A gambling recovery tracker for Notion
Short answer: Click Add to Notion, approve access, and a Recovery Tracker page appears in your workspace: an urge log, a money kept table, space for your reasons for stopping, and crisis lines. It's free, and Silex keeps no copy and no access to it afterwards.
What you get
One page in your Notion workspace, called Recovery Tracker, with:
- Urge log. When an urge hits, add a row: how strong it is (mild to overwhelming), what set it off, what helped, and whether it passed without a bet. The trigger list starts with the usual suspects: payday, live sports, bonus offers, alcohol, boredom, being alone late, and the hours after a win or a loss.
- Money kept. Each bet you don't place, write down what you would have staked. Sum the column and watch it grow.
- My reasons for stopping. Three empty bullets. Write them while you're calm; read them when you're not.
- Crisis lines at the bottom, free and confidential, plus a link to self-exclusion.
Both tables start with one example row so you can see how they work. Delete them when you've added your own.
How it works
- Click Add to Notion. Notion asks which workspace to use and what Silex may access.
- Approve. Silex creates the tracker page and sends you straight to it.
- That's it. The connector discards its access as soon as the page exists.
Why the urge log helps
An urge feels like it will last until you give in, but it rarely does. Most urges peak and pass within 20 to 30 minutes, whether or not you bet. Logging them turns that from something you read into something you've seen in your own records. And once a few weeks of rows pile up, you'll see your triggers: the same day of the month, the same kind of match, the same time of night. Those are the moments to plan around, with a blocker in place, a person to text, or somewhere else to be.
Private by design
Silex is built on the idea that your recovery is nobody's dataset, and the tracker follows the same rule. The connector runs for a few seconds, holds Notion's access only in memory, and stores nothing: no database, no copy of your page, no way back in. The details are in section 14 of the privacy policy.
Quit for good. Keep the money.
Silex blocks gambling across your phone and walks you through 90 days, one at a time.
Common questions
Is the Notion recovery tracker free?
Yes, completely. It doesn't need the Silex app, an account with us, or a subscription. It works on Notion's free plan.
Can Silex see what I write in the tracker?
No. The connector uses Notion's access once, to create the page and tables, and then discards it. Nothing is stored on our side, so there is nothing we could open later.
How do I remove it?
In Notion, open Settings → Connections and remove Silex. The tracker page stays, because it's yours; delete it like any other page if you want it gone.
Why track urges at all?
Most urges peak and pass within 20 to 30 minutes. Writing them down shows you that pattern in your own data, and after a few weeks the triggers that keep repeating — payday, a big match, being alone late — become things you can plan around.