20 Questions That Only You Can Answer
Are You An Alcoholic?
To find out, ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can:
1. Do you lose time from work due to drinking?
2. Is drinking making your home life unhappy?
3. Do you drink because you are shy with other people?
4. Is drinking affecting your reputation?
5. Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?
6. Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of drinking?
7. Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment when drinking?
8. Does your drinking make you careless of your family's welfare?
9. Has your ambition decreased since drinking?
10. Do you crave a drink at a definite time of day?
11. Do you want a drink the next morning?
12. Does drinking cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
13. Has your efficiency decreased since drinking?
14. Is drinking jeopardizing your job or business?
15. Do you drink to escape from worries or trouble?
16. Do you drink alone?
17. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of drinking?
18. Has your physician ever treated you for drinking?
19. Do you drink to build up your self-confidence?
20. Have you ever been to a hospital or institution on account of drinking?
If you have answered YES to any one of the questions, there is a definite warning that you may be an alcoholic.
If you have answered YES to any two, the chances are that you are an alcoholic.
If you have answered YES to three or more, you are definitely an alcoholic.
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Are You A Recovering Alcoholic?
To find out, ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can:
1. Do you find more time for work these days?
2. Has your home life become happier?
3. Do you find that you are less shy with other people?
4. Is the fact that you are not now drinking affecting your reputation positively?
5. Are you waking up in the morning without guilt and remorse?
6. Are your financial difficulties becoming easier to manage?
7. Do you turn to sober companions and a superior environment?
8. Are you now more concerned with your family's welfare?
9. Has your ambition increased?
10. Do you have a craving to pray and meditate at a definite time daily?
11. Do you feel gratitude when you wake up in the morning?
12. Do you sleep better?
13. Is your efficiency increasing?
14. Is not-drinking affecting you positively in your job or business?
15. Do you deal with your troubles and worries head-on?
16. Do you find it easier to live with yourself?
17. Is your memory improving?
18. Has your doctor recently commented on improvement in your health?
19. Is your self-confidence increasing?
20. Have you ever been asked to share your story with others?
If you have answered YES to one of the above questions, you just may be a recovering alcoholic.
If you have answered YES to two, it is probable that you are a recovering alcoholic.
If you have answered YES to three or more, you are definitely a recovering alcoholic.
From the AA GRAPEVINE, October 1983
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I'm intersted to hear from people how they used to score on the first test and how they score now on the second test.
Definetly do I see an amazing improvement in my self esteem.
In the past when I was drinking, if someone did something that I felt was in the slightest way disrespectful of me, I harbored ill will towards that person.
Now at a recent wedding, I had a few cases where the person I was talking to was interested in moving on, and it did not bother me in the slightest.
Like, OK the conversation has run its course for them. cool.
I tend to talk about some personal schemes of mine alot, like web site stuff, that I might find interesting, but really it's not that interesting for others. So I am fine with things that before would upset me.
The issue for me really is how far do I want to take this?
I started to give to charity again for the first time in years. I was moved by an event being organized by the wife of a sick friend.
I offered to sponsor someone for the event.
In the past few years I was much more selfish, like I need this money for my nect vacation. I need to have more luxury.
Now I felt great about giving to someone else.
And you guessed it, my G-d, brought me in most of the funds I gave out, in less than one day.
What I mean by how far do I want to take this, it is clear to me that we have too many Frum people drinking too much and they don't see AA as a place for them.
Somehow this message of AA, this healing place needs to be told.
I myself had many many misconceptions about AA and i am sure that others do as well.
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