Families and Alcohol Use Questionnaire

(COURSEWORK)

About YOU

The following questions are designed to increase your awareness about your alcohol use. Try to answer the questions as honestly as you can.

1. Do you feel you have a drinking problem?
2. Do you often drink to feel better?
3. Do you often drink to “get through the day?”
4. Do you spend more money on alcohol than you plan?
5. Do you feel annoyed or irritated if your family or friends discuss your drinking?
6. Have you had any arguments with your family or friends because of your drinking?
7.  Have you ever failed to keep a promise you made to yourself about cutting down on your drinking?
8.  Do you tend to drink alcohol at times when you feel angry, disappointed, depressed, anxious, or lonely?
9.  Have you ever been careless of your family’s welfare when you’ve been drinking (driving under the influence, falling asleep with a burning cigarette, not caring where your kids are, blowing a paycheck on alcohol, hitting a family member when under the influence)?
10. Do you drink in the morning to help you recover from the night before?

About YOUR Family

The following questions are designed to increase your awareness about the alcohol use of any family members? Try to answer the questions as honestly as you can.

1. Do you feel a member of your family has a drinking problem?
2. Do you lie awake worrying about your family member (of whatever age)?
3. Do you feel frustrated in your attempts to control your family member?
4.  Do you argue with your family member about his or her use of alcohol?
5.  Do you find it increasingly difficult to communicate with your family member?
6.  Do you find yourself lying or covering up for your family member?
7.  Do you feel resentful or hostile toward your family member?
8.  Do you worry about your family members’ behavior affecting other members of the family?
9. Has the family member been confronted about their behavior?
10.  Has the family member denied their drinking problem?