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Answer YES or NO to the following
questions.
1 - Have you ever decided to stop drinking for a
week or so, but only lasted for a couple of days? Most of us in A.A. made all kinds of promises to ourselves
and to our families. We could not keep them. Then we came to
A.A. A.A. said: "
Just try not to drink today. "
(If you do not drink today, you cannot get drunk today.)
Yes
2 - Do you wish people would mind their own business about
your drinking-- stop telling you what to do?
In A.A. we do not
tell anyone to do anything. We just
talk about our own drinking, the trouble we got into, and how
we stopped. We will be glad to help you, if you want us to.
Yes
3 - Have you ever switched from one kind of drink to another
in the hope that this would keep you from getting drunk? We tried all kinds of ways. We made our drinks weak. Or just
drank beer. Or we did not drink cocktails. Or only drank on weekends.
You name it, we tried it. But if we drank
anything with
alcohol in it, we usually got drunk eventually.
Yes
4 - Have you had to have an eye-opener upon awakening during
the past year? Do you need a drink to get started, or to stop shaking? This
is a pretty sure sign that you are not drinking "socially."
Yes Yes 6 - Have you had problems connected with drinking during the
past year? Be honest! Doctors say that if you have a problem with alcohol
and keep on drinking, it will get worse -- never better. Eventually,
you will die, or end up in an institution for the rest of your
life. The only hope is to stop drinking.
Yes 7 - Has your drinking caused trouble at home? Before we came into A.A., most of us said that it was the
people or problems at home that made us drink. We could not see
that our drinking just made everything worse. It never solved
problems anywhere or anytime.
Yes 8 - Do you ever try to get "extra" drinks at a party
because you do not get enough? Most of us used to have a "few" before we started
out if we thought it was going to be that kind of party. And
if drinks were not served fast enough, we would go some place
else to get more.
Yes 9 - Do you tell yourself you can stop drinking any time you
want to, even though you keep getting drunk when you don't mean
to? Many of us kidded ourselves into thinking that we drank because
we wanted to. After we came into A.A., we found out that once
we started to drink, we couldn't stop.
Yes 10 - Have you missed days of work or school because of drinking? Many of us admit now that we "called in sick" lots
of times when the truth was that we were hung-over or on a drunk.
Yes 11 - Do you have "blackouts"? A "blackout" is when we have been drinking hours
or days which we cannot remember. When we came to A.A., we found
out that this is a pretty sure sign of alcoholic drinking.
Yes
12 - Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you
did not drink? Many of us started to drink because drinking made life seem
better, at least for a while. By the time we got into A.A., we
felt trapped. We were drinking to live and living to drink. We
were sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Yes What was your score? Did you answer YES four or more times? If so, you are
probably in trouble with alcohol. Why do we say this? Because
thousands of people in A.A. have said so for many years. They
found out the truth about themselves the hard way.you can decide whether you think A.A.
is for you. Try to keep an open mind on the subject. If the answer
is YES, we will be glad to show you how we stopped drinking ourselves.
Just call. 
