A 30-day program

The Drinking Journal

30 days of paying attention before you change a thing

Most programs tell you to stop. This one asks you to pay attention. For thirty days you drink the way you already do and answer a few honest questions each evening. Then you decide what comes next.

The Drinking Journal, front cover
How it works

Pay attention first. Then decide.

You don't change anything at the start. You learn your own patterns: when you drink, what you were feeling, what you were thinking, and what it cost you. Once you can see the why, deciding what to do about it gets a lot easier.

1

Pay attention

Thirty days of short journal pages. Drink as you normally would, and write down what happened, what you felt and what you thought.

2

Evaluate

On Day 31 you read back over the month and find your real reasons, the benefits you get and the costs you pay.

3

Decide

Cut back using plans you make ahead of time, or quit for good. Either way, you decide it with your eyes open.

What's inside

Everything in one workbook

  • 30 days of guided journal pages
  • A 30-day calendar to see your month at a glance
  • The Day 31 evaluation
  • Your own drinking guidelines
  • 20 Drinking plan pages
  • 16 Reflection sheets for slip-ups
  • The quitting worksheet
  • 100 lines to work through cravings
  • Short, honest chapters on why we drink
  • No shame, no lectures, no rules you didn't choose
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Online course

30 Days of Paying Attention

A short lesson opens every evening and walks you through the journal one day at a time, with one question to answer before bed. Includes the printable journal and a color 30-day calendar.

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