Can you PLEASE help me answer these alcohol questions?

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I am writing about alcohol, anxiety and stress and really need some information to examine each of these. If you could please respond to these questions it would greatly be appreciated. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop and read this:)

Why do you think other people drink alcohol?
1. To relax
2. Improve sleep
3. Increase confidence
4. For the taste
5. Socially acceptable
6. Religious belief
7. To make them attractive
8. Romantic/Sexual reasons
Your answer (select one # from above list) _____________

1 Do you feel you are a normal drinker? (“normal” – drink as much or less than most other people)
2 Has your drinking ever resulted in your being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward?
3. Have you ever awakened the morning after some drinking the night before and found that you
could not remember a part of the evening?
4. After heavy drinking have you ever had delirium tremens (D.T.’s), severe shaking, visual or
auditory (hearing) hallucinations?
5. Has drinking ever created problems between you and a near relative or close friend?
6 Does any near relative or close friend ever worry or complain about your drinking?
7. Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more days in a
row because you were drinking?
8. Have you ever been hospitalized because of drinking?
9. Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
10. Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking?
11. Have you been arrested more than once for driving under the influence of alcohol?
12. Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of drinking?
13. Have you ever lost friends because of your drinking?
14. Can you stop drinking without difficulty after one or two drinks?
15. Have you ever lost a job because of drinking?
16. Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours because of other behavior while drinking?
(If Yes, how many times____________)
17. Have you ever been told you have liver trouble such as cirrhosis?
18 Have you ever gotten into physical fights when drinking?
19. Has any family member or close friend gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
20. Do you drink before noon fairly often?
21. Have you ever gone to any doctor, social worker, clergyman or mental health clinic for help with
any emotional problem in which drinking was part of the problem?
22. Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?

WITHIN THE LAST MONTH HAVE YOU:
Please respond “Yes” or “No” for each question.

23 Did you hold your breath, have breathing pauses, or stop breathing in your sleep?
24 Did you snore loudly?
25 Did you have restless or “crawling” feelings in your legs at night that went away if you moved
your legs?
26. Did you have nightmares, or did you scream walk, punch, or kick in your sleep?
27. Did the following things disturb you in your sleep: pain, other physical symptoms, worries,
medications, or other (specify)?
28. Did you feel anxious
29. Did you fall asleep unintentionally or have to fight to stay awake during the day?
30. Did work or other activities prevent you from getting enough sleep?
31. Did you have repeated rhythmic leg jerks or leg twitches during your sleep?
32. Did you have difficulty falling asleep?
33. Did sleep difficulties or daytime sleepiness interfere with your daily activities??

USING A SCALE FROM 1=“not at all untypical of me” TO 5=”very typical of me” FOR EACH BELOW
1=NEVER 2=RARELY 3=SOMETIMES 4=OCCASSIONALY 5=OFTEN
Write the number from the above list that most likely represents your behavior.

33. Many situations make me worry.
34. I worry about projects until they are all done
35. Once I start worrying, I cannot stop.
36. I worry all the time.
37. If I do not have enough time to do everything, I do not worry about it.________
38. I know I should not worry about things, but I just cannot help it.
39. As soon as I finish one task, I start to worry about everything else I have to do.
40. When I am under pressure I worry a lot
41. I do not tend to worry about things.__________
42. I notice that I have been worrying about things.
43. I never worry about anything
44. I never worry about anything.
45. I am always worrying about something.
46. I find it easy to dismiss worrisome thoughts
47. I have been a worrier all my life.
48. When there is nothing more I can do about a concern, I do not worry about it anymore.
49. My worries overwhelm me.__________

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One Response to “Can you PLEASE help me answer these alcohol questions?”

  1. Tink Says:

    This is the classic test given to demonstrate (to the person taking it) that they have a problem with alcohol, specifically, that they are an alcoholic.

    So what you are looking for as far as answers, I’m not sure about.

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