AlcoholScreening.org -- The Test

Alcohol Screening Questions

Answering these twelve questions will take only a few minutes, and will generate personalized results based on your age, gender and drinking patterns. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymous. See the privacy policy for more.

The questions below refer to your use of alcoholic beverages within the past year. Answer the questions as honestly and accurately as you can. One drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or one standard cocktail (1.5 ounces of 80-proof liquor).


	Your Age:

	Your Gender:

1.	How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?

2.	How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?

3.	Thinking about a typical week, on how many days do you have at least one alcoholic drink? (If you don't drink every week, answer for a typical week in which you do)

4.	How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?

5.	Thinking about the past year, what is the greatest number of drinks you've had on any one occasion?

About the test
This test is based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), developed by the World Health Organization to screen for harmful or hazardous drinking patterns. (WHO and J. Saunders; O. Aasland; T. Babor; J. de la Fuente; M. Grant. 1992.)