30 days without alcohol

Explore what the first month can look like when you stop drinking. This guide is based on real check-ins from more than 280,000 I Am Sober members who are quitting or cutting back on drinking.

Informational only

This tool uses aggregate app data to show common patterns. It is not medical advice, a health claim, or a guarantee of what anyone will experience.

How often and how much did you drink?

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1 drink10 drinks

Your first-month guide

See when difficult days were most common for people with a similar drinking pattern.

This line shows the percentage of days that felt hard or impossible.

Day explorer

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Day 0

Choose a day to see what that part of the month was often like.

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Day 0

The first few days can bring more urge moments. Planning support here can make the day feel less lonely.

days that felt hard or impossible
days that felt easy or not bad
of first-month urge moments happened this day
of first-month restarts happened this day

Moments to prepare for

Based on your drinking pattern, these are the parts of the first month where extra support may help most.

Urges

Urge moments were most common around days 0-2.

Hard days

Days felt hardest around days 3-7.

Restarts

Restarts most often happened around days 3-7. That can be a useful place to plan extra support.

Moods

Harder days often came with moods like Anxious, Depressed, Annoyed.

What those days felt like

The line above shows when difficult days were more common. These bars show the full mix of daily check-ins, from easy through impossible.

Weekdays to watch

Some weekdays stood out more often for hard days, urge moments, or restarts.

Urge patterns

Use these cards to see when urges tended to show up, when they felt strongest, and where extra support may help.

1. Most common time of day

Share of first-month urge logs by the time of day they were reported.

2. Strongest urge windows

Average reported urge strength by first-month window and time of day.

3. Urge moments by time since start

See which parts of the first month had the most urge moments.

4. High-strength urge share

See when urges were more likely to feel intense.

How hard days felt different

Compare the moods people reported on days that felt hard or impossible with the moods they reported on easier days.

On hard days

On easy days

Moods across the month

A few ways to see which feelings showed up on hard days, easier days, and different points in the first month.

1. Hard days vs easier days

See which moods showed up most on harder days compared with easier ones.

2. How moods changed

See how harder, mixed, and steadier moods showed up at different points in the month.

3. Hard-day mood pattern

Most common mood among hard or impossible check-ins only.

4. When people struggled

The most common moods across hard or impossible check-ins.