These questions may help you determine if you are an alcoholic. If a statement
says something true about you, put a check in the space under YES. If a
statement says something not true about you, put a check in the space under NO.
Please answer all the questions.
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YES
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NO
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1. Do you feel you are a normal drinker?
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2. Have you ever awakened the morning after drinking the night before and
found that you could not remember a part of the evening?
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3. Does your spouse (or parents) ever worry or complain about your
drinking?
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4. Can you stop drinking without a struggle after one or two drinks?
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5. Do you ever feel bad about your drinking?
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6. Do friends or relatives think you are a normal drinker?
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7. Do you ever try to limit your drinking to certain times of the day or
to certain places?
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8. Are you always able to stop drinking when you want to?
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9. Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
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10. Have you gotten into fights when drinking?
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11. Has drinking ever created problems with you and your spouse or other
family members?
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12. Has your spouse (or other family member) ever gone to anyone for help
about your drinking?
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13. Have you ever lost friends (boyfriends or girlfriends) because of your
drinking?
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14. Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of your drinking?
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15. Have you ever lost a job because of your drinking?
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16. Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family or your work for
two or more days in a row because you were drinking?
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17. Do you ever drink before noon?
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18. Have you ever been told you have a liver problem?
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19. Have you ever had delirium tremens (DT’s), severe shaking, heard voices
or seen things that weren’t there after heavy drinking?
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20. Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
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21. Have you ever been in the hospital because of your drinking?
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22. Have you ever been a patient in a psychiatric hospital or on a
psychiatric ward of a general hospital where drinking was part of the
problem?
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23. Have you ever been seen at a psychiatric or mental health clinic, or
gone to a doctor, social worker or clergyman for help with an emotional
problem in which drinking played a part?
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24. Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours, because of drunk
behavior?
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25. Have you ever been arrested for drunk driving or driving after
drinking?
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Give yourself 1 point if you answered yes to the following
questions: #3. 10, 17
Give yourself 2 points if you answered yes to the following questions:
#2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25
Give yourself 2 points if you answered no to the following
questions: #1, 4, 6, 8
Give yourself 5 points if you answered yes to the following
questions: #9, 19, 20, 21
1-3 Points = Probably a social drinker
4 Points = Borderline
5 or more Points = Probably an alcoholic
If you would like more information
about this inventory or your scoring, email the EAC at ifeac@aol.com, call the EAC at
1-800-283-1633, or visit the Alcoholics Anonymous website at www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
