Sobriety Apps That May Help You Reduce Your Alcohol Consumption

Quitting alcohol is tough because treating addiction is a very complex process — but technological assistance makes it easier. There are numerous android and iOS apps that can help you get through these tough times and reduce your alcohol consumption. Alcoholism apps can track your alcohol consumption pattern, moods and emotions, triggers, and the amount of drinks you take.

Numerous apps are available for smart-phones, tested and accepted by a large number of users, while newer apps are also coming out almost each day. As no two people who suffer from alcoholism are the same, however, the impact of each app will vary from person to person. Trying to find the apps most universally useful to everyone who would benefit from an alcohol reduction app, I tested a bunch. These are the best.

AlcoDroid Alcohol Tracker

The ‘AlcoDroid Alcohol Tracker’ is an app that keeps track of your alcohol consumption. On the basis of your entry, this app also estimates your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level. This app also has an expenditure calculator that sums up the total amount of money you spent on alcohol. AlcoDroid also lets you make a graphical representation of your drinking habits by day, week or month. You can edit, export and share your logbook. You are also allowed to personalize and customize the unit and the type of drink.

This app is considered one of the best of its kind among different alcohol consumption tracking apps.

AlcoDroid also claims that it calculates one’s BAC levels, but the app has no access to information such as age and height, which are indispensible values used in BAC toxicology calculation. Therefore this app cannot be considered as a reliable tool to calculate BAC level.

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Sober Tool

Another useful app that helps in reducing alcohol consumption is ‘Sober Tool.’ The Sober Tool aims to help alcoholics quit drinking. It has a reward system to encourage and motivate app users, and make them stay focused on their goal to stop drinking. This app also helps to keep track of sobriety. It also allows users to search queries concerning factors that might come between their priorities, e.g. sadness, pessimism, stress, anger and frustration. This app was developed by a certified alcoholism and drug counselor.

Some materials of the app also contain theories relating to behavioral therapy. Therefore this app is also useful to addiction counselors, treatment centers, and psychiatrists. This app helps to change and alter your relapse thoughts. Answering simple questions will lead you to prompts and readings that will help in minimizing your crave.

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12 Step AA Companion

The other popular recovery app for alcoholism is the ‘12 Step AA Companion.’ You get the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) reference guide, a sobriety calculator, and prayers along with this app. The app is based on their twelve step program where every step signifies your progress and achievement.

This app features over sixty stories to motivate and inspire you. Contacts and promises are additional features that come along with the app. It lets you add your own recovery contacts and helps you find meetings in your area.  The app can be moved to an SD card and runs without internet connection.

This app greets you with the duration of your sobriety every time you open your app. The counter displays your sober time in years, months, days, and hours. Switching between the book and note is also very simple and easy. Likewise, the Big Book’s chapters are well organized, allowing you to switch between pages or chapters.

Sober Time

‘Sober Time’ is another alternative to keep track of your sobriety. Sober time also tracks your expenditure and savings. This app applies not just to alcoholism, you can track any other addictions or habits using sober time. It also allows you to set a password to secure the application.

Daily notifications from the app help keep you determined. This app lets one share their stats, and allows one to customize and track different addictions at a same time. A user is also allowed to interact with communities. You can participate on their community page to read stories, discuss or ask questions concerned with sobriety. You can also add your own story to spread sobriety.

Sober Time allows you to add your sponsor and make a call to the sponsor from the app’s interface. It also allows you to share your sober time, a progress screenshot or a motivational message. Similarly, sobriety goals are well organized and motivating. You can also set your own goals or use their built in goals.

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Field Guide To Life

The app is the contribution of the Hazelden Addiction Center which aims to support people through their first year of recovery. The app is categorized into three divisions; The Basics, Owning It and The New You.

This app provides literatures and challenges and also helps you to locate a meeting. The sober counter keeps track of your alcohol consumption. This app also has a panic button which can be used to ask for immediate support.

This app focuses on changes and differences you can make to sustain and support your recovery process. It has diverse action tools to deal with triggers and challenges. Daily reminders and guidance will help support your recovery. You can also track your progress and obstacles that hinder your recovery.

In addition to these, there are various other smart-phone apps that you can try. But, an app can only assist you in doing your own hard work. Most of all, you need strong determination and will power to stop or reduce drinking alcohol.