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The Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST)

The MAST is a simple, self-scoring test that helps assess if you have a drinking problem. Please circle the answers to the following YES or NO questions:

  1. Do you feel you are a normal drinker? ("normal" - drink as much or less than most other people)
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  2. Have you ever awakened the morning after some drinking the night before and found that you could not remember a part of the evening?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  3. Does any near relative or close friend ever worry or complain about your drinking?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  4. Can you stop drinking without difficulty after one or two drinks?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  5. Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  6. Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  7. Have you ever gotten into physical fights when drinking?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  8. Has drinking ever created problems between you and a near relative or close friend?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  9. Has any family member or close friend gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  10. Have you ever lost friends because of your drinking?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  11. Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of drinking?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  12. Have you ever lost a job because of drinking?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  13. Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more days in a row because you were drinking?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  14. Do you drink before noon fairly often?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  15. Have you ever been told you have liver trouble such as cirrhosis?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  16. After heavy drinking, have you ever had delirium tremens (D.T.'s), severe shaking, visual or auditory (hearing) hallucinations?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  17. Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  18. Have you ever been hospitalized because of drinking?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  19. Has your drinking ever resulted in your being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  20. Have you ever gone to any doctor, social worker, clergyman or mental health clinic for help with any emotional problem in which drinking was part of the problem?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  21. Have you been arrested more than once for driving under the influence of alcohol?
    Circle Answer: YES      NO
  22. Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours, because of other behavior while drinking? (If yes, how many times ______)
    Circle Answer: YES      NO

Scoring for the MAST test

Please score one point if you answered the following:

  1. No
  2. Yes
  3. Yes
  4. No
  5. Yes
  6. Yes
  7. through 22.: Yes

Add up the scores and compare to the following score card:

0-2 No apparent problem
3-5 Early or middle problem drinker
6 or more Problem drinker

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