Do you think you are a social drinker?
All social drinkers, light, moderate or heavy, should definitely ask themselves why they drink and why they feel they need a drink. To be absolutely on the safe side of alcohol, every social drinker should be able to answer no to the following 13 questions.
- Do you take a drink as a matter of course before lunch or dinner every day?
- Do you always drink at parties where alcohol is served?
- Do you, rather often, drink to relax?
- Do you, rather often, drink for a "lift" or "pick-me-up"?
- Do you drink to feel less self-conscious or more at ease when you are out socially?
- Do you take a drink to help you go to sleep?
- Do you ever, purposely or accidentally, drink "too much" over a weekend or holiday?
- Do you get irritable after two or three drinks?
- Do you feel happier after two or three drinks?
- When you are away from home, do you drink at hotels and restaurants in order not to feel bored or lonely?
- Do you ever spend money extravagantly after having had a drink?
- Do you ever drive a car after drinking even "just one" beer?
- Are you certain that your drinking, by example or otherwise, has no ill effects on any other person?