Breath check-ins for recovery coaches

Breath tests between sessions, on the record.


Your client records one short video from their phone. You watch it and make the call.

The text says nothing else. No name, no reading, and no word “test” on a lock screen.

$50 a month per coach, plus $25 per client for breath tests.

Example client
Requested 07:40 · due 08:40 · recorded 07:52 · received 07:53
Reviewed · cleared
Still from a check-in video: a client holds a breathalyzer toward the camera.
Spoken words, issued 07:51
harbor · quilt · seventeen
Reading on the device
0.000 %BAC
Device
BACtrack C8, standalone mode
  • 0:04Words heard: harbor, quilt, seventeen. Face visible.
  • 0:19Breath sample. Device in frame.
  • 0:41Final screen readable: 0.000.
  • —Editing check: no indicators detected.
ClearedNot clearedInconclusive
Daylight video breath check-in · Core Values Recovery, LLC

Example data. Not a real client.

Nothing to hide, nothing to prove.

A check-in is an agreement between two people. The client shows up on camera; the coach makes a fair call and writes it down. Start with the page that fits you.

How a check-in works

About two minutes for the client. Nothing to install.

  1. A request goes out

    You press Send test now, or a schedule fires. Your client gets a text with a due time and a link that expires.

  2. Fresh words

    Opening the link gives the client three random words to say. They prove the video was made after the request.

  3. One video

    In one take, the client says the words, blows, and shows the final reading. They can also reply to the text with a video.

  4. You decide

    Daylight keeps the original, notes what it saw and when, and waits. Nothing is cleared until you clear it.

See both sides of a check-in

The hard ones are why you need a record.

A clean 0.000 is easy. The check-in that matters is the one with glare on the screen, a device half out of frame, or a video sent forty minutes late.

Daylight keeps three things apart: the reading the device showed, what the video model observed and when, and your decision with your note. Corrections become new versions. A later reader can see exactly where a conclusion came from.

See a full sample record

Example client
Requested 19:00 · due 20:00 · recorded 19:21 · received 19:22
Reviewed · inconclusive
Still from a check-in video: a client holds a breathalyzer toward the camera.
Spoken words, issued 19:20
meadow · copper · forty-one
Reading on the device
Not readable
Device
Glare across the display at 0:38
  • 0:03Words heard. Face visible.
  • 0:17Breath sample. Device partly out of frame.
  • 0:38Final screen not readable.
  • —Editing check: no indicators detected.
ClearedNot clearedInconclusive

Coach note: “Screen unreadable. Retest requested for tonight with fresh words.”

Daylight video breath check-in · Core Values Recovery, LLC

Example data. Not a real client.

One price for you, a small one per client.

You pay $50 a month for your workspace: scheduling, messaging, drug-screen recording, and review. Each client on breath tests adds $25 a month, with 125 reviewed check-ins included.

Your clients use a breathalyzer they already own, or one you recommend. Any breathalyzer with a screen works; the BACtrack C8 is read automatically.

Pricing, and who usually pays

$150 a month

For one coach on Daylight. Breathalyzers are separate.

  • Coach plan$50
  • Breath tests, 4 × $25$100

The same clients elsewhere, per month

  • Daylight$150
  • BACtrack View$320
  • Soberlink$616

BACtrack View at its lowest plan ($79.99, device included). Soberlink at its lowest plan ($135) plus its lowest device fee ($19). From their pricing pages, October 30, 2026.

Every test can leave the building.

Open any test and export its record package: the original video, byte for byte, a printable summary, every decision version, the AI observations, the timeline, and a checksum file to show nothing changed.

That's the file a family, a program, or an attorney will ask for.

Who sees the video
The coach who enrolled the client. There's no shared or team access. Core Values Recovery's administrator can view records read-only, and every view is logged.
Where the video goes
Private storage under the coach's account. A copy goes to Google's Gemini for observations, and Daylight asks for it to be deleted afterward.
What it doesn't claim
It's a working pilot. It isn't clinically validated, isn't covered by HIPAA, and doesn't replace lab or court-ordered testing. Every limit, in plain words

Who's behind Daylight

Daylight is built and run by Core Values Recovery, LLC, a recovery coaching company. Its coaches have used it with their own clients since September 2026. Questions go to a person: support@corevaluesrecovery.com.

Start with one client.

Create an account, add a client, and walk through the first check-in together on a call. The guided setup never sends a message you haven’t seen.