Terms

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The rules for using The Recovery Diary. Plain language, no surprises.

Last updated: August 2026

The Recovery Diary is an independent, non commercial project and does not currently operate through a registered business. If that changes, or if paid services are added, the required legal details will be published here.

ABOUT THESE TERMS

These terms apply to your use of The Recovery Diary. By using this website you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

The Recovery Diary is currently an independent, non commercial self-help website. Nothing is sold here and no account is required.

WHAT THIS WEBSITE OFFERS

The Recovery Diary provides general information, guides and free self-help tools about gambling recovery, debt, money and financial stress. Everything here is educational and self-directed.

NO PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP

Using this website does not create a medical, psychological, therapeutic, treatment, financial advisory, legal or debt counselling relationship. The Recovery Diary is not a medical service, therapy provider, gambling treatment provider or debt counselling service, and it is not a crisis service.

If you need professional support, contact a qualified provider in your country. Our Get Help page points to independent organisations.

NO GUARANTEE OF OUTCOMES

We do our best to keep content accurate and useful, but we do not promise that it is complete, current or right for your situation. We do not guarantee any result, financial or personal. Calculations from the tools are estimates based on what you enter and should be checked against your own statements and agreements.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

You decide what to do with the information on this website. You are responsible for your own decisions about money, debt, gambling and health, and for seeking professional advice when your situation calls for it.

ACCEPTABLE USE

Use this website lawfully and respectfully. Do not attempt to disrupt, overload, scrape at scale, reverse engineer or gain unauthorised access to the website. Do not use it to harass others, to distribute harmful code, or to promote gambling, betting or casino services. We may restrict access if the website is misused.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The name The Recovery Diary, the logo, the written content, the design and the tools belong to the operator of this website unless stated otherwise. You may read, print and share content for your own personal, non commercial use with a clear credit and link. You may not republish, resell or build a competing service from it without written permission.

EXTERNAL LINKS

We link to third party organisations because they may be useful. We do not control them, we do not endorse everything they publish, and we are not responsible for their content, services or availability. We never link to gambling, betting or casino operators or affiliates.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the extent permitted by applicable law, The Recovery Diary is not liable for loss or damage arising from your use of, or reliance on, this website or its tools, including financial loss, loss of data or indirect or consequential loss.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where the law does not allow it, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

AVAILABILITY

This website is provided as it is. We may change, pause or withdraw any part of it at any time, and we do not promise uninterrupted availability.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may update these terms. The current version is always the one on this page, with the date shown above. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated terms.

APPLICABLE LAW

This website is aimed at readers in Europe and is used free of charge. A specific choice of law and forum has not been established, so any question is handled under the mandatory consumer and data protection rules that apply where you live. If The Recovery Diary later operates through a registered business or offers paid services, a clear governing law clause will be added here.

CONTACT

Questions about these terms can be sent through the contact form on our Contact page.

These terms are written in plain language for a free self-help website. They are not legal advice.