ALCOHOL USE IDENTIFICATION TEST (AUDIT)

One Standard Drink is:

200 ml of standard beer 1 Glass of wine 1 single nips of spirit
1 jug of beer = 4 standard drinks 2 cans of beer = 3 standard drinks

1. How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?

(0) Never (Skip to Questions 9-10)
(1) Monthly or less
(2) 2 to 4 times a month
(3) 2 to 3 times a week
(4) 4 or more times a week
2. How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?
(0) 1 or 2
(1) 3 or 4
(2) 5 or 6
(3) 7, 8, or 9
(4) 10 or more
3. How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?
(0) Never
(1) Less than monthly
(2) Monthly
(3) Weekly
(4) Daily or almost daily
4. How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?
(0) Never
(1) Less than monthly
(2) Monthly
(3) Weekly
(4) Daily or almost daily
5. How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of
drinking?
(0) Never
(1) Less than monthly
(2) Monthly
(3) Weekly
(4) Daily or almost daily
6. How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because
you had been drinking?
(0) Never
(1) Less than monthly
(2) Monthly
(3) Weekly
(4) Daily or almost daily
7. How often during the last year have you needed an alcoholic drink first thing in the morning to get yourself
going after a night of heavy drinking?
(0) Never
(1) Less than monthly
(2) Monthly
(3) Weekly
(4) Daily or almost daily
8. How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
(0) Never
(1) Less than monthly
(2) Monthly
(3) Weekly
(4) Daily or almost daily
9. Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking?
(0) No
(2) Yes, but not in the last year
(4) Yes, during the last year
10. Has a relative, friend, doctor, or another health professional expressed concern about your drinking or
suggested you cut down?
(0) No
(2) Yes, but not in the last year
(4) Yes, during the last year
MICHIGAN ALCOHOL SCREENING TEST (MAST)
1. Do you feel you are a normal drinker? ("Normal" is defined as drinking as much or less than most other
people)
___ Yes   ___ No
2. Have you ever awakened the morning after drinking the night before and found that you could not remember
a part of the evening?
___ Yes   ___ No
3. Does any near relative or close friend ever worry or complain about your drinking?
___ Yes   ___ No
4. Can you stop drinking without difficulty after one or two drinks?
___ Yes   ___ No
5. Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking?
___ Yes   ___ No
6. Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
___ Yes   ___ No
7. Have you ever gotten into physical fights when drinking?
___ Yes   ___ No
8. Has drinking ever created problems between you and a near relative or close friend?
___ Yes ___ No
9. Has any family member or close friend gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
___ Yes ___ No
10. Have you ever lost friends because of your drinking?
___ Yes ___ No
11. Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of drinking?
___ Yes ___ No
12. Have you ever lost a job because of drinking?
___ Yes ___ No
13. Have you ever neglected your obligations, family,work or school for two or more days in a row because you
were drinking?
___ Yes ___ No
14. Do you drink before noon fairly often?
___ Yes ___ No
15. Have you ever been told you have liver trouble, such as cirrhosis?
___ Yes ___ No
16. After heavy drinking, have you ever had delirium tremens (DTs), severe shaking, visual or auditory (hearing)
hallucinations?
___ Yes ___ No
17. Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
___ Yes ___ No
18. Have you ever been hospitalized because of drinking?
___ Yes ___ No
19. Has your drinking ever resulted in your being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward?
___ Yes ___ 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 ___ No
21. Have you been arrested more than once for driving under the influence of alcohol?
___ Yes ___ No
22. Have you ever been arrested, or detained by an official for a few hours, because of other behavior while
drinking?
___ Yes ___ No

Score one point if you answered "no" to the following questions: 1 or 4. Score one point if you answered "yes" to
the following questions: 2, 3, 5 through 22.
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