Alcohol Dependence (SADD)

1. Do you find difficulty in getting the thought of a drink out of your mind? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

2. Is getting drunk more important than your next meal? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

3. Do you plan your day around when and where you can drink? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

4. Do you drink in the morning, afternoon and evening? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

5. Do you drink for the effect of alcohol without caring what the drink is? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

6. Do you drink as much as you want irrespective of what you are doing the next day? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

7. Given that many problems might be caused by alcohol do you still drink too much? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

8. Do you know that you won't be able to stop drinking once you start? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

9. Do you try to control your drinking by giving it up completely for days or weeks at a time? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

10. The morning after a heavy drinking session do you need your first drink to get yourself going? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

11. The morning after a heavy drinking session do you wake up with a definite shakiness of your hands? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

12. After a heavy drinking session do you wake up and retch or vomit? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

13. The morning after a heavy drinking session do you go out of your way to avoid people? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

14. After a heavy drinking session do you see frightening things that later you realize were imaginary? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

15. Do you go drinking and the next day find you have forgotten what happened the night before? Never Sometimes Often Nearly always Please choose one.

Age:
15 or less 16 - 17 18 - 24 25 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 51 - 64 65 or more Prefer not to tell Please choose one.

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