• Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST) This test is nationally recognized by alcoholism and drug dependence professionals. You may substitute the words “drug use” in place of “drinking”.

  • Date*
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  • 1. Do you feel you are a normal drinker? ("normal" - drink as much or less than most other people)*
  • 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?*
  • 3. Does any near relative or close friend ever worry or complain about your drinking?*
  • 4. Can you stop drinking without difficulty after one or two drinks?*
  • 5. Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking?*
  • 6. Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?*
  • 7. Have you ever gotten into physical fights when drinking?*
  • 8. Has drinking ever created problems between you and a near relative or close friend?*
  • 9. Has any family member or close friend gone to anyone for help about your drinking?*
  • 10. Have you ever lost friends because of your drinking?*
  • 11. Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of drinking?*
  • 12. Have you ever lost a job because of drinking?*
  • 13. Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more days in a row because you were drinking?*
  • 14. Do you drink before noon fairly often?*
  • 15. Have you ever been told you have liver trouble such as cirrhosis?*
  • 16. After heavy drinking have you ever had delirium tremens (D.T.'s), severe shaking, visual or auditory (hearing) hallucinations?*
  • 17. Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?*
  • 18. Have you ever been hospitalized because of drinking?*
  • 19. Has your drinking ever resulted in your being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward?*
  • 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?*
  • 21. Have you been arrested more than once for driving under the influence of alcohol?*
  • 22. Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours because of other behavior while drinking?*

  • SCORING
    Please score one point if you answered the following:

    1. No
    2. Yes
    3. Yes
    4. No
    5. Yes
    6. Yes
    7 through 22: Yes

    Add up the scores and compare to the following score card: 0 - 2 No apparent problem
    3 - 5 Early or middle problem drinker
    6 or more Problem drinker

  • Should be Empty: