Are you Troubled By Someone's Drinking?

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Questionnaire: Are you Troubled By Someone's Drinking?

Millions of people are affected by the excessive drinking of
someone close. The following twenty questions are designed to
help you decide whether or not you need Al-Anon:

1. Do you worry about how much someone else drinks? _____

2. Do you have money problems because of someone else's drinking? _____

3. Do you tell lies to cover up for someone else's drinking? _____

4. Do you feel that if the drinker loved you, he or she would stop drinking, to please you? _____

5. Do you blame the drinker's behavior on his or her companions? _____

6. Are plans frequently upset, or cancelled, or meals delayed because of the drinker? _____

7. Do you make threats, such as, "If you don't stop drinking, I'll leave you"? _____

8. Do you secretly try to smell the drinker's breath? _____

9. Are you afraid to upset someone for fear it will set off a drinking bout? _____

10. Have you been hurt or embarrassed by a drinker's behaviour?_____

11. Are holidays and gatherings spoiled because of drinking? _____

12. Have you considered calling the police for help in fear of abuse? _____

13. Do you search for hidden alcohol? _____

14. Do you often ride in a car with a driver who has been drinking? _____

15. Have you refused social invitations out of fear or anxiety? _____

16. Do you sometimes feel like a failure when you think of the lengths you have gone to control the drinker? _____

17. Do you think that, if the drinker stopped drinking, your other problems would be solved? _____

18. Do you ever threaten to hurt yourself to scare the drinker? _____

19. Do you feel angry, confused or depressed most of the time? _____

20. Do you feel there is no one who understands your problems? _____

If you have answered 'yes' to three or more of these questions,
Al-Anon or Alateen may help.

How to contact us

In the US and Canada:
email us: wso@al-anon.org

Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters (Canada) Inc.
1600 Corporate Landing Parkway
Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617
Tel: (757) 563-1600
Fax: (757) 563-1655

Capital Corporate Centre
9 Antares Drive, Suite 245
Ottawa, ON K2E 7V5
Tel: (613) 723-8484
fax: (613) 723-0151

In other countries:
Contact your national office or local Al-Anon information service
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/meeti...rnational.html