Help shape what we build.
Subreal builds tools for addiction treatment and recovery. Those tools are only worth building if the people they are for help design them. We are building a lived-experience community and want people affected by addiction or recovery to help shape future research before study plans are finalised.
Your experience is expertise.
If you have lived through addiction — your own, or alongside someone close to you — you understand things no dataset captures. We want that understanding in the room while studies are being designed, not after the results are in.
- —Review and challenge study questions before they are finalised
- —Tell us what outcomes actually matter in recovery
- —Test early prototypes and say plainly what does not work
- —Help us write participant materials in language that reads like it was meant for a person
Advisory contributions are compensated for your time. No diagnosis, paperwork or clinical history is required to take part in this track.
Hear when opportunities open.
We are planning research into how neurological, physiological and psychometric signals change across recovery. Registering interest means we can contact you if an appropriately approved opportunity opens; it is not enrolment into a current study.
- —Receive a clear information sheet before deciding whether to take part
- —Only approved research opportunities will be shared
- —Participation will always be voluntary
- —Eligibility, data use and reimbursement will be explained for each study
We will only contact you when there is a relevant opportunity or a request for lived-experience input.
Collaborate with us.
We work with a small number of addiction services and research groups on pilots, co-authored outcomes and shared recruitment. If you treat patients or study them, there is a route in.
- —Site partnerships and joint recruitment
- —Early access to Subreal-CARE during the pilot window
- —Co-authored outcomes from your cohort
- —Methods collaboration on measurement and study design
Before you reach out.
- Will I be paid?
- We will explain compensation or reimbursement for each opportunity before you agree to anything. Registering interest itself is unpaid.
- Is it confidential?
- Yes. Your details are never shared outside the team, research data is pseudonymised, and nothing identifying you is published.
- Do I need a diagnosis?
- Not for the lived-experience advisory track. Individual studies have their own eligibility criteria, which we will explain up front.
- Am I too far into recovery — or too early?
- Neither. We need perspectives from across the whole arc, including people still in active use and people many years out.
- Can I withdraw later?
- At any time, for any reason, without needing to explain. We will delete your data on request.
Tell us how you’d like to be involved.
A short note is enough. We read every message personally and reply within a few working days. Nothing you send here commits you to anything.