Sunnyside
Cut back on alcohol & drink more mindfully without quitting
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Sunnyside - Mindful Drinking - SMS-based alcohol tracking to improve your health & wellness

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Sunnyside helps anyone who regularly drinks alcohol to build mindfulness and intentionality around when and how much they drink. Plan and track your drinks via 2-way text message, and see how small changes to drinking habits can have a big health impact.

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Luke Langon
Behavior change is difficult and takes time so it helps when the process is fun. I found that Cutback Coach helped me to be cognizant of my drinks and the emoji input / output functionality made it fun to check-in daily. I'm excited to see what's next - leveraging engagement tactics like streaks etc to help drive continued impact. I can imagine added functionality with mood logging and added visualizations to understand personalized trends within the journey as well. Highly recommend and excited to see what's next!
Nick Allen
Maker
@luke_langon thanks for the feedback, and definitely on the same page in terms of what comes next! We're aiming to release a new feature to provide longer term trend visualization and streaks on Monday, then from there can start to introduce simple game mechanics to provide reward for longer term engagement in the form of quantifying the impact small changes make over time. Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Chris Messina
Love this kind of light touch intervention for changing one's relationship with alcohol. I like that it's positioned to help you "cut back" rather than "stop" altogether. By amplifying your motivation for cutting back with regular reminders, I think you're more likely to succeed!
Nick Allen
Maker
@chrismessina that's the idea, I appreciate the feedback! From my own personal experience I've never felt that my drinking was out of control or that I needed to quit entirely, but definitely did have times here and there where I'd overdo it. I tried a bunch of apps to moderate but none felt quite right for the use case of optimization and awareness building, and all subtly seemed to guilt trip towards quitting entirely. My goal is to make this a lot more fun and less somber, so that the conversation around alcohol health can break into the mainstream.
Matt Stewart
I've been using Cutback Coach for the past few weeks and I have grown to appreciate the gentle nudges the SMS services uses to bring a default habit into focus so that I can prioritize more important aspects of my life!
Nick Allen
Maker
@mattstewart1 I like the "default habit" terminology, it's amazing how things like having a drink after work so quickly become an automated routine. It just takes the slightest nudge to hack back and bring awareness to a previously unconscious routine!
Philip Looney
Very easy to use SMS prompts to track drinking habits. Using it in beta, I was able to modify my drinking habits before they became a problem. The text message is an unobtrusive nudge that makes the user accountable for a friction-less tracking experience
Nick Allen
Maker
@philip_looney thanks so much for the feedback. I love that you're being proactive in approaching this, we need more people like you! 🙂
David Fox
Back to the future with SMS! Simple way to stay aware. I've been testing for six weeks or so. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves.
Nick Allen
Maker
@david_fox2 Thanks David! We have an exciting new feature we're shooting to launch either next week or the following. I think you'll like it!
Ann F
I am an early Cutback Coach user and I love the simplicity of the product and utility. Love it @nick_allen8 !
Colin Frolich
Have enjoyed the simplicity of SMS-based goal setting. Think MyFitnessPal for alcohol intake. I can definitely see this kind of engagement/interface working well for other types of "habit changing" behavior.
Nick Allen
Maker
@cfrolich love that analogy Colin! We've learned to track everything from calories and steps to mindfulness, mood and even anxiety levels. For some reason alcohol has been largely left out of the conversation, but I think now is a great time for that to change.
Will Crocker
Really awesome example of simple but useful SMS coaching. It's helped me reduce my drinks from 12 to 8 a week!
Nick Allen
Maker
@will_crocker1 So glad to hear it's had an impact for you so far!
Dan Pierson
haha as a 34 year old, @Nick Allen and @johnmcbride24, booze's impact on sleep and energy only gets more pronounced from here on out
Nick Allen
Maker
@nick @johnmcbride24 @danpierson Hahaha I hear you! Great reason to start being proactive now so we can live forever 🙂
Everett Berry
I started using this a week ago and it has become an absolutely essential part of my health tracking. The SMS flow is extremely well done - maybe the best I’ve ever seen - and the onboarding is very good as well. Highly highly recommend this. I think it will be a breakout.
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