Here’s how Drinker's Helper can help you drink less alcohol
track your drinking and sobriety
Take our introductory quiz so we can recommend the right goal for you, whether that’s total sobriety, a short-term sobriety pledge, or setting a moderate drinking limit. The right goal depends on how you’re doing now - everyone is capable of moderation, but not at every time!
Keep track of how long you’ve stuck with your goal, and see progress over time in reducing drinking, for extra motivation.
Every time you track your drinking or sobriety, you’ll reflect on key questions important to understanding and changing your drinking behavior. In particular, you’ll:
Analyze the triggers that lead you to drink
Develop a list of strategies that help you avoid excessive drinking
Stay motivated by regularly reflecting on the benefits of sticking with your goals, and the downsides of excessive drinking, in your life
share this journey with others
No one should go through this journey alone, because so many have come before you. In our app, you’ll:
Get inspiration from strategies that have worked for over 400K others in our community, including strategies specifically recommended for users like you
Get motivation from the benefits of sobriety and downsides of drinking shared by others
Chat with an anonymous group of 20-30 people with similar past drinking habits for mutual support, empathy and encouragement
learn skills to change your habits
We offer a personalized program of over 125 exercises to help you:
Reinforce your motivation to cut back or quit drinking. We’ll teach you about how alcohol makes you want more alcohol, so it’s important to keep your drinking in check. We’ll also share some lesser-known downsides of heavy drinking. We’ll help you question the positive stories about alcohol that society is telling you (in advertisements, movies, and TV). And on top of that, we’ll teach you some motivational mental tricks you can do in a pinch.
Learn coping skills for when you ‘need’ a drink. We’ll teach you how to deal with urges to drink whenever they arise. We’ll also teach you how to cope with sadness and stress without drinking.
Make your day to day life more fulfilling. Over time, drinking expands to take up more space in our lives than it should. It becomes our only source of fun, and the fleeting joy it offers allows us to put off the challenge of finding real satisfaction. You’ll need to not only find new sources of fun, but think about how you really want to spend your time. Your program will help you relearn other habits that make you happy, and rediscover the activities you truly enjoy.