Answer all the following questions and then push the
"result" button at the end of the questionnaire to get your score.
Yes
No
2. Do you feel you are a normal drinker (that is, drink no more than average) ?
Yes
No
3.Have you ever awakened the morning after some drinking the night before and found you could not remember a part of the evening?
Yes
No
4.Do close relatives ever worry about your drinking?
Yes
No
5.Can you stop drinking without a struggle after one or two drinks?
Yes
No
6.Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking?
Yes
No
7.Do friends or relatives feel you are a normal drinker?
Yes
No
8.Are you always able to stop drinking when you want to?
Yes
No
9.Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) because of your drinking?
Yes
No
10.Have you gotten into physical fights when drinking?
Yes
No
11.Has your drinking ever created problems between you and your wife, husband, parent, or near relative?
Yes
No
12.Has your wife, husband, or other family member ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
Yes
No
13.Have you ever lost friendships because of your drinking?
Yes
No
14.Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of your drinking?
Yes
No
15.Have you ever lost a job because of your drinking?
Yes
No
16.Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more days in a row because of drinking?
Yes
No
17.Do you ever drink in the morning?
Yes
No
18.Have you ever felt the need to cut down on your drinking?
Yes
No
19.Have there been times in your adult life when you found it necessary to completely avoid alcohol?
Yes
No
20.Have you ever been told you have liver trouble?
Yes
No
21.Have you ever had delirium tremens (DTs)?
Yes
No
22.Have you ever had severe shaking, heard voices, or seen things that weren't there after heavy drinking?
Yes
No
23.Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
Yes
No
24.Have you ever been in a hospital because of your drinking?
Yes
No
25.Have you ever been told by a doctor to stop drinking?
Yes
No
26.(a) Have you ever been a patient in a psychiatric hospital or on a psychiatric ward of a general hospital?
Yes
No
27.(b) Was your drinking part of the problem that resulted in your hospitalization?
Yes
No
28.(a) Have you ever been a patient at a psychiatric or mental health clinic or gone to any doctor, social worker, or clergyman for help with any emotional problem?
Yes
No
29.(b) Was your drinking part of the problem?
Yes
No
30.(a) Have you ever been arrested even for a few hours, because of: drunken behavior (not driving)?
Yes
No
(b) More than once?
Yes
No
31.(a) Have you ever been arrested for driving while intoxicated?
Yes
No
(b) More than once?
Yes
No
32.Have any of the following relatives ever had problems with alcohol?: (a) Parents?
Yes
No
33.(b) Brothers or sisters?
Yes
No
34.(c) Husband or wife?
Yes
No
35.(d) Children?
Yes
No
Self-Administered Alcoholism Screening Test (SAAST)
Copyright 1975, Mayo Foundation.