Test Will Uncover Signs of Alcoholism

While reading the newspaper the other day, I came across the following in the Ann Lander's column, and though I'd share it with you.
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence has compiled a list of questions to help a person determine whether he or she has symptoms of alcoholism. Here they are:

Do you occassionally drink heavily after a disappointment, a quarrel or when the boss gives you a hard time?

When you have trouble or feel under pressure, do yo drink more heavily than usual?

Have you noticed you are able to handle more liquor than you did when you first started drinking?

Did you ever wake up the "morning after" and discover you could not remember part of the evening before, even though friends say you didn't pass out?

When drinking with other people, do you try to have a few extra drinks when others will not know it?

Are there times when you feel uncomfortable when alcohol is not available?

Have you recently noticed that when you begin drinking, you are in more of a hurry to get the first drink than you used to be?

Do you sometimes feel a little guilty about your drinking?

Are you secretly irritated when family or friends discuss your drinking?

Have you noticed an increase in the frequency of your memory blackouts?

Do you often find that you wish to continue drinking after your firnds say they have had enough?

Do you usually have a reason for the occasion when you drink heavily?

When you are sober, do you often regret things you have done or said while drinking?

Have you tried swithing brands or following different plans for controlling your drinking?

Have you ever tried to control your drinking by changing jobs or moving to a new location?

Do you try to avoid family or close friends while you are drinking?

Are you having an increasing number of financial and work problems?

Do you sometimes have the shakes inthe morning and find it helps to have a little drink?

Do you eat very little or irregularly when you are drinking?

Do you get terribly frightened after you have been drinking heavily?

After periods of drinking, do you ever see or hear things that are not there?
Those who answer yes to several of the questions from 1 to 8 may be in the early stage of alcoholism. Additional affirmative answers to several of the questions from 9 to 22 may indicate the middle to final stages of alcoholism. For information about alcoholism, contact the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, 12 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010 (www.ncadd.org), or call 1-800-622-2255.

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