"You don't need to be certain you have a problem to benefit from asking a few honest questions."

                      There are no right or wrong answers. Answer honestly.

1. Do you regularly drink more than you intended when you started?
2. Have you ever promised yourself you would cut down or stop drinking, only to find it harder than expected?
3. Do you sometimes think about alcohol more than you would like to?
4. Has alcohol ever affected your sleep, mood, anxiety, or mental wellbeing?
5. Have friends, family members, or colleagues ever expressed concern about your drinking?
6. Do you sometimes use alcohol to cope with stress, loneliness, boredom, anxiety, or difficult emotions?
7. Have you ever hidden, downplayed, or been less than honest about how much you drink?
8. Do you find yourself planning social activities around the availability of alcohol?
9. Have you ever regretted something you said, did, spent, posted, texted, or emailed after drinking?
10. Do you sometimes feel guilty, disappointed, or frustrated about your drinking?
11. Has alcohol affected your finances, relationships, health, work, or personal goals?
12. Do you find yourself drinking on occasions when you had not planned to drink?
13. Have you ever felt anxious, restless, irritable, or uncomfortable when you could not drink?
14. If alcohol were removed from your life completely, would that thought feel uncomfortable or worrying?
15. Have you ever wondered whether your life might be better without alcohol?

• If you answered "Yes" to one or two questions, it may be worth paying closer attention to your relationship with alcohol.
• If you answered "Yes" to several questions, alcohol may be having a greater impact on your life than you realise.
• If many of these questions resonated strongly with you, you may benefit from exploring one or more recovery pathways.

You do not have to hit rock bottom to ask questions about your drinking.

Many people seek help simply because alcohol is making life harder than it needs to be.

Many Routes – One Destination.

Now that you have answered these questions, take a little time to breathe, relax if you can, be kind to yourself and consider your options.