Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test

 

 1.   Do you feel you are a normal drinker/user?  By normal we mean you             q YES   q NO

       drink/use as much or less than most other people.

 

 2.   Have you ever awaken the morning after some drinking/drugging the              q YES   q NO

       night before and found that you could not remember a part of the

       evening before?

 

 3.   Does your spouse, parents, or other near relatives ever worry or                   q YES   q NO

       complain about your drinking/drugging/pill usage?

 

 4.   Can you stop drinking/using without a struggle after one or two?                    q YES   q NO

 

 5.   Do you feel guilty about your drinking/chemical dependency?                         q YES   q NO

 

 6.   Do friends or relatives think you are a normal drinker/user?                                   q YES   q NO

 

 7.   Do you ever try to limit your drinking/using to certain times of the                   q YES   q NO

       day or to certain places?

 

 8.   Are you always able to stop drinking/drugging/pills, etc. when you                 q YES   q NO

       want to?

 

 9.   Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?                     q YES   q NO

 

10.  Have you gotten into a verbal or physical fight when drinking/using?               q YES   q NO

 

11.  Has drinking/using/drugs ever created problems between you and your          q YES   q NO

       wife, husband, a parent or other near relatives?

 

12.  Has you wife, husband, (or other family members) ever gone to anyone         q YES   q NO

       for help about your drinking/drug use?

 

13.  Have you ever lost friends or girlfriends because of your drinking/drugs?        q YES   q NO

 

14.  Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of drinking/drugs?            q YES   q NO

 

15.  Have you ever lost a job or quit before you were fired because of                  q YES   q NO

       drinking/using drugs?

 

16.  Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family or your work                      q YES   q NO

       for 2 or more days in a row because you were drinking/using?

 

17.  Do you drink/use drugs or pills before noon fairly often (i.e., on                     q YES   q NO

       weekends)?


18.  Have you ever been told you have liver trouble?                                            q YES   q NO

 

19.  Have you ever had a delirium treatment (D.T.’s), severe shaking, heard         q YES   q NO

       voices, or seen things that weren’t there after heavy drinking/using?

 

20.  Have you ever gone to anyone for help about drinking/using?                         q YES   q NO

 

21.  Have you ever been in a hospital because of drinking/drug use?                            q YES   q NO

 

22.  Have you ever been a patient in a psychiatric hospital or in a psychiatric         q YES   q NO

       ward of a general hospital where drinking/drugs were part of the problem?

 

23.  Have you ever been seen at a psychiatric or mental health clinic or gone to     q YES   q NO

       a doctor, social worker, or clergyman for help with an emotional problem

       in which drinking/drugs had played a part?                              

 

24.  Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours, because of drinking/               q YES   q NO

       drug behavior?  (If YES, how many times?_________)

 

25.  Have you ever been arrested for drunk driving, driving while intoxicated       q YES    q NO

       or driving under the influence of alcoholic beverage or drugs?  (If YES,

       how many times)?