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20 Questions About Alcoholism
The test
questions below were developed by the Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., for determining whether or not someone
is, or could be, an alcoholic.
1 Do you lose time from work due to drinking?
2 Is drinking making your
home life unhappy?
3 Do you drink because you are shy with other people?
4 Is drinking affecting your reputation?
5 Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?
6 Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of drinking?
7 Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment when drinking?
8 Does your drinking make you careless
of your family's welfare?
9 Has your ambition decreased since drinking?
10 Do you crave a drink at a definite
time daily?
11 Do you want a drink the next morning?
12 Does drinking cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
13 Has your efficiency decreased since drinking?
14 Is drinking jeopardizing your job or business?
15 Do
you drink to escape from worries or trouble?
16 Do you drink alone?
17 Have you ever had a complete loss of memory
as a result of drinking?
18 Has your physician ever treated you for drinking?
19 Do you drink to build up your
self confidence?
20 Have you ever been to a hospital or institution on account of drinking?
If you have
answered YES to any one of these questions, there is a possibility that you may be an alcoholic. If you have answered YES
to any two, the chances are that you are an alcoholic.
If you answered YES to three or more, you are definitely
an alcoholic.
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Am I addicted to drugs?
The questions below were developed by Narcotics
Anonymous. The questions are widely used self-diagnostics for people who think they may be addicted to any kind of drug, including
prescription drugs and drugs that aren't narcotics.
1 Do you ever use alone?
2 Have you ever substituted one
drug for another, thinking that one particular drug was the problem?
3 Have you ever manipulated or lied to a doctor
to obtain prescription drugs?
4 Have you ever stolen drugs or stolen to obtain drugs?
5 Do you regularly use a drug
when you wake up or when you go to bed?
6 Have you ever taken one drug to overcome the effects of another?
7 Do
you avoid people or places that do not approve of you using drugs?
8 Have you ever used a drug without knowing what it
was or what it would do to you?
9 Has your job or school performance ever suffered from the effects of your drug use?
10 Have you ever been arrested as a result of using drugs?
11 Have you ever lied about what or how much you use?
12
Do you put the purchase of drugs ahead of your financial responsibilities?
13 Have you ever tried to stop or control your
using?
14 Have you ever been in a jail, hospital, or drug rehabilitation center because of your using?
15 Does using
interfere with your sleeping or eating?
16 Does the thought of running out of drugs terrify you?
17 Do you feel it
is impossible for you to live without drugs?
18 Do you ever question your own sanity?
19 Is your drug use making life
at home unhappy?
20 Have you ever thought you couldn't fit in or have a good time without drugs?
21 Have you ever
felt defensive, guilty, or ashamed about your using?
22 Do you think a lot about drugs?
23 Have you had irrational
or indefinable fears?
24 Has using affected your sexual relationships?
25 Have you ever taken drugs you didn't prefer?
26 Have you ever used drugs because of emotional pain or stress?
27 Have you ever overdosed on any drugs?
28 Do
you continue to use despite negative consequences?
29 Do you think you might have a drug problem?
"Am I an addict?"
This is a question only you can answer. We found that we all answered different numbers of these questions "Yes." The actual
number of "Yes" responses wasn't as important as how we felt inside and how addiction had affected our lives.
Narcotics
Anonymous, 5th edition © copyright 1988 Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
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