Ten questions about alcohol use and its consequences. This is a screening tool, not a diagnosis. You may stop at any time.
Method and research sourcesAUDIT is a WHO-developed questionnaire covering consumption, possible dependence symptoms and alcohol-related harm. This page uses the full 2001 self-report form with 10 g standard drinks and a six-drink threshold in item 3.
Items 1–8 contribute 0–4 each; items 9–10 contribute 0, 2 or 4. Sum: 0–40. Screening ranges are 0–7, 8–15, 16–19 and 20–40. There is no reverse scoring.
The WHO manual and original development study define this version and scoring; the Russian validation is listed for context.
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Resources are selected by the alcohol and wellbeing topics, not by your answers.
How to discuss drinking, find treatment and protect yourself and children. Why sudden withdrawal can be dangerous and when emergency help is needed.
Changes in mood, sleep and everyday life that deserve attention, why rest is not a test for depression, and how to prepare for an appointment. Treatment and supporting someone close.
Explore 14 ways of responding to a stressful situation with the 28-item Brief COPE.
Take the 10-item PSS-10 and reflect on how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded life felt during the last month.
Complete the 21-item BDI-II and receive a careful, non-diagnostic interpretation of depressive symptoms over the past two weeks.
No. This is a screening range, not a safe limit. Your circumstances and individual answers matter.
Items 9–10 also cover earlier injuries and concern from others; those answers contribute two points each.
