Self Monitoring One of the unique aspects of our study is the use of an electronic self-monitoring system—The Interactive Voice Recording System (IVR). Research has shown when people self monitor their emotions and their behaviors around drinking, they are much more able to reduce their drinking. While the IVR experience in itself may have a strong positive influence on your drinking, we still want to compensate you for the time you take to complete the brief daily interview. You will earn $1 for each time you call into the self-monitoring phone system, if you call in all 7 days of the week you will earn a $3 bonus ($10 per week). You have the possibility of earning a total of $90.