Tempest is delivering digital sobriety tools as Covid-19 shutters many recovery centers and support group.
Launched in 2014, Tempest provides telemedicine for alcohol abuse, offering virtual support groups, online courses, sobriety workshops, content covering wellness, nutrition, meditation, as well as virtual accountability coaches. Soon it will add video therapy sessions. Basic membership with access to support groups and an online sober community costs $149 a year—the full program with rigorous courses and weekly meetings cost $850.
Tempest, which has raised more than $14 million in funding from Maveron Captial, Slow Ventures, Female Founders Fund, and others, was born out of Whitaker's struggles with alcohol. In 2012, she was a director of healthcare start-up OneMedical and secretly suffering from alcohol abuse and bulimia. When she sought treatment, she found few options. Recovery centers cost tens of thousands of dollars and would pull her from her career and friends.
Whitaker designed her recovery around wellness, nutrition, and reducing anxiety, depression, and the other triggers that caused her to drink too much. She launched a sobriety blog, and then her recovery company —Tempest. Tempest, which now has 40 plus employees, initially offered an online 8-week sobriety school and after-treatment program for $647. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, users have surged 400%. With its latest offerings, Whitaker is moving beyond virtual classes and adding elements of a social network, digital media company, and a telemedicine service all centered around a sober lifestyle."It creates more advocacy and engagement to create healthier people at a cheaper cost," says Whitaker.
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