Forge Sober October Challenge

Sober October

31 days. Zero alcohol. A different you on the other side.

Put down drinking for all of October and see what changes: your sleep, your mornings, your money, your head. Check in every day to protect your streak. One day at a time, all month long.

How it works: Join any time in October and check in daily to keep your streak alive. Hit a rough patch? Note what triggered it, reset, and start again. Your progress is measured in days won, not perfection.
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My Streak

Check in each day you stay alcohol-free. Your streak is consecutive days. Your days-won total never resets, even if you slip.

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Leaderboard

Sober October is better together. Add your name and climb the board one day at a time.

Your first name or a nickname is plenty. The board shows your name, streak and days won, nothing else. It runs on the honor system.
#NameStreakDays won

In the App

What the Sober October challenge looks like, and how Forge backs it up.

Challenge

Sober October

31 days. Zero alcohol. A different you on the other side.

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Put down drinking for all of October and see what changes: your sleep, your mornings, your money, your head. Check in every day to protect your streak. One day at a time, all month long.

How it works

Join any time in October and check in daily to keep your streak alive.

Hit a rough patch? Note what triggered it, reset, and start again. Your progress is measured in days won, not perfection.

Milestones

Day 7: One week. The hardest days are behind you, and you did them sober. Keep going.
Day 14: Two weeks. You're halfway to a new baseline. Notice what's different.
Day 21: Three weeks. This is where it starts feeling like yours, not like a challenge.
Day 31: 31 days. You finished Sober October. Whatever comes next, you know you can do hard things.

If you slip

A slip isn't failure. It's information. Write down what happened, reset your counter, and start today's streak. You're still in this.

Forge vs Try Dry

Try Dry is the free app from the charity Alcohol Change UK, and it has a built-in Sober October goal. Here's how it compares to Forge, honestly.

Try Dry

By Alcohol Change UK · Free, no ads, no in-app purchases

  • Official "Sober October goal" to track alcohol-free days
  • Drink diary: units, calories & money saved
  • Milestone badges & progress charts
  • Daily reminders & motivational prompts
  • Drinking-risk quiz & wellbeing tracking (mood, energy, sleep, cravings)
  • Notes & journaling
  • Alcohol only, and built for cutting back as well as quitting
  • Requires an account (email + password)

Forge

Quit Anything · Free with optional Pro (weekly $3.99 / monthly $11.99 / annual $89.99, free trial)

  • Quit anything: alcohol, nicotine, weed, porn, gambling, gaming, sugar, caffeine & more
  • Live streak clock + money-saved tracker
  • AI recovery coach in your pocket
  • Three science-backed recovery mini-games
  • Daily Trio check-ins & weekend Boss Battles
  • Vice Grip personalized plan & SOS craving mode
  • Badges, XP, coins & a sobriety tree garden
  • Pro features need a subscription
Our honest take: use both. Try Dry is the charity's own app. Sign up, fundraise, and track your dry days there. Forge is your daily-motivation companion: the coach, the games, and the streak that keep you going at 11pm, through October and beyond, for alcohol or anything else you're quitting.

Sources: Alcohol Change UK: Take on Sober October · Try Dry on Google Play · Forge on the App Store