't. So we made the recordings generous and put the membership on the companion. The four in-the-moment tools and the crisis numbers are never behind a price, because nobody in a bad moment should hit a paywall.

Check you're on the same Apple ID you bought with, then Settings, Membership, Restore purchases. If you're on poor signal, the app gives you the benefit of the doubt while it checks. If it's still wrong, email hello@cannabisreset.app with your app version (bottom of Settings).

No. No account, no email, no password. You open the app and start. Nobody has to know you're using it.

Almost everything. Your name, your quit date and day count, your reasons, your letter, every check-in, what you've listened to, and your conversations with the companion. It's stored only in this app on this phone. We have no server that holds it and we can't see it.

Only what the companion needs to answer you, and only when you use it. When you send a message, that message and a little context go to our server and then to the AI provider (OpenRouter, routing to Anthropic's Claude): your first name if you gave one, your age range and setup answers, your reasons, where you are in your reset, how you checked in today, what's helped before, one line from your letter, and the companion's short summary of past days. If you use the microphone, the recording goes to be turned into text (via OpenRouter, to Google's speech model). If you tap Listen, the reply text goes to ElevenLabs to be read aloud. Nothing else ever leaves the phone.

Not by us. Messages exist on our server only for as long as it takes to produce the reply, then they're gone. They're not written to any database and not used to train any model. The copy of your conversations you can see on the You tab lives on your phone only.

No analytics, no advertising, no tracking across apps or sites, no third-party trackers. We don't sell or share your information, because we don't collect it. Payments are handled by Apple and RevenueCat, who give your phone an anonymous ID to check whether a membership is active. It isn't linked to your name or email, because we don't have either.

You tab, "Delete everything on this phone". Two taps, and it's gone immediately: quit date, count, check-ins, letter, conversations, listening history and any reminders. Because we hold nothing on a server, there's nothing else to delete and no request to make. If you only want the conversations gone, there's a separate "Delete all conversations" that keeps your count and check-ins.

Nothing. If you tell us you're under 18 during setup, the app stops before anything is saved and nothing is sent anywhere.

Reminders are off unless you turn them on. If you do, they show the app name and a short line like "How's today looking?" or "A quiet moment before bed, if you want one". They never mention weed, a streak, or a slip. You can turn them off in Settings any time.

Mostly, yes. Every recording ships inside the app, so the programme, the toolbox, Deep Rest, the breathing exercise and your check-ins all work with no signal. The companion needs a connection, and so does the microphone. If you're offline, the app says so and keeps your message for when you're back.

Not yet. CannabisReset is on iPhone and iPad for now. Android is planned, but we'd rather say "not yet" than promise a date.

Yes, the same app runs on iPad. It's designed for a phone-sized screen, so it looks best on iPhone.

iOS 15 or later.

Around 150 MB. That's the recordings, all of them, so that everything plays instantly and works without a connection.

They're optional daily reminders, a morning one and an evening one, both off by default. You choose the time. They're set on your phone, not sent from a server, and iOS only lets an app queue two weeks ahead, so the app tops them up whenever you open it. If you stop opening the app for a couple of weeks, they stop too. No streaks, and nothing happens if you ignore one.

Only so you can talk to the companion instead of typing. It asks the first time you tap the mic, never on launch. The recording is used to make text and isn't kept. You can say no and type instead; nothing else changes.

Honestly, probably yes. There's no account and no copy anywhere but your phone, so we can't restore anything for you. If you set up a new iPhone from a full backup of the old one, your quit date, count, letter and check-ins will usually come across, but we can't guarantee it, and your conversations won't. Your membership comes back with Restore purchases on the same Apple ID.

Small fixes and wording changes can arrive quietly when you open the app, so you're always on the latest version. Anything bigger still comes through the App Store. If an update ever fails to start properly, the app rolls back to the last good version on its own.

At the bottom of Settings. Include it if you email us about a problem.

Email hello@cannabisreset.app. It's a small team, so you'll get a person, not a ticket number. Tell us what happened and your app version (bottom of Settings).

Start with Settings, Membership, Manage membership. That screen handles plan changes, cancelling, billing problems and refund requests through Apple. If it doesn't sort it, email us with your app version and roughly when you bought, and we'll help you find the right route. We can't see your payment details, so we can't change a charge ourselves.

Please tell us. The companion is meant to stay inside the book, and if it drifted or got something wrong, we want to know. Copy the line if you can and send it to hello@cannabisreset.app. Nothing you send us is logged anywhere else.

Please don't wait for an email. In the UK: Samaritans on 116 123, free, any time. Text SHOUT to 85258 if you can't speak. NHS 111 for urgent health worries. 999 if you're not safe right now. The same numbers are in the app, whether or not you're a member.