NHS Drink Free Days 17+

Department of Health and Social Care (Digital)

    • 4.6 • 16K Ratings
    • Free

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Description

This is the latest edition of the Drink Free Days app and is an opportunity for you to try out a new look and feel and a new typical week journey whilst we work on improving the functionality and cost calculation over the following months.
Make a pledge to take a few days off and you’re more likely to follow it through and reach your goals. Drink Free Days is for people who like a drink but want some support in tracking and cutting down on the booze. It also helps you understand more about your current drinking and risk levels as it common for people to underestimate how much they drink.

Health guidelines recommend we all take at least 3 days off drinking a week, so simply pledge and nominate a specific number of drink free days each week and get practical, daily support to help you stick to it and be more successful in reaching your goals. Feel healthier, lose weight and save money with the FREE Drink Free Days app today.

Helpful features:
• Simple and practical tips to help you control your drinking.
• Easy to update and track your Drink Free Days.
• Receive reminders when you need it most.
• Celebrate milestones when you reach your targets.

Download the FREE app now to:
• Save money and lose weight.
• Break bad habits and replace them with healthier alternatives.
• Help control your calorie intake.
• Cut down on the booze and feel happier, healthier and in control.

Please note: If you have physical withdrawal symptoms (like shaking, sweating or feeling anxious until you have your first drink of the day), please seek medical advice before you stop drinking. It can be dangerous to stop drinking too quickly without proper help. You can get advice from your GP or from your local alcohol support service.

What’s New

Version 3.0.8

This version includes some bug fixes and important security improvements.

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
16K Ratings

16K Ratings

Ben Yisrael ,

Self-Management

In the age of the App, this App scores 9 out of 10. What I love best with these kind of Apps is this: they give you access to having an invisible Life Coach to help & aid you with any specific need & requirement. I came across this particular App while reading “Drink? The New Science of Alcohol & Your Health” By Professor David Nutt.
If, you are like me, you will find this App very helpful to monitor your Weekly Alcohol intake; I use a small amount of red wine, port, cider & Guiness stout for medicinal purposes: however, if you want to face your addiction & dependency on Alcohol then be ready to be shocked with what this App will reveal just exactly how much Alcohol you really are consuming!
Like the chronic condition of Diabetes, you will need to work out your Management Strategy by consulting various health Professionals; however, only one person can, in the end, control & manage your Disease/Addiction: YOU.

highersights ,

Good simple app but needs bugs fixing

UPDATE: 4. The calendar markings mess up when you change time zones. Going back to change the last week doesn’t always work when trying to address time zone issues, resulting in a difference between the weekly and monthly view. ———— This is a good app that does what it should do. It gets you to think about what you actually drink each day, think about which days you want to cut, and track them day by day. The calendar is simple and effective. Some improvements could be made: 1. The predicted cost savings are excessive and based perhaps on pub instead of home drinking. The user should be able to enter their own costs. 2. The beer strength goes from 5% to 9%! There are many 6-6.5% beers. Users should be able to enter their own alcohol level. 3. The advice included in the app isn’t very good. There is much better material out there that could be linked. The material is basic and static. It does not adapt to the person of their stage of change. But on the whole this does the main thing right.

Developer Response ,

Thanks very much for your feedback. This will help us to improve in the future.

rrrrranne ,

I like the app but the £ aren’t right

I’m enjoying using the app and it’s nice having little reminders it’s made me more cautious if I have an event coming up, I’ll think more about the other days in the week because I want to meet my pledge but the amount saved in pounds is completely off. It’s calculating me spending £44 on a bottle of wine when I spend £6-9. Even a pint of beer or glass of wine in a pub is usually only £6-£9. It just doesn’t add up. Adding a feature to add how much you’d generally spend would be great. also it would be nice to have a feature to say how much you drank (perhaps colour coded Amber moderate and red for heavy) because some weeks if I’ve only had one drink on one or two days it would be nice to see that too and see where the heavier days were etc. someone going heavy over 2 days would look as though they’re doing a good job with their drink free days but could be drinking a lot more than someone drinking smaller amounts but on more days.

App Privacy

The developer, Department of Health and Social Care (Digital), indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Contact Info
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics
  • Other Data

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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