Alcohol Assessment
Michigan Alcohol Screening Test
The MAST is a simple, self scoring test that helps assess if you have a drinking problem. Please answer YES or NO to the following questions.
You can also read Topic of Interest: Drug/Alcohol Abuse about how to recognize alcohol and drug abuse.
| 1. Do you feel you are a normal drinker? ("normal" - drink as much or less than most other people)? | YES | NO |
| 2. Have you ever awakened the morning after some drinking the night before and found that you could not remember a part of the evening? | YES | NO |
| 3. Does any near relative or close friend ever worry or complain about your drinking? | YES | NO |
| 4. Can you stop drinking without difficulty after one or two drinks? | YES | NO |
| 5. Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking? | YES | NO |
| 6. Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)? | YES | NO |
| 7. Have you ever gotten into physical fights when drinking? | YES | NO |
| 8. Has drinking ever created problems between you and a near relative or close friend? | YES | NO |
| 9. Has any family member or close friend gone to anyone for help about your drinking? | YES | NO |
| 10. Have you ever lost friends because of your drinking? | YES | NO |
| 11. Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of drinking? | YES | NO |
| 12. Have you ever lost a job because of drinking? | YES | NO |
| 13. Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more days in a row because you were drinking? | YES | NO |
| 14. Do you drink before noon fairly often? | YES | NO |
| 15. Have you ever been told you have liver trouble such as cirrhosis? | YES | NO |
| 16. After heavy drinking have you ever had delirium tremens (D.T.'s), severe shaking, visual or auditory (hearing) hallucinations? | YES | NO |
| 17. Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking? | YES | NO |
| 18. Have you ever been hospitalized because of drinking? | YES | NO |
| 19. Has your drinking ever resulted in your being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward? | YES | NO |
| 20. Have you ever gone to any doctor, social worker, clergyman or mental health clinic for help with any emotional problem in which drinking was part of the problem? | YES | NO |
| 21. Have you been arrested more than once for driving under the influence of alcohol? | YES | NO |
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22. Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours, because of other behavior while drinking? (If Yes, how many times ________ ) |
YES | NO |
Scoring
| Please score one point if you answered the following 1. No 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. No 5. Yes 6. Yes 7–22: Yes |
Add up your score and compare to the following 0–2: No apparent problem 3–5: Early or middle problem drinker 6 or more: Problem drinker |
Contact EAP
If you are concerned about your drinking, we encourage you to contact
EAP at 240-314-1040.
Updated December 1, 2005 | Maintained by Debra Tipton
