Using drink tracker

[Bessie]

Just some thoughts. If you do use it, do you think it helps? And how do you use it? Is one drink marked as 1 or do you do it by units? Do you put entries in ahead of the current day as a statement of intent? Are you always honest?!! And what does the red line round a day square mean?

Bessie xx

[Wooflet]

Using drink tracker

Hi Bessie

I use the drink tracker. I find it satisfying to go in each morning and put a big fat zero in for the day before (I'm on day 13 AF, committed to 30 days). I've not tried to moderating yet but I'd imagine it is as good a place as any to keep track of things, although you seem to have a pretty good system going. No dog days on the drink tracker!

To answer your questions I would say that one drink is marked as one, although I guess you could use it either way. In terms of a statement of intent you can say that you intend to moderate or abstain on certain days or for a certain period, and the drink tracker will colour those future days in accordingly (blue = moderating, yellow = abstaining, brown = neither). As I've been successful for the 12 AF days I have been honest. I like to think I would be even if I slipped up, otherwise it would defeat the point in using it I guess. The red line means it is your start date (you can tick a check box to nominate your start date). If you look at my entry I've committed to going AF for the month of May, I started on 1 May, and I've done 12 days AF thus far.

Hope that helps!

Wooflet

[Marshy]

Using drink tracker

Before I found this site and was trying to be AF, I marked AF days on a calendar - I obviously have a nerdy need to write things down. :H

Drinktracker taught me something that I wasn't aware of about my pattern of drinking, which is that if I have a drink I then drink for the next five, six, seven days in a row. Seeing it written down made me realise that. So I now know that if I choose to have one drink, I will be drinking/drunk for a week. That knowledge is helping me stay sober at the moment.

As for honesty - yes! I don't see the point otherwise.

[evie]

Using drink tracker

I've always gone by units. I suppose it doesn't matter as long as you know yourself how much you mean as at the end of the day its not meant to be there as a comparison against how others are doing!
I find it helpful in that I can look back and see exactly what I've had/not had. Before it felt like a fog and if I had a bad few days I'd just give up. Now it helps me to focus on what I want to achieve for myself. I love it when I can put in a big fat 0!
Eviexx

[Bessie]

Using drink tracker

Before it felt like a fog and if I had a bad few days I'd just give up. Now it helps me to focus on what I want to achieve for myself. I love it when I can put in a big fat 0!

Thats precisely how it helps me and I am hoping that patterns will emerge too. It's a good tool. I love seeing a row of zeros. And feel so bad if I have to put in a number instead.

I think the question about being honest was probably a bit pointless, sorry! Nobody is going to say they are not and there would be no point in not being honest!

Thanks all.

Bessie xx

[LVT25]

Using drink tracker

Hi Bessie, I do use the drink tracker, but I just put in what I drink for the day. (ODAT) It's easy for me to just put the numbers in since I'm a beer drinker.

What was really scary was plugging those same numbers in my calorie counter!! I was almost 1000 calories over on Sunday just because of the beer!!--Ouch

I was also wondering if Codemonkey can see the future--he has some entries for next week already!

[SuperBernie]

Using drink tracker

Drink tracker has helped me see what I'm drinking. I'm honest about my drinks too. I put in yesterday's numbers this morning and it encourages me to keep it up, of course I just started doing this, but I like seeing zero's on there. It's kinda like gold stars I would get in kindergarten.