Apple Health shortcuts for tracking alcohol consumption
Track your drinking habits directly in Apple Health with two shortcuts that work together. 'Log Drink' provides one-tap logging. 'Zero Drinks' calculates a rolling average and maintains complete data in Apple Health. Everything is completely private on your device.
One tap adds a standard drink to Apple Health. Add this to your iPhone home screen, lock screen, or Apple Watch complication, then simply tap it each time you have a drink. No configuration required.
Download Log Drink
Calculates your rolling average over a configurable time window (10 days by default). Automatically fills in zero-drink days, which Apple Health normally ignores, giving you accurate averages. Shows a positive message when you had zero drinks yesterday, or asks "How do you feel?" when you did drink. Requires a daily automation.
👉 Required: Set up a daily automation to run 1 hour after sunrise with confirmation enabled.
Download Zero DrinksLong press the shortcut in the Shortcuts app, select "Details", then "Add to Home Screen". You can customize the icon and name.
In the Watch app on your iPhone, scroll down to Shortcuts and enable "Show on Apple Watch". You can also add shortcuts to watch face complications.
Important: Zero Drinks requires creating an automation to run daily. Here's how:
With confirmation enabled, you'll receive a notification each morning that you can tap to run the shortcut and see your stats.
These shortcuts interact only with Apple Health on your device—no data is transmitted to external servers, no accounts required, no tracking. Apple Health lacks built-in support for quick drink logging and accurate averages--it ignores days without data, which skews the numbers. These shortcuts fill that gap while keeping your health information completely private.