Do you have a drinking problem?
The questions below will help you determine the status of your relationship with alcohol:
Do you ever have thoughts like these?
I think I drink like everyone else, but is this really normal drinking?
Once I start drinking, I don’t want to stop. Or I can’t stop.
I deserve to let loose on the weekends.
I just want a glass of wine or two. Why do I finish the bottle most nights?
I work hard, pay my bills, and take care of my kids. Why am I drowning in shame?
My marriage is a wreck. I drink to relax and ease the stress, but things seem to keep getting worse.
Alcoholics sleep in the gutter and beat their wives. I can’t help but feel like something’s not quite right, but I can’t be an alcoholic.
My name is Matt Salis, MPS, and I’m a behavioral health researcher and writer with over a decade of experience studying addiction and emotional abuse. I’m also a recovered high-functioning alcoholic.
I’ve had all of these thoughts and many, many more while debating my alcoholic status. The mental gymnastics were all consuming and relentless, and now I help others find freedom from alcohol induced suffering.
In my years of studying the destruction of consistent and abusive drinking, both through personal experience and exhaustive research, I’ve learned a lot about the subtle and insidious transition from social, moderate consumption to addiction. The invisible line that separates controlled drinking from alcoholism can sneak up on us with devastating consequences. And the emotional abuse that’s so often associated with alcohol use is hiding in plain sight behind societal ambivalence. That’s why I’ve put together this confidential survey to help you better evaluate your relationship with alcohol, and the emotional safety of your behaviors.
The variety of the questions is designed to help you understand where you fit with regard to the spectrum disorders of addiction and emotional abuse.
Your answers to the “Big Two” questions will provide a clear direction for what you need to do next.
Do you need to cut down? Do you need to stop drinking altogether? Can you return to the moderate, normal drinking of your past? Do your behaviors need adjustment, or a more significant overhaul? The answers to these and all of your questions await.