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sailorjohn Yeah, go online and take the MAST test for him, you should be able to answer most of the questions for him, there are a few that only the actual subject can answer.
MAST
1. Do you feel you are a normal drinker? ("normal" - drink as much or less than most other people)
YES or
NO
2. Have you ever awakened the morning after some drinking the night before and found that you could not remember a part of the evening?
YES or NO
3. Does any near relative or close friend ever worry or complain about your drinking?
YES or NO
4. Can you stop drinking without difficulty after one or two drinks?
YES or
NO (
Hard to answer this one for him with certainty. But when he limited his drinking to 2 doubles last year, he wasn't happy about it.)
5. Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking?
YES or NO
6. Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
YES or
NO
7. Have you ever gotten into physical fights when drinking?
YES or
NO
8. Has drinking ever created problems between you and a near relative or close friend?
YES or NO
9. Has any family member or close friend gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
YES or NO
10. Have you ever lost friends because of your drinking?
YES or
NO
11. Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of drinking?
YES or NO (
He certainly got in trouble in college. Also, when he first joined his current army unit at age 29 & started drinking again, after a heavy night of consumption he passed out in a military vehicle & woke up lying in his vomit. Don't know if he got in trouble or not, but I'm assuming the army doesn't approve of drunk soliders vomiting & sleeping in military vehicles)
12. Have you ever lost a job because of drinking?
YES or NO (
Im counting college as a job here, but I don't know if his failing out was related to Marijuana, alcohol. or both.)
13. Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more days in a row because you were drinking?
YES or NO (
Again, counting college here.)
14. Do you drink before noon fairly often?
YES or
NO
15. Have you ever been told you have liver trouble such as cirrhosis?
YES or
NO
16. After heavy drinking have you ever had delirium tremens (D.T.'s), severe shaking, visual or auditory (hearing) hallucinations?
YES or
NO
17. Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
YES or
NO
18. Have you ever been hospitalized because of drinking?
YES or
NO
19. Has your drinking ever resulted in your being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward?
YES or
NO
20. Have you ever gone to any doctor, social worker, clergyman or mental health clinic for help with any emotional problem in which drinking was part of the problem?
YES or
NO
21. Have you been arrested more than once for driving under the influence of alcohol? (
Back in college, he did have 1 or 2 close calls with a DUI that resulted in police questioning, but never a formal arrest. However he is really good now about never driving after any consumption whatsoever - He does not want to jeopardize his army career.)
YES or
NO
22. Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours because of other behavior while drinking?
(If Yes, how many times ________ )
YES or
NO
SCORING
Please score one point if you answered the following:
1. No
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. No
5. Yes
6. Yes
7 through 22: Yes
Add up the scores and compare to the following score card:
0 - 2 No apparent problem
3 - 5 Early or middle problem drinker
6 or more Problem drinker
To my knowledge his score is between a 6-10.
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