Lesson 29: Alcohol and You - Slide 9
Alcohol Dependence Or Alcohol Abuse?
- Take 1 minute to answer yes or no:
- Tolerance, having to drink more for the same effect
- Withdrawal
- Impaired control over amount or duration of drinking
- Desire to or unsuccessful efforts to control or stop drinking
- Excessive time spent obtaining alcohol, drinking or recovering from drinking
- Neglect of activities because of drinking
- Continued drinking despite problems
- If you have experienced 3 or more of the
above within the last 12 months, you
have alcohol dependence
Notes:
Pg. 75-76, “Assessment of Addictive Behaviors,” Second Edition, Edited by Dennis M. Donovan and G. Alan Marlatt, The Guilford Press, New York, 2005.
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