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Text size Published at 10:39 GMT, 18 September 2008

Track your drinking

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Content by NHS Choices

The app is fast, accurate and simple to use.
 
Use the NHS Drinks Tracker to:

  • Calculate the amount of units in your drinks. 
  • Track your drinking over weeks and months.
  • Get personalised feedback on your drinking.
  • Find local NHS alcohol services.

 

Download the NHS 

Alcohol Tracker.

 

 

Select drinks
To select a drink, tap on one of the four drink icons.

Adjust the picker to choose the strength (percentage of alcohol), size and number of drinks that you want to calculate. Tap on the 'add drink' button to calculate the units. The amount is automatically displayed in blue text below the image.

Please note, if you're not sure of the strength, don't adjust. The app is set to a default for you.

You can add together the units in a selection of drinks by tapping on other drinks and repeating the process. As drinks are added the units will automatically be added up and displayed beneath each icon.

List view
You can review and edit the drinks that you've added in a session by tapping on the list button.

Save to tracker
Once you've added all your drinks for one day, tap the 'save' button, and use the calendar to select the date.

These drinks will show up in your tracker. The default view for 'My Tracker' is one week. You can toggle between weeks and months using the 'previous' and 'next' buttons. You can change the view by turning your phone. 

Feedback on your drinking
To get personalised information on your drinking, tap on the feedback button. Feedback on your drinking is based on government guidelines on the last seven days of drinking. 

No iPhone?
If you don't have an iPhone or iPod Touch, fear not. You can access a version of the app with any phone that has access to the internet. The app will calculate how many units of alcohol your drink contains. Simply text Units to NHSGO (64746).

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