Write to someone in recovery today. We'll deliver your letter on their sobriety anniversary, or the exact day you think they'll need it. A gift that meets them in the hardest moments.
Recovery doesn't happen once. It happens every day, and then again the next day, and again on the days when no one remembers to say they're proud. The first year of sobriety gets a lot of attention — the chip, the post, the hug from whoever stuck around. But the fifth year is quieter. The tenth is quieter still. And the hardest days in recovery are almost never the ones anyone sees from the outside.
A letter written today and delivered on a sobriety anniversary — or a random Tuesday you picked because you knew it would be hard — is a gift unlike any other you can give someone in recovery. You sit down now, while you still remember vividly what it was like to watch them come back to themselves. You write about the version of them you got to meet because they fought for it. You write what you've never quite been able to say out loud: how proud you are, how much their sobriety has meant to you too, how much you love who they are now.
Then it shows up in their mailbox, in your handwriting, on a day when the noise around their recovery has quieted and all they have is their own work and the rare reminder that someone noticed. That kind of reminder keeps people going. A card gets read once. A gift gets used and forgotten. A sealed letter, delivered a year later with the exact words they needed — that stays in a drawer, gets read on bad days, and becomes part of how they hold onto their sobriety.
Three simple steps. One beautiful moment, later.
Pour your heart onto paper. Use our Letter Helper if you'd like prompts. You decide when it should be opened — 1 year or 2 years from now.
Mail your sealed letter to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fireproof safe — untouched, unopened, waiting.
On your chosen date, we mail your original, handwritten letter with tracking. Your words arrive exactly when they're meant to.
Your letter is in safe hands
You're trusting us with something irreplaceable. Here's what we do about that.
Letters are stored in climate-controlled, fireproof safes — not filing cabinets or cardboard boxes. We treat every letter as irreplaceable, because to someone, it is.
Every letter ships with an active tracking number, so you (or the recipient) know exactly when it's on its way.
If your address changes before your delivery date, email us anytime and we'll update your file. Your letter follows you — no extra fee.
If Hold My Letter ever closes, every stored letter is immediately mailed back to the sender's return address. No exceptions.
One letter. One delivery. One beautiful moment when it returns.
Emailed on your chosen date between 6 months and 2 years out. Add physical mailing for a small fee. Available worldwide — the right choice if you're writing to (or from) outside the United States.
One-time payment
+$12 to add physical mailing (first address)
One-time payment
+$12 to add physical mailing (first address)
Physical mailing add-on: +$12 for the first address. Each additional unique address: +$2.
The original Hold My Letter experience. Handwrite your letter, seal the envelope, and mail it to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fireproof safe until your chosen delivery date — then send it back with tracking, still sealed.
One-time payment
One-time payment
🇺🇸 Currently available for US addresses only. International shipping coming soon!
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