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In order to determine whether or not a person has drifted from "social drinking" into pathological drinking, it is well to check over a list of test questions, which each one may ask himself or herself and answer for himself or herself truthfully.

It is possible - but not at all probable - that you may fool somebody else. But you must be HONEST WITH YOURSELF - you must want to become and remain dry because alcohol has you 'licked' - if you want the help of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Who... Me??

An Alcoholic? Well here are some TEST QUESTIONS, answer them yourself.

1. Do you require a drink the next morning?

2. Do you prefer to drink alone?

3. Do you lose time from work due to drinking?

4. Is your drinking harming your family in any way?

5. Do you crave a drink at a definite time of day?

6. Do you get inner shakes unless you continue drinking?

7. Has drinking made you irritable?

8. Does drinking make you careless of your family's welfare?

9. have you thought less of your husband or wife since drinking?

10. Has drinking changed your personality?

11. Does drinking cause you bodily complaints?

12. Does drinking make you restless?

13. Does drinking cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?

14. Has drinking made you more impulsive?

15. Have you less self control since drinking?

16. Has your initiative decreased since drinking?

17. Has your ambition decreased since drinking?

18. Do you lack perserverence in pursuing a goal since drinking?

19. Do you drink to obtain social ease? (In shy, timid, self-conscious individuals)

20. Do you drink for self-encouragement? (In persons with feelings of inferiority)

21. Do you drink to relieve feelings of inadequacy?

22. Has your sexual potency suffered since drinking?

23. Do you show marked dislikes and hatreds since drinking?

24. Has your jealousy, in general, increased since drinking?

25. Do you show marked moodiness since drinking?

26. Has your efficiency decreased since drinking?

27. Has drinking made you more sensitive?

28. Are you harder to get along with since drinking?

29. Do you turn to an inferior environment since drinking?

30. Is drinking endangering your health?

31. Is drinking affecting your peace of mind?

32. Is drinking making your homelife unhappy?

33. Is drinking jeopardizing your business/your job?

34. Is drinking clouding your reputation?

35. Is drinking disturbing the harmony in your life?

NOTE: The test questions are not AA questions but are the guide used by Johns Hopkins University Hospital in deciding whether a patient is an alcoholic or not.

In addition, we in AA would ask even more. Here are a few:

36. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory (blackout) while, or after drinking?

37. Have you ever felt, while or after drinking, an inability to concentrate?

38. Have you ever felt 'remorse' after drinking?

39. Has a physician ever treated you for drinking?

40. Have you ever been hospitalized for drinking?

If you have answered YES to any one of these Test Questions, there is a definite warning that you may be an alcoholic.

If you have answered YES to any two of the Test Questions, the chances are that you are an alcoholic.

If you have answered YES to three or more of the Test Questions, you are definitely an alcoholic.

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No one will in AA attempt to tell whether another person is an alcoholic. This you must decide by yourself and for yourself. Then with an open mind and a SINCERE desire, without any mental reservations you must take the FIRST STEP IN AA.

"WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL - THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGABLE."