How to Track Alcohol-Free Days on a Calendar
Counting dry days is one of the simplest ways to see your drinking change over time. A calendar makes it visual: a month of green checks is easy to read and hard to ignore.
What to mark
- Dry day: a full day with no alcohol. Mark it once the day is over, or the next morning.
- Drinking day: log the drinks with the real size, so the calendar shows how many you had.
- Blank day: not logged yet. Fill it in later rather than guessing.
Numbers worth watching
- Dry days per month
- Longest run of dry days
- Average drinks on drinking days
- Drinks per week against your goal
Make it effortless
The habit only works if logging takes seconds. A home screen widget with a "Dry" button lets you mark the day without opening an app, and an evening reminder catches the days you'd forget.
In Pawtle the calendar shows drinks per day in pink and dry days in green, the monthly report counts your dry days and longest dry streak, and the widget has +1 and Dry buttons. Your pup earns extra XP on every dry day.
FAQ
Should I count a day as dry if I had one drink?
No. Keep "dry" for days with no alcohol at all, and log the one drink. Honest data is what makes the trend useful.
What if I forget to log a day?
Open the calendar later and fill it in. Leaving it blank is better than guessing.
Can I export my calendar?
In Pawtle you can export all your records, including dry days, to a CSV file at any time.