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Daily check-ins

A minute a day. It is what makes the rest mean something.

Mood, sleep, energy and craving strength, recorded next to your units. This is also how a day is confirmed as alcohol-free, which is what your streak and your milestones are built from.

  • Based on UK guidelines
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Last 30 days

Log a drink

Today

4.7units

2 logged

This week

54units

40 over guideline

Weekly average

76units

across 5 days

Alcohol-free days

0of 5

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Units by day

The dashed line marks 2 units a day, the UK guideline of 14 a week spread evenly.

Example data, shown to illustrate the dashboard.

Why this exists

Units on their own do not explain anything

A log of drinks tells you what happened. It does not tell you what the week felt like, whether you were sleeping, or how strong the pull was on the days you did not give in. Those are the things that show why the heavy days were heavy, and they are gone within about two days if you do not write them down.

  • Sleep usually changes before anything else does
  • Craving strength is the clearest early warning there is
  • Low mood and heavy drinking feed each other in both directions
  • A dry day only counts if you say so, so somebody has to say it
An open notebook with the word Notes written on it, a fountain pen and reading glasses

How it works

Using daily check-ins

  1. Answer four quick questions

    Mood, sleep quality and energy on a five point scale, craving strength out of ten. Sliders, not essays.

  2. Say whether you drank

    One tap confirms an alcohol-free day. That is what makes it count towards your streak and your milestones.

  3. Add a note if you want to

    Optional, and often the most useful part later. What was going on, what you did instead, what set it off.

  4. It joins the record

    Check-ins appear alongside your units, so patterns between how you felt and what you drank become visible over weeks rather than staying a hunch.

What you get

In the app

Mood, sleep and energy

Three five-point scales. Enough to show a trend, few enough that it still gets done on a bad day.

Craving strength

Rated out of ten. Watching what it does across a few weeks is often the first clear sign that something is shifting.

Confirming a dry day

One tap. This is the only way a day becomes alcohol-free, which is what keeps the streak count honest.

A note when it matters

Free text, optional. Six weeks later this is usually the part that explains a spike on the chart.

Who this helps

What it changes

If you are in the early weeks

Sleep and mood often get worse before they get better, and knowing that is normal is easier when you can see it happening on a chart rather than guessing whether something is wrong.

If you are working with a therapist

Turning up with a fortnight of daily ratings gives a session somewhere concrete to start, instead of ten minutes spent reconstructing the week.

If you want your dry days to count

This is the mechanism. It is deliberately a positive action rather than an assumption, so the number means what it says.

Being straight with you

This is a record, not a diagnosis

A low mood score is not a diagnosis of depression and a high craving score is not a diagnosis of dependence. These are your own ratings, useful for spotting a direction of travel and for showing somebody qualified. If you are struggling with your mental health, speak to your GP.

Common questions

How long does a check-in take?

Under a minute. Four ratings and one tap to confirm whether you drank. The note is optional.

Do I have to check in every day?

No, and there is no penalty for missing one. But a day without a check-in cannot be counted as alcohol-free, because not logging and not drinking look the same from the outside.

Can I fill in a check-in for yesterday?

Yes. Check-ins are recorded against a date, so you can complete a day you missed and it will count properly.

Related features

Start with one honest week

Log what you actually drink for seven days. That alone tells you more than any estimate, and it is free to do.

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