The Becoming Project
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The Becoming Project is not a crisis line. It cannot call anyone, see your location or monitor you.
How the Coach works
The Coach answers with guidance written and reviewed by people. It does not use AI to write answers for visitors.
- Messages that sound urgent get emergency guidance right away.
- Your question is matched to the closest reviewed guidance on our server. If nothing fits well, you get general guidance for the topic and ways to get support.
- Sources link to the organizations the guidance is based on. Suggested wording is the Becoming Project’s, not the source’s.
What happens to my message
- Your message is matched to reviewed guidance on our server. It is not sent to any AI model.
- The Becoming Project does not save the text of your message or the answer. Clearing the conversation removes them from this page.
- For 90 days the Becoming Project keeps a record without your words: the general topic, which kind of answer you got, how long it took, and any feedback button you press.
- To limit use, a daily counter is kept under a scrambled version of your network address that changes every day. It is deleted the next day.
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