About Us
Augmenting Professional Treatment with Data
HandHeld Monitoring is a digital behavioral health platform that improves addiction recovery outcomes through continuous monitoring, emotional intelligence, and evidence-based analytics.
Our Mission
Most compliance monitoring is reactive — it tells you someone failed a test after the relapse has already happened. We believe the window for intervention is before the crisis: in the emotional deterioration, rising stress, and isolation that precede substance use. HandHeld Monitoring detects those signals daily and alerts the care team in real time.
Proven at ABC Recovery Center
Newsweek Top Addiction Treatment Center (2021–2023). Palm Desert, California. Serving the Coachella Valley since 1963.
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Published Outcomes (2018–2026)
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Discharge Breakdown
Medi-Cal approved since 2018. Used for CARF and Medi-Cal Riverside County reporting. |
Results published in RecoveryView. Co-authored by Dr. Edward Hill (PhD), ABC Recovery clinical staff, and Dr. Matthew Torrington, MD.
The Science Behind the Platform
Our approach is grounded in decades of published research on emotion, addiction, and recovery.
Mood disorders and anxiety are directly associated with substance abuse. Most chemically dependent individuals have difficulty identifying their feelings and expressing them effectively — but they can change their responses as they better understand and tolerate their emotions.
E. Hill et al., 2013; E. Hill, 2014; Scott et al., 2001
High levels of happiness are reported by people who experience predominantly positive emotions 80% or more of the time. There is a connection between positive emotions, willpower, and the ability to gain control over unhealthy urges and addictions.
Lyubomirsky et al., 2005
Higher depressive symptom scores significantly predicted decreased likelihood of abstinence after discharge from treatment centers, regardless of type of substance abuse, frequency of use, or length of stay. Treating depressive symptoms could enhance outcomes in substance-abuse treatment.
Dodge, 2005
Alexithymia — the difficulty identifying and describing one’s own feelings — is consistently elevated across substance use populations and is associated with greater craving intensity and increased relapse risk. Neuroimaging research implicates dysfunction in brain regions central to emotional self-monitoring.
Thorberg & Lyvers, 2010; Naqvi & Bechara, 2009; Wurmser, 1974
Our Team
David M. GreyCEO & Co-Founder Chairman of the Board, ABC Recovery Center. Decades of leadership in addiction treatment operations. |
Dr. Matthew Torrington, MDCo-Founder & MRO Addiction Medicine physician & Medical Review Officer. Medical Director at CRI-Help, Los Angeles. |
Dr. Edward Hill, PhDCo-Founder & CTO Published researcher in emotion and substance abuse. Platform architect and data scientist. McGill University. |
Jonathan JamesCo-Founder & COO Operations leader responsible for platform deployment, client onboarding, and day-to-day business operations. |
Let’s Talk
We’d love to show you how HandHeld Monitoring can improve outcomes at your facility.