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Answer this self-assessment questionnaire honestly:

Do you ever use alcohol or drugs in larger quantities than you intended?
Do you ever use alcohol or drugs for longer periods of time than you intended?
Do you now have or had in the past a persistent desire to cut down or control your alcohol and drug use?
Have you ever tried to cut down or control your use?
Do you spend more time than you should in getting ready to use, using, or recovering from using?
Have you ever failed to meet a major life responsibility because you were intoxicated, hung over, or in withdrawal?
Have you given up any work, social, or recreational activities because of alcohol or drug use?
Have you had any physical, psychological, or social problems that were caused my or made worse by your alcohol or drug use?
Have you continued to use alcohol or drugs in spite of knowing that they were causing or making physical, psychological, or social problems worse?
Did your tolerance (your ability to use a lot of alcohol or drugs without feeling intoxicated) increase radically after you started to use?
Do you ever get physically uncomfortable or sick on the day after using alcohol or other drugs?
Have you ever used alcohol or other drugs to keep you from getting sick or to make a hangover go away?

The questions are based on information in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

If you answer yes to three or more of these questions, you are chemically dependent.
If you answered yes to six or more, you are definitely chemically dependent.
If you answered yes to nine or more, you are in an advanced stage of your chemical dependency.