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Questions for adults (18 and over) concerned about their drinking (AUDIT).

Directions: The following questions concern your use of alcohol. Carefully read each statement and select the answer that best describes your behavior. Please answer every question. If you have difficulty with a statement, then choose the response that is mostly right.

1. How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
  Never
  Monthly or less
  2-4 times a month
  2-3 times a week
  4 or more times a week
2. How many drinks of 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 six 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 has 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

Please Note: This screening tool may be used to provide an initial assessment of possible substance abuse issues but is not intended to definitively diagnose any medical or emotional conditions. If you have concerns about your own alcohol or drug use, you are strongly advised to consult a doctor or substance abuse professional regardless of the results of this screening tool. Please contact Phoenix House to get advice, a referral or if you have questions about this screening tool. Call 800-HELP-111 or send a confidential email to the Phoenix House team today. Click here.

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is reproduced with permission of the World Health Organization.

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