AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test)

The most widely used screen for alcohol use in Australia is called AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test). You can complete the AUDIT on your own drinking behaviour to work out your level of risk. If your score is 8 or more, you are drinking in excess of low risk levels.

Read the questions and select your answer. You will receive your score at the end.

1 How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?

2 How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?

3 How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?

4 How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?

5 How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of drinking?

6 How often during the last year have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?

7 How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?

8How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?

9 Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking?

10 Has a relative or friend or a doctor or another health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?