If you're here, there's probably something about your drinking or drug use that has started to concern you.

These 20 questions are designed to help you step back and look at the pattern more objectively, particularly whether your alcohol or drug use is becoming difficult to control, taking up more space in your life, or creating consequences you don't want.

There are no right or wrong answers. Answer based on what you're actually doing, rather than what you intended to do or hope will change.

1. Do you use alcohol or drugs to cope with stress?
2. Do you ever drink or use more than you intended, or more than you told yourself you would when you started? *
3. Has your performance at work, school or home been affected by your alcohol or drug use? *
4. Has a friend, partner or family member ever told you they were concerned about your alcohol or drug use? *
5. Have you ever driven after drinking or using drugs when you knew, or should have known, that you were impaired? *
6. Once you start drinking, do you find it difficult to stop after one or two drinks? *
7. Once you start using drugs, do you find it difficult to stop? *
8. Do you find yourself thinking about when you'll be able to have your next drink or use drugs again? *
9. Have you ever used drugs when you could not be certain of their actual origin, content or potency? **(Knowing your dealer is not the same as knowing where the drug came from or what's actually in it.) *
10. Have you ever awakened after drinking or using and been unable to remember part of the evening? *
11. Do you say or do things while intoxicated that you later regret when you're sober? *
12. Do you experience withdrawal symptoms when you stop drinking or using drugs? *
13. Have you ever sought help for your drinking or drug use, including AA, NA, CA, counselling or treatment? *
14. Do you ever remain drunk or high for days at a time? *
15. Do you experience guilt or remorse after drinking or using? *
16. Have you ever promised yourself you were going to quit drinking or using, only to find yourself doing it again? *
17. Have you ever tried different ways to cut down or control your drinking or drug use? *
18. Do you ever sneak drinks, hide your drug use, or drink or get high before a social event so other people can't tell how much you've actually used? *
19. Do you tell yourself or others that you can quit anytime, but still end up drunk or high when you didn't intend to? *
20. In the past year, have you had a drink or used drugs after waking up to feel better from the night before? *