Lifestyle · AUDIT
Alcohol use check
Answer based on your actual drinking pattern:
Timeframe: the past year
For self-understanding only, not a diagnosis · you can exit anytime; answers are not saved or uploaded
About this instrument
The AUDIT is WHO's standard screening tool for alcohol use. One 'drink' is roughly a can of beer, a glass of wine, or a shot of spirits.
The AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) was developed by the World Health Organization and is the international gold standard for alcohol screening in primary care. Ten items cover consumption, control and consequences.
Items 1-8 score 0-4 on frequency; items 9-10 score 0/2/4. The total of 0-40 bands into 0-7 low risk, 8-15 hazardous, 16-19 harmful, and 20+ possible dependence.
One 'drink' is roughly 350ml of beer, 150ml of wine or 45ml of spirits. A high score does not mean you are 'an alcoholic' - it means the current pattern is accruing risk, and cutting back works best at the 8-15 stage.
Source: AUDIT · World Health Organization · Developed by WHO; free to use · Original source
Item preview (10)
Answer based on your actual drinking pattern:
- How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
- How many drinks do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?
- How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?
- How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?
- How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking?
- How often during the last year have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going?
- How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
- How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because of drinking?
- Have you or someone else been injured because of your drinking?
- Has a relative, friend, doctor or health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?