Alcohol Abuse Self Screen
Answer all the following questions and then push the "result"
button at the end of the questionnaire to get your score.

1.Do you enjoy a drink now and then?
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.