For cutting back
You don't want to quit. You want to cut back.
Most habit apps can only count up. Committo tracks limits too — set 'no more than twice a week' and see, honestly, the weeks you stayed under. No shame, no streak to break.
You say
“I want to drink less alcohol”
Committo builds
Health
Drink less
Choose your target
No more than 4 a week
EasierNo more than 2 a week
RecommendedNo more than 1 a week
ChallengeA limit, not a streak
Set your cap. Each week Committo shows whether you stayed under it — a calm, honest record of progress instead of an all-or-nothing streak waiting to snap.
A live example — the four beats are numbered on the cards. In the app, this screen runs on your data.
1Commit for a cycle
Drink less
On trackHealth • 2 drinks per week · Week 6 of 12
Last cycle: Partial · 67%
1 / 2
limit this week
4/5 weeks under cap
2Log it in one tap
Log this week
1
drinks / 2 limit
3Weeks tell the truth
Consistency
4 of 5 weeks under cap2 weeks
Current streak
2
Best run
4Your coach notices
Proactive · on real receipts
Week 3 went over — every week since stayed under. Keep the cap at 2 for the last stretch? Keep 2 ✓
The evidence behind this
We grade what we lean on, and we show the grade. A is settled science; B is real but modest or genuinely contested — we say so rather than quietly leaving it out.
The honest science on alcohol: heavy drinking clearly shortens lives — that part is settled. Whether any amount is safe is genuinely contested, and the famous "red wine is good for the heart" curve looks increasingly like a statistical artifact.
BSources and the caveat
Sources
- GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators 2018, The Lancet 392(10152) · doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31310-2
- Biddinger et al. 2022, JAMA Network Open 5(3) · doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.3849
The caveat
Deliberately graded B in its strong form — the "no safe level" conclusion is debated, and the later GBD 2020 analysis revised minimum-risk levels upward for older adults. Voice rule: we say "less is better"; we never say "one beer harms you."