Addiction Support and Counseling Guidance

1. I spend more time on drinking, or go further with it, than I intend to.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

2. I have tried to cut down or stop, and returned to it.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

3. I hide drinking, or lie about it, to people close to me.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

4. I use drinking to escape stress, loneliness, boredom, or painful feelings.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

5. drinking is costing me — money, time, sleep, focus, work, or intimacy.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

6. I feel restless, irritable, or low when I cannot engage in it.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

7. People I trust have expressed concern, or I feel deep shame afterward.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

Have you had thoughts of harming yourself, or felt that life is not worth living?

No Fleeting thoughts Yes, often

Alcohol