Like a drink? : Test your drinking

This is the World Health Organisation standard audit for drinkers to test their drinking. The questions have been created to look at a whole range of different relationships with alcohol without having to go through a long series of questions.

The results of the questionnaire, your 'score' if you like, are a guideline to help you come to some conclusions yourself.

There is an old saying that goes like this – 'if you think you have a problem with your drinking then you probably do!'

The questions below refer to your use of alcoholic drinks over the past year. Please try to answer the questions as honestly and accurately as you can.

Good luck!

How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?

How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?

Thinking about a typical week, on how many days do you have at least one alcoholic drink? (If you don’t drink every week, answer for a typical week in which you do)

How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?

Thinking about the past year, what is the greatest number of drinks you’ve had on any one occasion?

How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?

How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of drinking?

How often during the last year have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?

How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?

10.

How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?

11.

Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking?

12.

Has a relative or friend or a doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?

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