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Can our rehab centre help you?
This quiz is only for people who admit
they are alcoholics, (no more excuses, lies, denials
etc.) and know that alcohol abuse will destroy their career, their
families & ultimately cost them their lives.
We agree with Step One of Alcoholics
Anonymous in that the person has to admit they are an alcoholic &
would strongly suggest you give AA or
a 12 step programme at least 2 attempts
before you contact us.
Sorry we do not provide interventions & again agree with AA
that the person themselves has to admit they are destroying all
around them.
If AA does not work for you (and you are not alone) and you are
serious about controlling your alcoholism please email us your
reasons for quitting and we can then respond to the quiz.
This is a medical clinic and it is not
free, but how much does alcoholism cost you?
This comprehensive quiz has been
developed by doctors to determine whether our alcohol rehab centre can help you to control your alcoholism addiction.
The quiz below takes about 15 minutes and will identify
your
type of alcoholism. You may find that more than one
statement
applies. Check any that are true for you today.
In the comments section put what much drinking has
cost you
(job, car crash, marriage, health etc)
*Please note: ALL questions have to be answered
and your
email has to be filled in. All answers are
strictly confidential.
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Where would you like us to
email the result of this quiz?
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A. Physiologic
Response |
Yes |
No |
1. Alcohol quickly makes me
light-headed, spacey, and uncoordinated.
It has always affected me this way. |
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2. Even a little alcohol makes me
sick. This has always been true. |
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3. When drinking, I have lots of
energy and perform better. |
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4. At first, alcohol exhilarates me;
then I may lose control and drink
until drunk. |
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5. In the past, alcohol always gave me
a lift, now it just takes away
my shakiness and makes me feel normal. |
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6. After only a few drinks, I usually
feel sedated by alcohol. |
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7. I can overcome my depression by
drinking alcohol, but afterward
the depression seems worse. |
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8. (Women only) I need and use more
alcohol premenstrually. |
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9. Usually, I can't feel the effect of
my first one or two drinks. |
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10. Now alcohol lifts my depression
temporarily. In my earlier drinking
years, I did not suffer from depression. |
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B. First Experience |
Yes |
No |
1. I remember the first time I drank
alcohol; I liked the feeling it gave
me. |
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2. My first drinking experience was
not good; I reacted badly to
alcohol. |
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3. I can't remember my first drinking
experience. |
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4. From my first taste, alcohol has
had no appeal for me. |
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C. Hangovers |
Yes |
No |
1. All my drinking years I have
usually felt miserable the morning after
heavy alcohol use. |
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2. I rarely have hangovers. |
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3. I frequently suffer from depression
after a night of heavy drinking. |
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4. I never got hangovers in my early
years of heavy drinking, but now
I do. |
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5. I don't get hangovers from my
habitual light drinking. |
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6. I do get uncomfortable even with
very little alcohol. This has
always been true. |
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D. Patterns |
Yes |
No |
1. I drink three or more pints of beer a day or the equivalent in wine
(six four-ounce glasses) or hard liquor
(six drinks, each containing
one and one-half ounces of alcohol)
and do not get hangovers. |
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2. I usually can't predict or control
how much alcohol I will drink at
one time. |
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3. I may go for days, weeks, or months
without alcohol, but when I
drink I tend to binge for several days. This has been my
usual
pattern since I began drinking. |
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4. I rarely want more than two or
three drinks at one time. |
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5. I do not drink because I dislike
the way even a little alcohol affects
me. |
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6. I often experience an urge to drink
at the end of the workday
following job-related exposure to fumes from gasoline,
printer's ink,
house paint, hydrocarbons, or formaldehyde. |
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7. I recognize that I can regularly
drink a lot, need little sleep, have a
strong sex drive, and tend to be a compulsive type-A
personality. |
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8. (Women only) I drink quite
moderately except before my period
when my need for alcohol seems to increase. |
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9. I have never been a heavy drinker,
but I notice if I haven't eaten, I
can get drunk on one or two drinks. |
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10. I drink daily (or frequently) to
avoid depression. |
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E.
Heredity |
Yes |
No |
1. No one on either side of my family
has regularly consumed large
amounts of alcohol. |
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2. I have a close maternal and/or
paternal relative who drinks (or
formerly drank) alcohol in large amounts. |
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3. I am of Celtic, Scandinavian,
Welsh, or Scottish ancestry and have
drinking relatives who suffer from depression. |
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4. I am adopted and do not know my
biological parentage. |
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5. My family may or may not be
teetotalers, but my biological origins
are predominantly northern European or Native American. |
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6. My family is from a southern
Mediterranean country. |
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7. A close relative is a heavy
drinker, but even one or two drinks
makes me spacey. |
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8. I am of Oriental descent. My
relatives and I become flushed, dizzy
and nauseated from very little alcohol. |
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F.
Personality Effects |
Yes |
No |
1. My personality and behavior often
change markedly when I drink.
This effect has been my response to alcohol since I began
drinking. |
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2. My personality and behavior now
change markedly when I drink.
This was not true in my earlier years of drinking. |
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3. I mellow out and grow sleepy on a
few drinks. |
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4. I feel revved up and can often
party all night when I'm drinking with
few or no signs of intoxication. |
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5. I sometimes get into fights when
drinking a lot. This has been true
almost from the time I began drinking. |
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6. I use alcohol to control anxiety
whenever possible. |
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7. I can count on alcohol to lift my
lifelong depression temporarily. |
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8. My behavior sometimes gets bizarre
when I drink. |
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9. I dislike drinking alcohol because
it physically upsets me; it does
not alter my personality. |
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10. I feel a quick sense of well-being
from my first drink or two but
can't handle more than that without feeling
spacey and light-
headed. |
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G.
Tolerance |
Yes |
No |
1. I have always
had a high tolerance for alcohol and can drink large
amounts without problems. |
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2. I have been
able to increase my tolerance for alcohol markedly over
time, handling it super normally with minimal hangovers. |
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3. I cannot
drink a lot of alcohol. |
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4. My tolerance for alcohol has gone
down recently. It was much
higher for many years. |
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5. I am
inconsistent in how much alcohol I can drink. Often I cannot
predict or control how much I will drink. |
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