Is A.A. for you?
Is alcohol costing you more than money?
Only you can decide whether you want to give A.A. a try — whether you think it can help you.
We decided to try to face up to what alcohol had done to us. Here are some of the questions we tried to answer honestly. If we answered YES to four or more questions, we were in deep trouble with our drinking. See how you do. Remember, there is no disgrace in facing up to the fact that you have a problem.
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We decided to try and face up to what alcohol had done to us. Here are some of the questions we tried to answer honestly. If we answered YES to four or more questions, we were in deep trouble with our drinking. See how you do. Remember, there is no disgrace in facing up to the fact that you have a problem.
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You answered YES four times or more. This means 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.
But again, only 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.
If you do need help or if you’d just like to talk to someone about your drinking, call us on 020-625.60.57 (24 hours per day) or write to us in confidence or e-mail us at
If you prefer, you can simply turn up at one of our meetings http://www.aa-netherlands.org/meetings
A.A. does not promise to solve your life’s problems. But we can show you how we are learning to live without drinking “one day at a time.” We stay away from that “first drink”. If there is no first one, there cannot be a tenth one. And when we got rid of alcohol, we found that life became much more manageable.
You answered YES less than 4 times.
But again, only 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.
If you do need help or if you’d just like to talk to someone about your drinking, call us on 020-625.60.57 (24 hours per day) or write to us in confidence or e-mail us at
If you prefer, you can simply turn up at one of our meetings http://www.aa-netherlands.org/meetings
A.A. does not promise to solve your life’s problems. But we can show you how we are learning to live without drinking “one day at a time.” We stay away from that “first drink”. If there is no first one, there cannot be a tenth one. And when we got rid of alcohol, we found that life became much more manageable.
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- Question 1 of 12
1. Question
1. Have you ever decided to stop drinking for a week or so, but only lasted for a couple of days?
Hint
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.)
- Question 2 of 12
2. Question
2. Do you wish people would mind their own business about your drinking– stop telling you what to do?
Hint
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.
- Question 3 of 12
3. Question
3. Have you ever switched from one kind of drink to another in the hope that this would keep you from getting drunk?
Hint
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.
- Question 4 of 12
4. Question
4. Have you had to have an eye-opener upon awakening during the past year?
Hint
Do you need a drink to get started, or to stop shaking? This is a pretty sure sign that you are not drinking “socially.”
- Question 5 of 12
5. Question
5. Do you envy people who can drink without getting into trouble?
Hint
At one time or another, most of us have wondered why we were not like most people, who really can take it or leave it.
- Question 6 of 12
6. Question
6. Have you had problems connected with drinking during the past year?
Hint
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.
- Question 7 of 12
7. Question
7. Has your drinking caused trouble at home?
Hint
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.
- Question 8 of 12
8. Question
8. Do you ever try to get “extra” drinks at a party because you do not get enough?
Hint
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.
- Question 9 of 12
9. Question
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?
Hint
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.
- Question 10 of 12
10. Question
10. Have you missed days of work or school because of drinking?
Hint
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.
- Question 11 of 12
11. Question
11. Do you have “blackouts”?
Hint
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.
- Question 12 of 12
12. Question
12. Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you did not drink?
Hint
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.
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