| This test will not determine if you are an alcoholic, but it will help you to assess if you have a problem with alcohol. It will only be beneficial if you're honest with yourself. There are no wrong answers! IU's Counseling and Psychological Services (CaPS) provides this quiz. They adapted the questions from The Natural History of Alcoholism, Vallient, 1983. |
2. When you experience trouble or are undergoing stress, do you always drink more heavily than usual?
3. Can you handle more liquor now than you could when you first began drinking?
4. Have you ever awakened the "morning after" and found that you could not remember part of the evening before, even though your friends said that you didn't pass out?
5. When drinking with others, do you try to have just a few additional drinks wen they won't know of it?
6. Are there times when you feel uncomfortable if alcohol isn't available?
7. Have you noticed lately that when you start drinking you're in more of a hurry to get to the first drink than you used to be?
8. Do you sometimes have negative thoughts or feelings about your drinking?
9. Are you secretly irritated when you friends or family discuss your drinking?
10. Do you often want to keep drinking after your friends have said that they've had enough?
11. When you're sober, do you often regret things you have done or said while drinking?
12. Have you tried switching brands or following different plans for controlling your drinking?
13. Have you
often failed to keep promises you have made to yourself about controlling
or cutting
down on your drinking?
14. Do you try to avoid your girlfriend/boyfriend when you are drinking?
15. Are you having an increasing number of school, work, or financial problems?
| If you answered yes to several of these questions, don't freak out, it doesn't necessarily mean you have a problem. The main thing to ask yourself is if your drinking is causing serious negative effects in your life. Click over To Here to Help for resources that can provide you with further information. |
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