A MESSAGE TO TEENAGERS...
How to tell when drinking is becoming a problem
This is A.A. General Service Conference-approved literature
Copyright © 1988, 1998
by A.A. World Services, Inc.
All Right Reserved
ALCOHOLISM Alcoholism is a rough word to deal with. 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 12 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.
And, if you do 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.
A Simple 12-Question Quiz designed To Help You Decide
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? |
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS® is a fellowship of men and women who
share their experience, strength and hope with each other that
they may solve their common problem and help others to recover
from alcoholism.
- The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.
There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self-supporting
through our own contributions.
- A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization
or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither
endorses nor opposes any causes.
- Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics
to achieve sobriety.
Copyright © by The A.A. Grapevine,
Inc.;reprinted with permission
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