Drink Less Test - The Drink Less Method

The Drink Less Test

The test aims to help you with the question of whether your drinking is causing you a problem. This test will tell you if the Drink Less Method is right for you. Remember, for people with high alcohol dependency it is vital that they contact their GP to discuss options available.

The Results Explained

Possible Dependence

For people at the lower end of this segment, embarking on the Drink Less Method could help reduce your intake – Start your Consultation. For people higher up the scale, you should access additional help to help you to cut back.

Higher Risk

Whilst you may run an elevated risk of alcohol related health issues, such as heart and liver disease, it’s not too late to consider lowering your alcohol intake. The Drink Less Method could help you with this goal. Start your Consultation

Increasing Risk

For people at the higher end of this scale you should consider changing your drinking habits and start to drink less to avoid the alcohol-related health issues that can arise. – Start your Consultation

Lower Risk

Drinking alcohol at these levels means that you are unlikely to suffer from alcohol related problems, including liver disease, heart problems and cancer.

About the Test

Our test uses the principles of the AUDIT test (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) has been around since 1989 and looks at the amount of alcohol consumed, the level of alcohol dependence and any experiences of alcohol related harm. The AUDIT questions were the best performing questions from a bank of approximately 150 questions which was used as the assessment instrument in the original World Health Organization (WHO) study. In addition, all the questions have high face validity and in themselves, can be used as the basis for further clinical enquiry.

Your answer to each question is scored from 0-4, depending on the level of risk suggested by your response. The scores are added together to give a total score between 0-40 – the higher the score, the greater the likelihood that you are drinking in a risky or harmful way.