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Monitoring My Progress
Monitoring your progress, whether through keeping a detailed drinking record, or simply checking off each time you achieve your goal for alcohol intake, has been shown to be a very powerful tool for helping people make long-term health behavior changes. This section provides resources for self-monitoring tools:
Connection to Health Tracking sheet (PDF)
This self-monitoring worksheet was developed by our Connection to Health team. The goal of the Connection tool is to help you track your progress for any goal(s) you choose to make. Click here to download.
- Drinking tracker cards If you want to cut back on your drinking, start by keeping track of every drink. This website has two different forms you can print, cut out, and keep with you. Either one can help make you aware of patterns, a key step in planning for a change. Try one form, or try both to see which is more helpful.
rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/toolsresources/DrinkingTrackerCards.asp - Urge Tracker Print this form and carry it with you. Record the details as soon after an urge as possible.
rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/toolsresources/CopingWithUrgesToDrink_urgetracker.asp - Handling urges to drink: Plan your strategiesList the different things that trigger your urges to drink in the table below, along with strategies you plan to use the next time one happens.
rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/toolsresources/CopingWithUrgesToDrink_planyourstrategies.asp