Program Reviews

Alcohol e-help

Program Overview

Alcohol e-help is a web-based program developed to provide support for individuals seeking to reduce or discontinue their alcohol usage. The main element of the program is a comprehensive digital diary that allows users to record alcohol consumption and factors surrounding the consumption. Daily diary entries are completed using drag-and-drop icons of alcoholic beverages and a provided drink conversion calculator. This information is compared to users’ drinking reduction goals informing the provided tailored weekly feedback. In addition to the diary and goal-related feedback, users had open access to modules to support self-reflection on the benefits of alcohol reduction, personalized analysis of relapse circumstances, and risk mitigation.

Last Updated: 03/24/2025

Delivery
Web-based

Theoretical Approach
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Principles of self-control
Personalized normative feedback

Target Substances
Alcohol

Target Outcomes
Drug use reduction
Drug abstinence

Age
Young adult: 18 – 30 years
Adult: 30+ years

Gender
Male
Female

Setting
Community

Geographic Location
Belarus
Brazil
India
Mexico

Index Study Publication Date
August 08, 2021

Evaluations

  • Schaub MP, Tiburcio M, Martinez-Velez N, et al.  J Med Internet Res. 2021;23(8):e21686. doi:10.2196/21686

    Study Design: RCT
    Study Type: Efficacy
    Sample Size: n=1,400
    Demographics:
    Age
    Young adult: 18 – 30 years
    Adult: 30+ years
    Gender
    Male: 71.1%
    Female: 29.9%
    Transgender: Not reported
    Non-Binary+: Not reported
    Race
    American Indian or Alaska Native: Not reported
    Asian: Not reported
    Black or African American: Not reported
    Multiracial: Not reported
    Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: Not reported
    White: Not reported
    Other: Not reported
    Ethnicity
    Hispanic: Not reported

  • Alcohol e-Help: study protocol for a web-based self-help program to reduce alcohol use in adults with drinking patterns considered harmful, hazardous or suggestive of dependence in middle-income countries. Schaub MP, Tiburcio M, Martinez N, et al. Addiction. 2018;113(2):346-352. doi:10.1111/add.14034