Your drinker type
You're The Reward Drinker
A drink is how you pay yourself back.
What The Reward Drinker looks like
The drink at the end of the day is how you mark that the work is over — the point is the punctuation, not the alcohol. That makes it easier to swap than most patterns, as long as something else does the marking. The catch is that the bar for "I earned this" keeps dropping until every day qualifies.
Where this type gets stuck
- ! The bar for "I earned this" drops until every single day clears it
- ! Without the drink the day never quite ends, so nothing marks the finish line
- ! The better the bottle, the easier it is for one special glass to become several
What tends to work for The Reward Drinker
- 1 Write down three rewards that are not a drink, so the choice already exists
- 2 Define what actually counts as "a day I earned it", so it cannot be every day
- 3 Set aside the money from the nights you skipped and spend it on a different reward
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Seeing what a night off is worth in money makes the replacement reward obvious. SoberNow shows the amount saved next to your day count and the recovery milestones.
About this result: it is a way to reflect on how you drink, not a medical diagnosis. To gauge the risk level of the amount you drink, take the AUDIT-C based drinking habits self-check. If cutting back on your own feels difficult, talking to a doctor or an alcohol service is one option.
The other types
The Routine Drinker
Drinking has become part of the shape of your day.
See what works for The Routine Drinker →The Stress Drinker
You use a drink to change how you feel.
See what works for The Stress Drinker →The Social Drinker
The room sets your pace, not you.
See what works for The Social Drinker →