October.One day at a time.
A month without alcohol. Mark your days, notice your habits and move at your own pace.
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MeSober 1.4 · Sober October 2026
Understand first. Count next.
Days
Mark alcohol-free days and look at your calendar.
Voice
Say what you drank. Review the entry and save it.
Habits
Notice the situations that keep coming back. No judgement, no lecture.
How much alcohol is in that?
One bottle is not always one unit. Let’s do the maths.
Choose a drink type (optional)
Serving sizes vary. Check the actual pour and the ABV on the label. UK and US pints are different sizes.
Result
UK units · used by MeSober
ml × strength × quantity ÷ 1000
An alcohol-content calculation, not permission to drive.
Calculated in your browser. Your inputs are not sent anywhere.
NHS — Alcohol unitsMinisterio de Sanidad — UBENIAAA — What is a standard drink?
A five-minute read.
Short explanations and practical ideas. No lectures.
Sober October: where the alcohol-free month came from
The story behind Sober October, the UK fundraising campaign and a personal alcohol-free month.
What is an alcohol unit? Why countries count differently
UK alcohol units, Spanish UBE and US standard drinks explained.
How to keep a drink diary without giving up after three days
A straightforward routine for recording drinks and alcohol-free days: one time to check in, real serving sizes and a sensible way to handle gaps.
Dry January: a month with a clear goal
What Dry January means, how the official challenge differs from a personal diary and how to prepare a simple 31-day routine.
Beer, wine and spirits: units in an ordinary serving
UK unit examples for beer, wine and spirits.
Find your way to track
An alcohol tracker you can keep using.
Keep a daily drink diary on iPhone. Log alcohol units, review your calendar and record alcohol-free days with MeSober, a free app without subscriptions.
See your alcohol-free days add up.
Record sober days, follow streaks and view your alcohol-free calendar. Use MeSober for everyday tracking, Dry January or Sober October.
Your drink diary, in your own words.
Log drinks by voice on iPhone. Describe your day, review the extracted drinks and save a check-in to your MeSober alcohol diary.
Fair questions.
Short, honest answers to the things people actually ask.
Can I start after 1 October?
Start today. The days that have already passed do not cancel the ones ahead. Record real days instead of making a perfect-looking calendar.
If I drink, is it all ruined?
Record what happened and carry on. A streak may end; the other alcohol-free days remain in your calendar.
Is MeSober free?
Yes. No subscription, ads or required signup.
Where are my entries stored?
On your device, with optional sync through your iCloud. See the privacy policy for details.
What is an alcohol unit?
A UK unit is 10 ml of pure alcohol, about 8 g. MeSober uses that calculation. A glass and a unit are different things.
Why does Spain show a different number?
A Spanish UBE is 10 g of alcohol; a US standard drink is 14 g. It is the same drink measured with different units.
How much alcohol is in a glass of wine?
That depends on its size and strength. For example, 175 ml at 13% is 2.275 UK units. Enter your pour in the calculator.
Can a voice entry be wrong?
Yes. Review the drinks and quantities before saving. Recognition helps; you decide the final entry.
Does the calculator store my inputs?
No. Values stay in the current tab, are not sent to a server and are not included in analytics.
Is this a medical app?
No. It is a diary and tools for understanding your habits. It does not diagnose or replace a clinician.
Can I suddenly stop drinking?
If you are dependent on alcohol or have withdrawal symptoms, stopping suddenly can be dangerous. Get medical help first.
Is MeSober the official Sober October organiser?
No. MeSober is independent. Alcohol Change UK runs the official UK fundraising campaign. Using MeSober does not itself enter you into its fundraiser.
Three pints. Just beer?
Strong IPA adds up. Compare the alcohol, rather than the name on the bottle.
3 UK pints of IPA
3 × ≈568 ml · 7.5% · 12.79 UK units · ≈102 g
1 wine bottle
750 ml · 13% · 9.75 UK units · ≈78 g
Half a 700 ml whisky bottle
350 ml · 40% · 14 UK units · ≈112 g
Examples, not suggested amounts. At 7–8% ABV, three UK pints contain 11.93–13.64 UK units. A US pint is smaller: three at 7.5% contain 10.65 units. Bars compare alcohol content, not overall health risk.
What do the units actually mean?
- 1 UK unit = 10 ml pure alcohol ≈ 8 g.
- 1 Spanish UBE = 10 g. 1 US standard drink = 14 g.
- A glass is a serving. It may contain several units.
WHO: alcohol consumption is not risk-free. Less alcohol means less risk; no universal ‘safe number of units’ is given. WHO
UK guidance: no more than 14 UK units a week regularly; if drinking that much, spread it over at least 3 days. A lower-risk guideline, not a harmless allowance or a target. NHS
NHS — Alcohol unitsMinisterio de Sanidad — UBENIAAA — What is a standard drink?WHO — Alcohol and healthMeasurement Canada — Imperial / US measures
The short version
Know your drinking. Own your days.
- Days. Mark alcohol-free days and look at your calendar.
- Voice. Say what you drank. Review the entry and save it.
- Habits. Notice the situations that keep coming back. No judgement, no lecture.
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