EntityMap

This page is the human-readable companion to entitymap.json, a machine-readable index of what AlcoLog publishes about, following the EntityMap v1.0 open standard. Where a sitemap lists pages, an EntityMap lists entities: the concepts, metrics, products and people this site covers, how they relate, and the passages that evidence each one. Every quotation below is published by AlcoLog.

AlcoLog Organization

AlcoLog is an independent alcohol tracking app and resource publisher, built by a solo developer. It ships on iOS, watchOS and Android, and publishes an evidence-reviewed library on drinking, naltrexone and recovery.

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Log a drink in one tap. Monitor your units, calories, and cost in real-time as the night unfolds. From your pocket to your home screen to your wrist, AlcoLog keeps you conscious of every drink as you have it, not regretful the morning after. So the next drink is always a choice, not just drinking on autopilot.

AlcoLog - Alcohol Tracker for iOS & Android — published by AlcoLog

Dean Chew Person

Creator of AlcoLog and author of its editorial resource articles. Writes from lived experience of heavy drinking rather than clinical distance.

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Frustrated with decades of heavy drinking, a complete lack of alcohol control, and endless mornings of "I should really stop drinking," I sat down to think about my alcohol-fueled lifestyle. AlcoLog started with a simple question: why is it so hard to understand your own drinking habits? I'd look back on a week and have no real sense of how much I'd actually consumed, what it was costing me, or whether I was trending in the right direction on the weeks I tried to cut back.

AlcoLog - Alcohol Tracker for iOS & Android — published by AlcoLog

Dr Charmaine Beleno, RPh, MD Person

Licensed Medical Doctor and Registered Pharmacist who reviews AlcoLog resource articles for medical accuracy. Her combined pharmacy and medicine training covers how alcohol affects the body and interacts with medication.

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AlcoLog turns vague intentions into honest numbers. It helps people see their drinking clearly and make conscious choices, grounded in evidence and without harvesting their data. As both a pharmacist and a physician, that is exactly why I am happy to recommend this app to my patients who are looking to monitor their alcohol use. Dr Charmaine Beleno, RPh, MD Licensed Pharmacist & Medical Doctor. Manila Frictionless Log a drink in one tap Zero friction, even after a few. Because tracking shouldn't fall apart mid-session.

AlcoLog - Alcohol Tracker for iOS & Android — published by AlcoLog

AlcoLog for iOS SoftwareProduct

The iPhone, Apple Watch and widget version of AlcoLog. Tracks drinks, units, calories and cost in real time during a session, with Apple Health sync, Live Activities and medication reminders.

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300+ hours of development have gone into AlcoLog, with every UI element and small detail carefully considered. Every feature below was built around five principles: log a drink in one tap, don't make tracking feel like a chore, stay front and center during sessions (the moments when it matters most), never nag the user, and give you full control. AlcoLog sells you nothing you don't need and gets out of your way the rest of the time. Free Available to everyone Pro Included with Pro or Premium Premium Premium only Session Tracking Free One tap starts a session.

All Features - AlcoLog Alcohol Tracker for iOS & Android — published by AlcoLog

AlcoLog for Android SoftwareProduct

The Android version of AlcoLog, available on Google Play. Covers core session tracking, AlcoScore, Health Connect sync and blood alcohol estimation. Premium, Wear OS and home screen widgets are not yet available on Android.

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You can get AlcoLog on Google Play on any phone running Android 9 or newer. It is the same app, built on the same idea: understand your drinking with honest numbers, and keep every one of those numbers private to you.

AlcoLog is now on Android — published by AlcoLog

AlcoLog is now on Google Play for Android 9 and up: the same private, on-device alcohol tracker with AlcoScore, live BAC estimation, Health Connect, location tagging, and full German. Free, with an optional Pro tier. Estimate only. Don't drive.

AlcoLog is now on Android — published by AlcoLog

AlcoLog Naltrexone Clinic Finder Service

A free, community-maintained directory of addiction treatment services that may prescribe naltrexone, covering the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, British Columbia, Germany and Australia. Seeded from official public registries and corrected by user submissions.

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Getting a naltrexone prescription for alcohol use disorder is still harder than it should be. This is a free, community-maintained directory of addiction treatment services across the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, British Columbia, Germany, and Australia, seeded from official registries and improved by people like you. Know a clinic that prescribes naltrexone? Confirm it or add it below. Please read: This directory is for information only and is not medical advice or a referral.

Find Naltrexone-Friendly Clinics Near You | AlcoLog — published by AlcoLog

Care Quality Commission Organization

The independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. Its public Care Directory is one of the registries AlcoLog uses to seed English entries in the clinic finder.

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Sources & verification: Listings are seeded from public registries and refreshed monthly: the US NPPES NPI registry (CMS public data), the CQC Care Directory (Contains CQC data (c) Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3), HealthLinkBC (Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - British Columbia), rehab.scot for Scotland (public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0), and for Germany the Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Krankenhausverzeichnis 2024.

Find Naltrexone-Friendly Clinics Near You | AlcoLog — published by AlcoLog

Open Government Licence v3.0 Standard

The UK public-sector open data licence governing several of the registries behind the AlcoLog clinic finder, including the CQC Care Directory and the Scottish residential rehabilitation directory. It permits reuse with attribution.

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Clinic listings sourced from UK public bodies are used under the Open Government Licence v3.0, which permits reuse and redistribution provided the source is attributed on the page where the data appears.

Open Government Licence v3.0 | AlcoLog — published by AlcoLog

AlcoScore Metric

AlcoLog's own 0 to 100 score summarising a drinking pattern across six pillars. It is calculated on device from logged sessions and deliberately excludes medication dosing from scoring.

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The AlcoScore is a 0-100 health score that grades your drinking patterns across six pillars. This tutorial covers where to find it, what each pillar measures, how the score updates, and how to read each band. It builds up the picture from the screen layout to the underlying logic, so by the end you can look at any AlcoScore reading and know exactly what it's telling you.

How to Understand Your AlcoScore — published by AlcoLog

The AlcoScore is a 0-100 health score across six pillars. This guide covers what each pillar measures, how the score updates, and how to read each band.

How to Understand Your AlcoScore — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol Unit Metric

The UK measure of alcohol content: one unit is 10ml (8g) of pure ethanol. AlcoLog calculates units from volume and ABV for every logged drink.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1899871

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The same drink gets measured differently depending where you live. A UK unit isn't an American standard drink. An Australian standard drink isn't a European gram. The fragmentation isn't accidental; different countries developed their drinking guidelines independently and chose different anchor measurements. The result is that "two units" means something specific in the UK, "two standard drinks" means something else in the US, and the published health guidelines aren't directly comparable across borders.

Alcohol Units & Standard Drinks: A Global Guide — published by AlcoLog

Units, standard drinks, grams of pure alcohol. The same alcohol gets measured differently depending where you are. The complete guide to what they mean and how to convert.

Alcohol Units & Standard Drinks: A Global Guide — published by AlcoLog

US Standard Drink Metric

The US measure of alcohol content: one standard drink contains 14g of pure ethanol, equivalent to 1.75 UK units. AlcoLog supports both measures alongside EU grams.

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This is the pillar of our Alcohol Units hub. Sub-articles will go deeper on specific calculations and regional definitions as the hub fills out.

Alcohol Units & Standard Drinks: A Global Guide — published by AlcoLog

Blood Alcohol Concentration Metric

An estimate of the alcohol currently in the bloodstream, modelled from drinks logged, body weight, sex and elapsed time. In AlcoLog this is an Android-only feature: it is not available on iPhone because of Apple App Store guidelines.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q886470

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BAC Estimation shows an estimated Blood Alcohol Content during an active session, computed on your device from your logged drinks, body weight, and biological sex using the Widmark formula. This tutorial covers turning it on, setting up your profile, reading the live estimate, and setting an optional alert.

How to Use BAC Estimation — published by AlcoLog

How to turn on BAC Estimation in AlcoLog, set up your profile, read the live estimate on your Home screen, and set an optional alert. A personal-awareness estimate only, not medical or legal advice.

How to Use BAC Estimation — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol Consumption Concept

How much alcohol a person drinks, over what period, and in what pattern. The quantity every AlcoLog metric ultimately measures and every resource hub is written about.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2647488

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Tracking your drinking sounds clinical or excessive until you realize that most people who claim to drink "moderately" don't know how much they actually drink. The gap between perceived and actual drinking is one of the more reliable findings in alcohol research, and it shows up in nearly every study where people self-report drinking versus tracking objectively. The reason tracking works isn't surveillance or discipline; it's that you can't make decisions about something you can't see.

How to Track Your Drinking: Methods, Apps, and What to Measure — published by AlcoLog

The full guide to tracking your drinks. Why tracking works, the methods that stick, what to actually measure, and how to read your own numbers without judging yourself.

How to Track Your Drinking: Methods, Apps, and What to Measure — published by AlcoLog

Naltrexone Concept

An opioid antagonist approved for alcohol use disorder in 1994. It blocks the endorphin reward signal that drinking produces, which over time reduces the conditioned pull of alcohol. The deepest topic on this site, covering dosing, side effects and prescription routes.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q409587

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If you've started looking into naltrexone, it's usually because something else hasn't worked. Willpower, dry months, switching to lower-strength drinks, promising yourself you'll stop at two: most people who end up reading about naltrexone have tried the obvious things first. The good news is the obvious things failing isn't a character flaw. Alcohol does something specific to your brain's reward system, and naltrexone does something specific to interrupt it.

Naltrexone for Alcohol: The Complete Guide (2026) — published by AlcoLog

How naltrexone works for alcohol use disorder, who it suits, dosing approaches including the Sinclair Method, side effects, and how to get a prescription.

Naltrexone for Alcohol: The Complete Guide (2026) — published by AlcoLog

The standard naltrexone dose for alcohol use disorder is 50mg, taken roughly one hour before drinking (for the Sinclair Method) or once daily at the same time (for daily protocols). The dose is the same in both cases. What changes is when and how often you take it. This article is part of our Naltrexone hub, the complete guide to using naltrexone for alcohol use disorder.

Naltrexone Dosing: 50mg, Timing, and the One-Hour Rule — published by AlcoLog

The standard 50mg naltrexone dose, why one hour before drinking matters, and what to do about missed doses, redosing, and split protocols. The practical dosing guide.

Naltrexone Dosing: 50mg, Timing, and the One-Hour Rule — published by AlcoLog

The Sinclair Method Methodology

A targeted approach to naltrexone in which the drug is taken about an hour before drinking, and only before drinking, so that pharmacological extinction gradually erodes the learned reward of alcohol.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7522031

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The Sinclair Method is a way of using naltrexone that breaks the habit of drinking by exploiting how habits get unlearned in the first place. You take one tablet an hour before each drinking session, and only on days you drink. Over months, the urge to drink fades because the conditioning behind it is being unwound, drink by drink. This article is part of our Naltrexone hub, the complete guide to using naltrexone for alcohol use disorder.

The Sinclair Method Explained: How Targeted Naltrexone Works — published by AlcoLog

The Sinclair Method uses naltrexone only before drinking, retraining your brain over months. The practical execution guide: timing, compliance, and what to expect.

The Sinclair Method Explained: How Targeted Naltrexone Works — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol Use Disorder Concept

The clinical term for a pattern of drinking that a person struggles to control despite consequences. AlcoLog covers it as a spectrum rather than a binary diagnosis, including medication and non-abstinence routes.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15326

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Quitting drinking is harder than reducing for some people, easier for others. The honest answer to "should I quit or moderate" depends on your specific pattern, dependence level, mental health, and circumstances rather than on cultural defaults. This guide covers when quitting is the right approach, what to expect, the practical mechanics that actually help, and the medical considerations that matter. The most important thing to know: alcohol withdrawal can be medically dangerous for heavy drinkers.

How to Quit Drinking Alcohol: A Step-by-Step Guide — published by AlcoLog

Stopping drinking is harder than reducing for some people, easier for others. The honest guide to quitting, with realistic expectations and clear medical support framing.

How to Quit Drinking Alcohol: A Step-by-Step Guide — published by AlcoLog

Hangover Concept

The physiological aftermath of drinking: dehydration, disrupted sleep, inflammation and acetaldehyde load. AlcoLog maintains the largest hub on this site about what actually causes hangovers and which remedies hold up.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207334

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Hangovers are not mysterious. The science is fairly settled on what causes them, what makes them worse, and what genuinely helps. Most of the popular advice is either wrong or works for the wrong reason. This guide covers what's actually true, organized so you can act on it.

How to Prevent and Recover from a Hangover (2026 Guide) — published by AlcoLog

Everything that actually works for hangover prevention and recovery, plus what doesn't. The full guide to drinking, sleeping, eating, and rehydrating around alcohol.

How to Prevent and Recover from a Hangover (2026 Guide) — published by AlcoLog

Binge Drinking Concept

Drinking enough in one session to bring blood alcohol to around 0.08 percent, roughly four drinks for women or five for men in about two hours. AlcoLog treats occasional bingeing as more consequential than most drinkers assume.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1521260

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Binge drinking is the most common alcohol problem most drinkers don't recognize in themselves. The clinical definition is narrower than "drunk every night" but broader than what most casual drinkers think it covers. Most people who fit the medical definition would describe themselves as "moderate drinkers who occasionally have a big night," and they're right about the pattern but wrong about whether the pattern matters.

Binge Drinking: What It Is, Why It's Different, and How to Stop — published by AlcoLog

Binge drinking is the most common alcohol problem most drinkers don't recognize in themselves. The honest definition, the health effects, and what actually helps.

Binge Drinking: What It Is, Why It's Different, and How to Stop — published by AlcoLog

Sleep Quality Concept

How restorative sleep actually is, as distinct from how long it lasts. AlcoLog covers why alcohol reliably degrades it: suppressed REM, fragmented second-half sleep, and a rebound that wakes drinkers at 3am.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112115601

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Most people who drink regularly are sleeping worse than they realize. The "alcohol helps me sleep" intuition is half-right: it makes falling asleep faster, which is the part you notice. The half it gets wrong is the seven hours that follow, where alcohol disrupts sleep architecture in ways that produce real next-day fatigue, slowly accumulate sleep debt, and contribute to a long list of next-day problems people don't always connect to drinking. The science here is settled enough to act on.

How Alcohol Affects Your Sleep (And What to Do About It) — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol genuinely helps you fall asleep faster and genuinely wrecks the sleep that follows. The full picture of REM, deep sleep, fragmentation, and what to change.

How Alcohol Affects Your Sleep (And What to Do About It) — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol Calories Concept

The energy content of alcoholic drinks: 7 calories per gram of ethanol, before mixers and residual sugar. AlcoLog tracks calories per drink and syncs them to Apple Health.

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Alcohol calories are real, frequently underestimated, and metabolically different from food calories in ways that matter. Most drinkers know vaguely that beer is "calorific" but couldn't give the actual number for a pint. Most cocktail drinkers have no idea what's in a margarita. The information isn't hidden, just inconvenient: drink companies aren't required to show calorie information on most products, restaurants don't usually print it, and pub menus almost never display it.

Alcohol Calories: The Complete Guide to What's in Your Drink — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol calories are real, easy to underestimate, and surprisingly different from food calories. The honest picture, plus the math for every common drink.

Alcohol Calories: The Complete Guide to What's in Your Drink — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol Tracking Concept

The practice of logging drinks as they happen rather than reconstructing them later. AlcoLog covers why tracking changes drinking behaviour, what is worth logging, and how to read your own data.

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Self-monitoring is one of the more reliably effective behavioral interventions in the psychology research, and alcohol tracking is the alcohol-specific version of it. The reason it works isn't motivation, willpower, or self-discipline; it's a basic feature of how human brains relate to behavior they can see versus behavior they can't. The same finding shows up across food tracking, exercise tracking, spending tracking, and dozens of other domains. This article is part of our Alcohol Tracking hub, the complete guide to tracking your drinking.

Why Tracking Drinks Actually Works (The Behavioral Science) — published by AlcoLog

The psychology of why writing down what you drink changes what you drink. Self-monitoring research, the observer effect, and why tracking is a skill rather than a tool.

Why Tracking Drinks Actually Works (The Behavioral Science) — published by AlcoLog

Drinking Less Concept

Moderation rather than abstinence: cutting back through tracking, alternatives, social tactics and medication. AlcoLog treats this as a legitimate goal in its own right, not a failed attempt at quitting.

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Alcohol moderation is the goal most drinkers actually want: drinking less without giving it up entirely. Most advice on the topic is either too clinical (treating any drinking as a disease to be cured) or too vague ("just be mindful" with no mechanics). The honest middle ground is that moderate drinking is mostly about pattern, not willpower, and the patterns are changeable with specific tactics that don't require total abstinence. The change is harder than people expect, but the difficulty lives in the structure, not in the character of the drinker.

Alcohol Moderation: How to Drink Less Without Quitting — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol moderation is mostly about pattern, not willpower. The honest guide to moderate drinking and cutting back without quitting, with strategies that stick.

Alcohol Moderation: How to Drink Less Without Quitting — published by AlcoLog

Quitting Alcohol Concept

Stopping completely: withdrawal risk, the early weeks, medication options and support routes. AlcoLog covers when medical supervision is necessary rather than optional.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1791388

Evidence

This is the pillar of our Quitting Alcohol hub. Sub-articles will go deeper on specific aspects (withdrawal, the first 30 days, body changes, social navigation, support options) as the hub fills out.

How to Quit Drinking Alcohol: A Step-by-Step Guide — published by AlcoLog

Sober Challenges Concept

Time-boxed breaks from alcohol such as Dry January and Sober October. AlcoLog covers what they are actually good for, how the weeks tend to feel, and what to do when one ends.

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Sober challenges are time-limited periods of abstinence, usually a month, taken on for health, curiosity, financial reset, or just to see what happens. Dry January is the largest by far, with millions of participants globally; Sober October has grown rapidly in the past decade; "dryish" variants and personal challenges fill out the rest. The honest assessment: sober challenges work, mostly. Not in the dramatic life-transformation way that some marketing suggests, but in the smaller, useful ways that produce real changes in how people relate to alcohol over the year that follows.

Sober Challenges: Dry January, Sober October, and Beyond — published by AlcoLog

What sober challenges are, what they actually achieve, and how to get something useful out of one. The honest guide to Dry January, Sober October, and the variants.

Sober Challenges: Dry January, Sober October, and Beyond — published by AlcoLog

Mindfulness for Drinking Methodology

Evidence-based mindfulness techniques applied to alcohol cravings, including urge surfing, RAIN, and mindfulness-based relapse prevention. Covered as practical technique rather than general wellness advice.

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Mindfulness-based approaches to drinking have moved from fringe to mainstream over the past two decades, largely because the clinical evidence has held up. Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP), developed at the University of Washington, has produced consistent results across multiple randomized controlled trials for reducing relapse risk, craving intensity, and emotional reactivity. Judson Brewer's research at Brown University on urge surfing has produced one of the most-watched TED talks in the topic's history.

Mindfulness and Meditation for Drinking: An Evidence-Based Guide — published by AlcoLog

Mindfulness-based approaches to drinking have substantial research support. The complete guide to urge surfing, RAIN, MBRP, and the techniques that actually work.

Mindfulness and Meditation for Drinking: An Evidence-Based Guide — published by AlcoLog

SMART Recovery Organization

A secular, evidence-based mutual-aid organisation built on a 4-Point Program and cognitive behavioural tools. AlcoLog covers it as the main structured alternative to twelve-step programmes.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7391075

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SMART Recovery is the leading evidence-based, secular, science-informed alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous. Founded in 1994, it has grown to over 2,500 meetings globally across 23+ countries, with a mix of in-person and online support. Unlike AA's 12-step model, SMART is built on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). It uses practical tools rather than spiritual steps, treats addiction as a behavior that can be changed rather than as a permanent identity, and explicitly supports both abstinence and moderation as legitimate recovery goals.

SMART Recovery: A Complete Guide to Self-Management and Recovery Training — published by AlcoLog

SMART Recovery is the leading evidence-based, secular alternative to AA. The complete guide to the 4-Point Program, the tools, the meetings, and who it works for.

SMART Recovery: A Complete Guide to Self-Management and Recovery Training — published by AlcoLog

The Cost of Drinking Concept

What drinking costs in money over a year, and what cutting back returns. AlcoLog tracks spend per session and per drink alongside units and calories.

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Most drinkers underestimate what they spend on alcohol by 30-50%, and that's just the direct cost. Once you include the secondary costs (Ubers home, late-night food, lost productivity, missed exercise, hangover-day takeaways), the actual annual spend is often double what people would estimate if asked. The numbers are not designed to make anyone feel bad. They're just useful information for decisions about what trade-offs are worth it. This guide covers the full picture of what drinking costs, the specific patterns where the numbers get largest, and how to think about the math.

The True Cost of Drinking: What Your Habit Is Actually Costing You — published by AlcoLog

What drinking actually costs across drinks, hidden expenses, productivity, and health. The honest numbers most casual drinkers underestimate by 30-50%.

The True Cost of Drinking: What Your Habit Is Actually Costing You — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol and Mental Health Concept

The loop between drinking and anxiety or depression, including hangxiety and the rebound that follows alcohol's short-term relief. Medically reviewed content.

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Alcohol and mental health interact in both directions, and the relationship is more complicated than either "alcohol causes mental illness" or "people with mental illness self-medicate" captures alone. Drinking changes brain chemistry in ways that affect anxiety, mood, sleep, and cognition. Mental health conditions change how alcohol affects you and how easily drinking patterns escalate. The picture is mostly bad news, but it's bad news that's manageable when understood honestly. This guide covers the actual mechanisms and the practical decisions that matter.

Alcohol and Mental Health: Anxiety, Depression, and the Hidden Cost — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol and mental health interact in both directions. The honest picture of what drinking does to anxiety, depression, ADHD, sleep, and recovery, evidence-grounded throughout.

Alcohol and Mental Health: Anxiety, Depression, and the Hidden Cost — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol and Physical Health Concept

What alcohol does to the brain, liver, heart, gut, hormones and cancer risk, and what recovery looks like over time. Medically reviewed content.

Also known to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11290178

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Most people who drink already know, in general terms, that alcohol is not doing them good. What is less commonly known is the specifics: which organs, by what mechanism, on what timeline, and which damage is reversible if you cut back. This pillar lays out the physical health effects of alcohol system by system, based on the current evidence rather than the older "a drink a day is fine" framing that has been substantially revised over the past few years. It is the physical-health counterpart to our Alcohol and Mental Health hub, which covers the psychological and emotional side.

What Alcohol Does to Your Body: The Physical Health Effects — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol affects almost every system in the body. The evidence-based guide to what it does, where the harm is greatest, and what changes when you cut back.

What Alcohol Does to Your Body: The Physical Health Effects — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol and Fitness Concept

How drinking interacts with training: recovery, hydration, hormones, protein synthesis and performance the next day.

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Most active people aren't going to quit drinking entirely, and most don't need to. The realistic question is: how much does drinking actually affect your training, where do the trade-offs hit hardest, and what choices make the biggest difference. The science here is more nuanced than the wellness-influencer line of "alcohol ruins everything" but more substantial than the casual drinker's "a few beers is fine." This guide covers the actual mechanisms, the trade-offs at different drinking volumes, and the practical decisions that matter most.

Alcohol and Fitness: How Drinking Affects Your Training — published by AlcoLog

Alcohol affects recovery, muscle growth, hydration, hormones, and performance. The honest picture for active people who don't want to quit drinking entirely.

Alcohol and Fitness: How Drinking Affects Your Training — published by AlcoLog

AlcoLog Drinks Database Taxonomy

AlcoLog's classification of drinks by type, brand and serving size: beer, wine, spirits, cocktails and hard seltzer, with ABV, calories and units for each, including regional measure differences.

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Knowing what's actually in your drink is harder than it should be. Pubs and restaurants rarely display ABV; supermarkets show it in small print; cocktail menus give you ingredients but not totals. The result is that most drinkers operate on rough impressions of what they're consuming, which is one of the larger sources of underestimation in self-reported drinking. This guide covers what the major drink categories contain, how to read the numbers, and the patterns worth knowing if you're tracking what you drink.

The Drinks Database: ABV, Calories and Units for Every Drink — published by AlcoLog

A reference guide to alcoholic drinks: ABV, calories, units, and serving sizes for beer, wine, spirits, cocktails, cider, and hard seltzers.

The Drinks Database: ABV, Calories and Units for Every Drink — published by AlcoLog

AlcoLog Resource Library Taxonomy

The site's editorial classification: around 100 articles across topic hubs covering naltrexone, hangovers, drinking less, quitting, sleep, mental and physical health, calories, cost and tracking. Editorial articles are medically reviewed.

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In-depth guides on alcohol, drinking less, hangovers, naltrexone, sleep, mental health, and tracking. Each hub collects multiple articles on a topic, written to be useful whether you use AlcoLog or not. Hub AlcoLog App Tutorials Step-by-step guides for using the iOS app: logging drinks, tracking medications, reading your AlcoScore, exporting data, and getting the most out of every feature.

Alcohol Resources: Naltrexone, Hangovers, Drinking Less | AlcoLog — published by AlcoLog

Naltrexone for Alcohol: The Complete Guide alcolog:Guide

AlcoLog's pillar guide to naltrexone for alcohol use disorder, covering mechanism, daily versus targeted dosing, side effects, and how to get a prescription in the US, UK and Australia.

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This guide walks through how naltrexone works for alcohol, the two main ways people use it (daily versus targeted), what to expect from side effects, and how to get a prescription if you decide it's worth trying. It's long because the topic deserves it. There's no version of this where 400 words gets you what you need.

Naltrexone for Alcohol: The Complete Guide (2026) — published by AlcoLog

AlcoLog App Tutorials alcolog:Guide

Step-by-step instructions for the app itself: logging a session, building favourite drinks, reading your history and AlcoScore, medication doses, alerts, Apple Health sync and the Apple Watch app.

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A drinking session in AlcoLog is one continuous run of drinks with a start time and an end time. You start the timer when you pour your first drink and end it when you stop drinking. Every drink in between is logged to that session. This walkthrough takes you from a freshly installed app to your first finished session.

How to Log a Drinking Session — published by AlcoLog

Step-by-step walkthrough for tracking a drinking session in AlcoLog: starting the timer, logging your first drink, adding more drinks, and ending the session.

How to Log a Drinking Session — published by AlcoLog