Drinks Meter 4.1.2

Drinks Meter provides a platform for anonymous and objective feedback on your alcohol consumption, offering comparisons to thousands of individuals globally. It includes goal tracking capabilities through the Drinks Diary feature.

It delves beyond mere statistics, focusing on your personal drinking habits, behavior, and how it influences your life.

If you are interested in understanding the equivalence of your drinking habits in terms of everyday items like cheeseburgers, assessing your performance on a medical alcohol screening test, or grasping the overall implications of your intake, Drinks Meter enables these comparative insights.

Your alcohol consumption is assessed in terms of cost, calories, and units with features such as:

• Weekly drink calculator considering various drink types, strengths, and bottle/glass sizes worldwide
• Weekly total measured in units and standard-sized drinks
• Weekly financial spend analysis
• Calorie counter translating your drinks into cheeseburgers, chocolate bars, and potato chips

Users can benchmark and contrast their data against an anonymous database comprising information from over 6,000 other individuals globally. The platform incorporates the World Health Organization's AUDIT screener used by medical professionals worldwide, tailor-fitting alcohol consumption analysis based on individuals' medical and family histories. It also provides a comparison to national alcohol guidelines.

Furthermore, users receive unbiased and personalized advice on various aspects including the importance of risks, practical strategies for moderating intake, legal aspects of alcohol consumption like driving restrictions and advice related to safer sex. Additionally, there are links to NHS services for users in the UK.

The tool facilitates users in saving and monitoring their alcohol intake by estimating potential health benefits, alcoholic units saved, calorie reductions, and financial savings if avoidable drinks are eliminated. This includes a drinks tracker feature with goal-setting options and a comprehensive Drinks Diary function. Results are summarized both on-screen and through email notifications.

It is essential to note that all data submitted to Drinks Meter remains anonymous and untraceable. The platform reserves this data for compiling an ever-expanding database for future comparisons globally.

Drinks Meter operates independently without any external funding from governmental bodies, political entities, or industry affiliations. Their commitment lies in delivering accurate information by collaborating with medical experts across the globe.

The platform was created by Dr. Adam R. Winstock MBBS, BSc, MSc, MD, MRCP, MRCPsych, FAChAM—a Consultant Psychiatrist and Addiction Medicine Specialist from the UK and Australia.