There are millions of people whose lives are affected by another person’s excessive drinking. The following 20 questions are intended as a tool for you to decide whether you need Al-Anon:
- 1st Are you worried about how much another person drinks?
- 2nd Do you have financial problems due another person’s drinking problems?
- 3rd Do you lie on and to others as a cover for someone who drinks?
- 4th Do you feel that the one who drinks ought to stop drinking for your sake, if he or she loves you?
- 5th Do you think it is his/her friends who are responsible for his/her drinking and problem?
- 6th Are mealtimes frequently postponed because of the man who drinks?
- 7th Threatens you that drink with, for example. following opinion: “If you stop drinking, I go from you?
- 8th When the one drink, come home, do you to sniff you out if he or she has been drinking?
- 9th Are you afraid to come to say something that will get another person to drink excessively?
- 10th Are you hurt or offended over the conduct of the drinking, has shown?
- 11th Is it almost like every weekend is ruined because of drinking?
- 12th Have you considered calling the police for help because you are afraid of being exposed to violence?
- 13th Are you looking for spirits that are stored in different places?
- 14th Run often by car with a wheel that has been drinking?
- 15th Have you said no thanks, when I am invited out of fear of what might happen?
- 16th Do you sometimes guilt, when you think of everything you have done to get another person’s drinking under control?
- 17th Do you think if the drinking stopped drinking, then all your other problems be solved?
- 18th Have you ever thought of doing yourself some harm to the drinking should be afraid and say: “I’m sorry” or “I love you”?
- 19th Are you almost always angry, confused and depressed?
- 20th Do you feel that no one else understands your problems?
If you said yes to three or more of these questions, Al-Anon or Alateen help you!