How likely am I to have a drinking problem?

The AUDIT: the World Health Organization's 10-question alcohol screening test. This is a screening questionnaire, not a diagnosis. Answer honestly. There are no right or wrong answers.

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One "drink" is a standard drink: about a small glass of wine, a 330 ml bottle of regular beer, or a single measure of spirits.

How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?

About this test

This page uses a validated screening questionnaire with its original wording and published scoring cutoffs. Your answers are scored automatically as soon as you finish. A screening result can tell you whether it's worth talking to a doctor or mental-health professional, but only they can make a diagnosis.

Possible results

  • Low risk (score 0+)
  • Increasing risk (score 8+)
  • Higher risk (score 16+)
  • Possible dependence (score 20+)
See all 10 questions
  1. How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
  2. How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?
  3. How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?
  4. How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?
  5. How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking?
  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?
  7. How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
  8. How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?
  9. Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking?
  10. Has a relative, friend, doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?

Source: AUDIT: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Babor TF, Higgins-Biddle JC, Saunders JB, Monteiro MG. World Health Organization (2001). May be reproduced without permission.

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