Our Story
Born from loss. Built on a promise.
Our daughter Lauren was in a car accident. The pain medication she was prescribed changed her. What followed was addiction, behavioral health struggles, and a system that never caught the warning signs early enough. We lost her before anyone intervened. Around the same time, Gary was watching fellow firefighters choose suicide because the job had accumulated inside them silently, invisibly, and no one had the tools to see it coming.
Gary and Pamela Roberts founded Promises Recovery to fund the research that could have saved Lauren and the colleagues we lost. We believe AI and wearable technology can detect physiological and behavioral drift before it becomes crisis. We are building the evidence to prove it, through independent university studies, so that no family makes the call we had to make.
"Lauren deserved a system that could see what was happening before it was too late. Promises Recovery exists to build that system." — Gary Roberts, Founder
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AI-Assisted Early Detection
Using AI companion technology to surface physiological drift before it becomes crisis.
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Wearable Data and Shift Work
How HRV and recovery metrics change across long shifts and cumulative career exposure.
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Technology-Assisted Peer Support
Between-visit tools that keep first responders connected to wellness resources without requiring self-identification.
IMPACT & GRANT ALIGNMENT
Building the evidence base for first responder mental health
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First responders in active data collection
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U.S. university research programs in active discussion
HIPAA
Compliant architecture across all data collection and storage
IRB
Readiness pathway in development for formal university studies
Promises Recovery is in active grant alignment conversations with SAMHSA, NIMH, DOJ COPS Office, and FEMA. Your donation funds the university research that makes those grants possible.