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Is Drinking Becoming A Problem?
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A simple 12 question quiz to help you decide. Adapted from A.A. World Services, New York, 1980. Answer yes or no to the following questions.*
| 1. Do you drink because you have problems? To face up to stressful situations? (Do you think that it relieves anxiety?) |
Yes No |
| 2. Do you drink when you get angry at other people? Or when other people hurt you? (Do you think it helps to remove pain?) |
Yes No |
| 3. Do you drink alone as well as with friends? Or do you often prefer to drink alone? |
Yes No |
| 4. Are your grades starting to slip? Are you cutting classes because you can’t get up in the morning after drinking? (Does it also effect other areas of your life?) |
Yes No |
| 5. Have you tried to stop drinking...or drink less - and failed? |
Yes No |
| 6. Have you begun to drink before classes, or before a test, to "calm" yourself for the day/event? |
Yes No |
| 7. Do you gulp your drinks as if to satisfy a great thirst? |
Yes No |
| 8. Do you ever have loss of memory due to your drinking? |
Yes No |
| 9. Do you avoid being honest with others about your drinking? |
Yes No |
| 10. Do you ever get into trouble when you are drinking? (Examples: fighting, compromising sexual situations, etc.) |
Yes No |
| 11. Do you often get drunk when you drink, even when you told yourself you wouldn’t this time? |
Yes No |
| 12. Do you believe (be honest) that "holding your liquor" is some type of achievement or something to boast about? |
Yes No |
Scoring: These twelve questions are designed to help you to decide if you have a problem with your own drinking. The answers are nobody’s business but your own. If you answered yes to any one of these questions, maybe it’s time to take a look at what your drinking might be doing to you.
On Campus Help
There are some resources available to you if you do need
help or if you’d just like to talk with someone about
your drinking. You can contact
Ange
Szymanski, our campus A.A. contact, at extension
4860 during the work day, or at 585.365.2378 or
585.808.538 (Cell Phone)
after hours. Ange would prefer you to call him at home
after hours rather than "wait 'til tomorrow."
If you would like more information about a group,
contact Ange at the numbers above, or you can arrange to
speak with a counselor at the Counseling Center. Please
give us a call at extension 6220. You need not give us
your name if you are looking for information. We will
help in whatever way we can.
Contact us:
counselingservices@houghton.edu
Depression
General Anxiety Disorder
Bi-Polar Disorder
Eating Disorders
Alcoholism
Post Traumatic Stress
The screening is provided to help you decide whether a consultation with one of our counselors would be helpful to you.
Contact Us
Location: Reinhold Campus Center
Phone: 585.567.9622
E-mail: counselingservices
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Emergency: Call for instructions 24 hour/day