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Wondering whether you should change your drinking?

Here is a quick and easy way to find out.

Please answer each question by clicking on the answer that best describes your drinking pattern and what has happened to you in the last 12 months. Click the Submit Answers button to get your feedback. In the questions, a drink is equal to 12 oz. (355 ml.) of beer, 5 oz. (150 ml.) of wine, or 1.50 oz. (45 ml.) of 80 proof liquor (a standard shot).

1. How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
Never
Monthly or less
Two to four times a month
Two to three times a week
Four or more times a week
2. How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?
1 or 2
3 or 4
5 or 6
7 to 9
10 or more
3. How often do you have four or more drinks on one occasion?
Never
Less than monthly
Monthly
Weekly
Daily or almost daily
4. How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?
Never
Less than monthly
Monthly
Weekly
Daily or almost daily
5. How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of drinking?
Never
Less than monthly
Monthly
Weekly
Daily or almost daily
6. How often during the last year have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?
Never
Less than monthly
Monthly
Weekly
Daily or almost daily
7. How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
Never
Less than monthly
Monthly
Weekly
Daily or almost daily
8. How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?
Never
Less than monthly
Monthly
Weekly
Daily or almost daily
9. Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking?
No
Yes, but not in the last year
Yes, during the last year
10. Has a relative or friend, or a doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?
No
Yes, but not in the last year
Yes, during the last year