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I got 10/20 which puts me comfortably as an alcoholic in need of physician evaluation.
Screw that. Time for a drink.
Are you an alcoholic?
Take this test: http://alcoholism.about.com/od/tests...iz_alcohol.htm
I got 10/20 which puts me comfortably as an alcoholic in need of physician evaluation.
Screw that. Time for a drink.
You answered 0 items out of 20 Yes.
I take that as a no.
Do you drink at all?Originally Posted by Cnote11
No, so that explains that. Going to try some champagne soon though. Perhaps that will turn me into an alcoholic.
Do you drink because you are shy with other people?
Do you drink to build up your self-confidence?
These are fundamentally the same question. Let's peg shy people twice!
Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?
Does drinking cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
Have you ever had a loss of memory as a result of drinking?
All related to being drunk. Which virtually every college student, or New Years, Birthday, or St. Patrick's day celebrator has been at least once in their life... "have you ever"... really?
Do you turn to inferior companions and environments when drinking?
"Inferior" companions and environments... like a bar and the people who go to them... really? What self-hating recovering-alcoholic wrote this thing?
Do you crave a drink at a definite time daily?
Yes, when I get home from work at 6 pm every weekday and just want to do some well-deserved unwinding with a nice cold beer.
Has your efficiency decreased since drinking?
Well when I'm drinking I'm obviously not working on cold fusion, so this is a given for every drinker.
Do you drink alone?
No. I need somebody to hold my hand every time I want to have a beer and watch TV.
I thought it was a bit silly and too cut-and-dry.
Aren't you 17?
Indeed, I am. But this does go nicely with my whole story about having a 3-day ******** with a harem of Victoria's Secret models, doesn't it?
Last edited by mamascarlatti; May-15-2012 at 06:54. Reason: language violates Terms and conditions
Oh dear, another variation on our favourite word to add to the blacklist!
Last edited by mamascarlatti; May-15-2012 at 06:55. Reason: as above
I think if a lot of Australians answer this quiz honestly, they would be in the same boat. It's a big problem here. My result for this quiz was of no concern though. I am a social drinker only.
Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress - Mohandas K. Gandhi.
Biggest load of tosh I've ever seen.
"You answered 4 items out of 20 Yes.
Your score is 20%. According to the Office of Health Care Programs, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, developers of this screening quiz, if you answered 3 of these questions with a Yes it is a definite sign that your drinking patterns are harmful and possibly considered alcohol dependent or alcoholic. You may want to seek an evaluation by a healthcare professional."
Completely fails to distinguish between regular or rare occurances.
"a definite sign that your drinking patterns are harmful"; good luck proving that one, buddy.
GG
Being shy and drinking for self-confidence are two different things. I have never had a shy moment in my life. I haven't always had self-confidence.
These question poll things are always over simplistic and fail to take into account that people operate at a variety of levels. There was one alcohol poll where I scored enough points to prove that I was an alcoholic (also the have you ever ... type questions) when in fact I have never had an alcohol problem and was a Salvation Army officer living dry (as do all Salvationists) at the time.
The inferior friends and environments question had me. The one friend I sometimes have a drink with is very superior, a professor.His home is in the smartest part of town. So are some of the other friends with whom I occasionally have a drink.
The drinking alone thing also makes it seem bad to have a glass of wine with a meal if one is alone. There are lots of single people who have their meals alone - with a glass of wine.
16/20.
I attend AA meetings regularly.
Medical definition of moderate drinking:
No more than three alcoholic beverages per week (beer to vodka, 'don't matter.) Reason -- at that frequency, the liver has time to repair, and it will have little or no long-term damage to the brain.
Alcohol Lobby definition of moderate drinking:
Three beverages per day. (Obviously, they are pushing that drug :-)
If you are habitually / reflexively reaching for a drink when you come home from work each day, and drink as much or more on weekends, you are substance dependent -- making you, mild and unobtrusive as it may seem, an alcoholic. No matter how you slice it or gloss it, it is a daily dependence upon a drug. That type of usage may stay the same, or slowly increase over the years. Daily = Dependent.
There is tons of rationale in a few answers here. those who so answer are already working around the fact they drink daily and that they are dependent.
Can anyone think of another drug around which there are thousands of synonymic words or phrases to describe varying degrees of 'highness?'
ADD P.S. No matter what you call the substance it is a drug, and the more that is recognized, by those who consume as well as those who do not, the more readily the use or misuse of it can be seen for what it is.
Last edited by PetrB; May-15-2012 at 12:29.
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