The MAST QuestionnaireThe MAST Questionnaire addresses in detail a variety of medical and psychosocial disorders that are regularly associated with substance abuse, as well as some specific questions about the medical and legal consequences of alcohol abuse. Review it as a useful guide to further inquiry.

1Do you feel you are a normal drinker?(No 2)Yes

2Have you ever awakened in the morning after some drinking the night before and found that you could not remember part of the evening?(Yes 2)No

3Does your wife (or husband or parents) ever worry or complain about your drinking?(Yes 1)No

4Can you stop drinking without a struggle after one or two drinks?(No 2)Yes

5Do you ever feel bad about your drinking?(Yes 2)No

6Do you ever try to limit your drinking to certain times of day or to certain places?(Yes 0)No

7Do your friends or relatives think that you are a normal drinker?(No 2)Yes

8Are you always able to stop when you want to?(No 2)Yes

9Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous?(Yes 5)No

10Have you gotten into fights when drinking?(Yes 1)No

11Has drinking ever created problems with you and your wife (husband)?(Yes 2)No

12Has your wife (husband or other family member) ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?(Yes 2)No

13Have you ever lost friends of girlfriends/boyfriends because of drinking?(Yes 2)No

14Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of drinking?(Yes 2)No

15Have you ever lost a job because of drinking?(Yes 2)No

16Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two days or more in a row because of drinking?(Yes 2)No

17Do you ever drink before noon?(Yes 1)No

18Have you ever been told you have liver trouble?(Yes 2)No

19Have you ever had DTs (delirium tremens), severe shaking, heard voices or seen things that werent there after heavy drinking?(Yes 2)No

20 Have you ever gone to anyone fore help about your drinking?(Yes 5)No

21Have you ever been in a hospital because of drinking?(Yes 5)No

22Have you ever been a patient in a psychiatric hospital or on a psychiatric ward of a general hospital where drinking was part of the problem?(Yes 2)No

23Have you ever been seen at a psychiatric or mental health clinic, or gone to a doctor or clergyman for help with an emotional problem in which drinking has played a part?(Yes 2)No

24Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours, because of drunken behavior?(Yes 2)No

25Have you ever been arrested for drunk driving or driving after drinking?(Yes 2)No

A score of three points or less is considered nonalcoholic; a score of four points is suggestive, and a score of five points or more indicates alcoholism.