INSTRUCTIONS:  The following questions cover a wide range of topics to do with drinking.  Please read each question carefully, but do not think too much about its exact meaning.  Think about your MOST RECENT drinking habits and answer questions by clicking the appropriate number beside the question.

Name:  * required Address:  * required City:  * required State:  * required Zip Code:  * required Email:  * required Military Branch: Army Air Force Coast Guard Marine Corps Navy Combat Era: World War II Korea Vietnam Persian Gulf Iraq Afghanistan Other 1.  Do you find difficulty in getting the thought of an alcoholic drink out of your mind? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 2.  Is getting drunk more important than your next meal? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 3.  Do you plan your day around when and where you can drink? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 4.  Do you drink in the morning, afternoon, and evening? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 5.  Do you drink for the effect of alcohol without caring what the drink is? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 6.  Do you drink as much as you want irrespective of what you are doing the next day? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 7.  Given that many problems might be caused by alcohol, do you still drink too much? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 8.  Do you know that you won't be able to stop drinking once you start? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 9.  Do you try to control your drinking by giving it up completely for days or weeks at a time? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 10.  The morning after a heavy drinking session do you need your first drink to get yourself going? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 11.  The morning after a heavy drinking session do you wake up with a definite shakiness of your hands? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 12.  After a heavy drinking session do you wake up and retch or vomit? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 13.  The morning after a heavy drinking session do you go out of your way to avoid people? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 14.  After a heavy drinking session do you see frightening things that later you realize were imaginary? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always 15.  Do you go drinking and next day find you have forgotten what happened the night before? 1. Never 2. Sometimes 3. Often 4. Nearly always