ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST (AUDIT) 

Please circle the answer that is correct for you

1.	How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?

Never	monthly	     2–4 times	2–3 times 	4 or more
	or less	     a month	a week		times a week

2.	How many standard drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when drinking?

1 or 2	      3 or 4		5 or 6			7 to 9		10 or more

3.	How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?

Never	less than monthly	      monthly	weekly		daily or almost daily

4.	How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?

Never	less than monthly        monthly	    weekly	daily or almost daily

5.	How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of drinking?

Never less than monthly	monthly	     weekly		daily or almost daily

6.	How often during the last year have you needed a drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?

Never	less than monthly 	monthly   	weekly		daily or almost daily

7.	How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?

Never less than monthly	   monthly	        weekly		daily or almost 
								     Daily

8.	How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?

Never	less than monthly 	monthly    	weekly		daily or almost daily

9.	Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking?

No	yes, but not in the last year		yes, during the last year

10.	Has a relative or friend or a doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?

No	yes, but not in the last year		yes, during the last year

Scoring the AUDIT

Scores for each question range from 0 to 4, with the first response for each question (eg never) scoring 0, the second (eg less than monthly) scoring 1, the third (eg monthly) scoring 2, the fourth (eg weekly) scoring 3, and the last response (eg. daily or almost daily) scoring 4.  For questions 9 and 10, which only have 3 responses, the scoring is 0, 2 and 4 (from left to right).

A score of 8 or more is associated with harmful or hazardous drinking, a score of 13 or more in women, and 15 or more in men, is likely to indicate alcohol dependence.

1Saunders, J. B., Aasland, O. G., Babor, T. F., de le Fuente, J. R. and Grant, M. (1993).  Development of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT):  WHO collaborative project on early detection of persons with harmful alcohol consumption - II.  Addiction, 88, 791–803