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[theqoo] HOW KOREAN PEOPLE PERCEIVE ALCOHOLISM
“Alcoholism Self-Assessment
Read the questions below, assign points to the items that apply to you, and check your results based on your total score.
1. How often do you drink alcohol?
0 points: Never
1 point: Less than once a month
2 points: 2–4 times a month
3 points: 2–3 times a week
4 points: 4 times a week
2. When you drink, how many glasses do you have at a time?
0 points: Never drink
1 point: 1–2 shots of soju
2 points: 3–4 shots of soju
3 points: 5–6 shots of soju
4 points: 7–9 shots of soju
3. How often do you drink a whole bottle of soju or 4 or more bottles of beer at a time?
0 points: Never
1 point: Less than once a month
2 points: Once a month
3 points: Once a week
4 points: Almost every day
4. Over the past year, how often have you been unable to stop drinking once you started?
0 points: Never
1 point: Less than once a month
2 points: Once a month
3 points: Once a week
4 points: Almost every day
5. Over the past year, how often have you failed to do something you could normally do because of drinking?
0 points: Never
1 point: Less than once a month
2 points: Once a month
3 points: Once a week
4 points: Almost every day
6. Over the past year, how often did you need a drink the morning after to help you get up?
0 points: Never
1 point: Less than once a month
2 points: Once a month
3 points: Once a week
4 points: Almost every day
7. How often have you felt guilty after drinking in the past year?
0 points: Never
1 point: Less than once a month
2 points: Once a month
3 points: Once a week
4 points: Almost every day
8. How often have you been unable to remember what happened the night before due to drinking in the past year?
0 points: Never
1 point: Less than once a month
2 points: Once a month
3 points: Once a week
4 points: Almost every day
9. Have you or someone else ever been injured because of your drinking?
0 points: None
2 points: Yes, but not in the past year
4 points: Yes, in the past year
10. Have any relatives, friends, or doctors ever expressed concern about your drinking or advised you to stop?
0 points: No
2 points: Yes, but not in the past year
4 points: Yes, in the past year
12 points or more: Habitual heavy drinker requiring caution -> Consult an alcohol specialist.
15 points or more: Problem drinker requiring appropriate measures -> Seek treatment from an alcohol specialist.
20 points or more: Alcoholic requiring immediate inpatient treatment at an alcohol treatment facility.”
1. I drink about 1 can of beer every 3 years?
2. I drink 2-3x a week and around 2 cans of bear…
3. I got 3 points
4. Once or twice a year… for work-related reasons… maybe just a sip? Depending on the situation, I don’t drink if I don’t have to
5. 2 points. I don’t like alcohol so I only drink it in company meetings and that happens around once a year
6. 4 points?
7. 6 points. Even if I had to drink, it would be 1 cup of beer. I stopped drinking until I get drunk since last year
8. 1 point
9. 0, even if I added all the alcohol I drank in my whole life, it probably amounts to 1-2 bottles of beer?
10. 0, I stopped drinking after my operation
11. 4 points
12. 0, I quit drinking
13. 5 points
14. There are tons of people who live alone and drink every night
15. 5 points… I have a can of beer or so after work the day before a day off, but that’s only about once or twice a month. I can hold my liquor, but I don’t really like drinking
