ARE YOU AN ALCOHOLIC ?

Are You An Alcoholic ?

. . . Our personal adventures before and after
make clear three pertinent ideas:

To answer this question, ask yourself the following questions and
answer them as honestly as you can.

Yes No Do you lose time from work due to drinking?
Yes No Is drinking making your home life unhappy?
Yes No Do you drink because you are shy with other people?
Yes No Is drinking affecting your reputation?
Yes No Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?
Yes No Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of drinking?
Yes No Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment when drinking?
Yes No Does your drinking make you careless of your family's welfare?
Yes No Has your ambition decreased since drinking?
Yes No Do you crave a drink at a definite time daily?
Yes No Do you want a drink the next morning?
Yes No Does drinking cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
Yes No Has your efficiency decreased since drinking?
Yes No Is drinking jeopardizing your job or business?
Yes No Do you drink to escape from worries or trouble?
Yes No Do you drink alone?
Yes No Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of drinking?
Yes No Has your physician ever treated you for drinking?
Yes No Do you drink to build up your self-confidence?
Yes No Have you ever been to a hospital or institution on account of drinking?

The above sample of questions are used by Johns Hopkins University Hospital,
Baltimore, Maryland, in deciding whether or not a patient is alcoholic.

If you have answered YES to any 'One' of the questions, there is a definite warning that you may be alcoholic.

If you have answered YES to any 'Two', the chances are that you are most likely an alcoholic.

If you have answered YES to 'Three or More', you should definitely, seriously consider, that you ..... ARE AN ALCOHOLIC !

[ MEETING MAKERS MAKE IT ]

Below Is From The Basic Text Of A.A.,
Alcoholics Anonymous, "The Big Book" 4th Edition,
© 2001 A.A. World Services, Inc.

From Chapter 4 - We Agnostics

. . . .''If, when you honestly want to, you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer. . . .''

From Chapter 3 - More About Alcoholism

. . . .''Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.
We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed.

We alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking. We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers control. All of us felt at times that we were regaining control, but such intervals - usually brief - were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization. We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness. Over any considerable period we get worse, never better. . . .''

From Chapter 2 - There Is A Solution

. . . .''The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. . . .''
This is the great news 'The Big Book' carries to those
who suffer from the Illness Of Alcoholism. . . .

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(a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives.$(b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.$(c) That God could and would if He were sought.