Alcoholism...
Nothing to laugh at. It's an addiction. It's a disease. It ruins families. It destroys lives.
So let's band together and fight this scourge. Let's screen ourselves and our friends for alcoholism and then we can call A&E to make them famous on "Intervention".
Here is a commonly used screening questionnaire to evaluate people for alcoholism - it's called the CAGE questionnaire after the main aspects of each question. Answer yourself, or ask others to answer the following questions:
- Have you ever felt you needed to Cut down on your drinking?
- Have people Annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?
- Have you ever felt Guilty about drinking?
- Have you ever felt you needed a drink first thing in the morning (an Eye opener) to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover?
If you answer 2 or more questions with a "Yes" there is almost a 90% chance you are a problem drinker.
Chances are that 90% of you reading this are now self-diagnosed with alcoholism. But that is only because you are all weak.
I answered "Yes" to all 4, but I don't have a problem. I only drink beer and that is only for the vitamins.
Trust me... I'm a doctor.
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