NHS Drink Free Days 17+

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.

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.

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Helpful but doesn’t do much

A useful app in giving you an idea of how much you drink over or under the recommended units, and as a reminder to just not drink on certain days. But beyond a daily reminder and a congratulation for completing your drink free days, it does, well… not a lot. There are some tips on cutting down and some of the links to other resources either don’t work or send you back to the sign up for this app.
It’s a useful shock to start with and puts your drinking into perspective - the calories saved on those drink free days are quite a lot - and it is making me think twice about the value of having one or two drinks over none and whether the calories, lack of sleep etc are worth it for the sake of a couple of beers. But I’m three weeks in and I’m wondering what else it’s going to do to keep me going. Right now it’s a very static/passive app that isn’t promising much. Ongoing support and perspectives would be helpful - would it be too much effort to populate it with some fresher features? Let’s hope so because it’s in danger of letting itself - and us - down.