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Whether you are stopping drinking for good or just testing how it feels, it helps to see your progress and to know what to do when a craving arrives. This tracker gives you both.
It includes a 365-day milestone map, a daily check-in you can use once per day or once per week, and a trigger log for noting what sets off the urge to drink. A coping strategy bank collects quick tactics for riding out a craving, replacement activities, people you can call and professional and community resources. A monthly reflection page helps you look back over the month.
A filled-in example shows a day 18 check-in and a first-month reflection. The pack is a self-tracking aid and is not medical treatment; seek professional support if you need it.
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Milestone Map (365 Days)
Color in or check off each sober day. Watch your progress grow.
Visual grid: 365 numbered squares arranged in rows of 7 (52 weeks + 1 day).
If you slip: A slip is not a reset unless you want it to be. You can mark the day differently, write about it in your reflection, and keep going. 364 sober days out of 365 is still extraordinary.
Daily Check-In (Printable — Use One Per Day or Week)
- Cravings today (0-10):
- Strongest craving time:
- What triggered it:
- What I did instead:
- Hours of sleep last night:
- Exercise / movement today: — Y / N
- Attended meeting / support: — Y / N
- Mood (1-10):
- One good thing today:
Trigger Log
Understanding your triggers helps you prepare for them. Log each craving with context.
Common trigger categories:
- Emotional: Stress, loneliness, boredom, celebration, sadness, anger
- Social: Parties, dinners with drinkers, peer pressure, dating
- Environmental: Walking past a bar, seeing alcohol ads, coming home from work
- Physical: Fatigue, hunger, pain
- Temporal: Weekends, holidays, Friday evening, after-work hours
My Coping Strategy Bank
Fill in strategies that work for you. When a craving hits, open to this page.
Immediate (Ride the craving wave — most last 15-30 minutes)
Suggestions: Play the tape forward (imagine tomorrow's hangover), call your sponsor or a sober friend, drink a fancy non-alcoholic beverage, leave the environment, set a 20-minute timer and wait, do 50 jumping jacks.
Replacement Activities (Things I do instead of drinking)
Suggestions: Work out, cook an elaborate meal, go to a movie, take a long walk, play a video game, attend a meeting, call a friend, take a bath, start a creative project.
Professional & Community Resources
- Crisis hotline: SAMHSA 1-800-662-4357 (24/7, free, confidential)
Monthly Reflection
Month: Days sober this month: ___/30
- Hardest day this month:
- What made it hard:
- How I got through it:
- Easiest day this month:
- Physical changes I notice:
- Emotional changes I notice:
- Money saved by not drinking: $
- Something I did sober that I never could have done drinking:
- What I am most proud of:
- What I need next month:
Filled-In Example
Daily Check-In (Day 18)
- Cravings (0-10) — 6
- Strongest craving time — 6:30 PM, right after work
- Trigger — Stressful day + drove past my old bar
- What I did instead — Called my brother, went for a 30-min walk, made tea
- Sleep last night — 7 hours
- Exercise — Y — walk (30 min)
- Meeting — N — will go tomorrow
- Mood (1-10) — 5 (hard day but proud I did not drink)
- One good thing — My skin is noticeably clearer
Monthly Reflection (Month 1)
- Hardest day — Day 12 — friend's birthday party
- What made it hard — Everyone was drinking and kept offering me drinks
- How I got through it — Left after 1 hour, called my sponsor in the parking lot
- Physical changes — Sleeping better, lost 4 lbs, face less puffy
- Money saved — $340 (I was spending $80+/week on alcohol)
- Proud of — I told 3 people I am not drinking right now and the world did not end
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