Pearl Institute

Dry January Check In

Compare how you feel during drunk December and dry January. You are the chief scientist. You are the sole subject.

Texts arrive at 10AM starting December 1

Daily check-ins, Dec 1 to Jan 31, plus your results. Msg and data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help, STOP to opt out anytime. Privacy and Terms.

How it works

This program was designed to motivate people to get sober by measuring the difference between how they feel when drinking and not drinking.

Drink as normal in December, through the holidays. Then do dry January, by not drinking.

Starting December 1st, you will receive a text asking, "Good morning. How do you feel?"

You will respond: 1 Bad, 2 Ok, 3 Great.

Another text will land: "Did you drink yesterday?"

You will respond: 1 Yes, 2 No.

That's it. 5 seconds.

Text RESULTS anytime to see your progress.

Sample results

You felt better 42% more often in January.

December

Drank 14/28 days · 50%
Felt 32/56 points · 57%

January

Drank 2/27 days · 7%
Felt 44/54 points · 81%

Great Ok Bad black dot = drank

How scoring works

Drinking score: the days you drank, out of the days you answered.

Feel score: Great is 2 points, Ok is 1, Bad is 0. Your points, out of the most you could have earned.

Each morning asks about the day before. New Year's Eve counts toward December.

On mornings after drinking you felt 25%, and after dry days 87%.