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Behavioral Health Questionnaire

Are You Affected by Someone’s Drinking? Millions of people are affected by the excessive drinking of someone close. The following twenty questions are designed to help you decide whether you are being impacted by someone else’s drinking:

	Do you worry about how much someone else drinks?
	Do you have money problems because of someone else�s drinking?
	Do you tell lies to cover up for someone else�s drinking?
	Do you feel that drinking is more important to your loved one than you are?
	Do you think that the drinker�s behavior is caused by his or her companions?
	Are meal times frequently delayed because of the drinker?
	Do you make threats, such as, �If you don�t stop drinking, I�ll leave you?�
	When you kiss the drinker hello, do you secretly try to smell his or her breath?
	Are you afraid to upset someone for fear it will set off a drinking bout?
	Have you been hurt or embarrassed by a drinker�s behavior?
	Does it seem as if every holiday is spoiled because of drinking?
	Have you considered calling the police because of drinking behavior?
	Do you find yourself searching for hidden liquor?
	Do you feel that if the drinker loved you, he or she would stop drinking to please you?
	Have you refused social invitations out of fear or anxiety?
	Do you sometimes feel guilty when you think of the lengths you have gone to control the drinker?
	Do you think that if the drinker stopped drinking, your other problems would be solved?
	Do you ever threaten to hurt yourself to scare the drinker into saying �I�m sorry,� or �I love you?�
	Do you ever treat people (children, employees, parents, co-workers, etc.) unjustly because you are angry with someone else for drinking too much?
	Do you feel there is no one who understands your problems?