Do you occasionally drink heavily after a disappointment, a quarrel, or when under pressure?

Do you drink when you are blue, to forget your worries and problems for awhile?

Are you able to handle more liquor than you did when you first started drinking?

Did you ever wake up the "morning after" unable to remember part of the evening before?

Do you ever drink before a party where alcohol will be served, just to "get in the mood"?

When drinking with other people, do you try to have a few extra drinks when others will not know?

Have you promised yourself to control or cut down on your drinking, and been unable to follow through?

Do you sometimes feel a little guilty about your drinking?

Have you ever switched from one kind of drink to another in the hope that this would keep you from getting drunk?

Are you secretly irritated when your family or friends discuss your drinking?

Do you often find that you wish to continue drinking after your friends say they have had enough?

Do you usually have a reason for the occasions when you drink heavily?

When you are sober, do you often regret things you have said or done while drinking?

A 'Yes" answer to any question may indicate a possible symptom of alcoholism. Help is available.