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You don't have
drink to suffer
from alcoholism!

Are You Troubled by Someone's Drinking?

Millions of people are affected by the excessive drinking of someone close. These 20 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 cared about 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 canceled 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 behavior?

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 ever 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 feel like a failure because you can't control the drinking?

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 answered YES to any of these questions, Al-Anon or Alateen may be able to help you.

Reprinted with permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA.

Did You Grow Up with a Problem Drinker?

Alcoholism is a family disease. Those of us who have lived with this disease as children sometimes have problems which the Al-Anon program can help us to resolve. If someone close to you has, or has had, a drinking problem, the following questions may help you in determining whether alcoholism affected your childhood or present life, and if Al-Anon is for you.

1.

Do you constantly seek approval and affirmation?

2.

Do you fail to recognize your accomplishments?

3.

Do you fear criticism?

4.

Do you over extend yourself?

5.

Have you had problems with your own compulsive behavior?

6.

Do you have a need for perfection?

7.

Are you uneasy when your life is going smoothly, continually anticipating problems?

8.

Do you feel more alive in the midst of a crisis?

9.

Do you still feel responsible for others, as you did for the problem drinker in your life?

10.

Do you care for others easily, yet find it difficult to care for yourself?

11.

Do you isolate yourself from other people?

12.

Do you respond with fear to authority figures and angry people?

13.

Do you feel that individuals and society in general are taking advantage of you?

14.

Do you have trouble with intimate relationships?

15.

Do you confuse pity with love, as you did with the problem drinker?

16.

Do you attract and/or seek people who tend to be compulsive and abusive?

17.

Do you cling to relationships because you are afraid of beizng alone?

18.

Do you find it difficult to identify and express your emotions?

19.

Do you find it difficult to identify and express your emotions?

20.

Do you think parental drinking may have affected you?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, Al-Anon may help.

Reprinted with permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA.

The Al-Anon Declaration
Let It Begin with Me
when anyone, anywhere, reaches out
for help let the hand of Al-Anon
and Alateen always be there, and
Let It Begin with Me.