[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