Yet nobody is too young (or too old) to have trouble with booze.
That's because alcoholism is an illness. It can hit anyone. Young,
old. Rich, poor. Black, white.
And it doesn't matter how long you've been drinking or what you've
been drinking.
It's what drinking does to you that counts.
To help you decide whether you might have a problem with your own
drinking, we've prepared these twelve questions. The answers are nobody's
business but your own.
If you can answer 'Yes' to any one of these questions, maybe
it's time you took a serious look at what your drinking might be doing
to you.
1. Do you drink because you
have problems? To relax?
2. Do you drink when you get
mad at other people, your friends or parents?
3. Do you prefer to drink alone, rather
than with others?
4. Are your grades starting
to slip? Are you goofing off on your job?
5. Did you ever try to stop
drinking or drink less — and fail?
6. Have you begun to drink in
the morning, before school or work?
7. Do you gulp your drinks?
8. Do you ever have loss of
memory due to your drinking?
9. Do you lie about your drinking?
10. Do you ever get into trouble
when you're drinking?
11. Do you get drunk when you
drink, even when you don't mean to?
12. Do you think it's cool to
be able to hold your liquor?
If you need help or if you'd just
like to talk to someone about your drinking, call us. We're
in the phone book under 'Alcoholics Anonymous'
