Table 91.1Questions to Elicit Amount of Alcohol Consumption

Frequency
 How often do you drink any alcohol? (Every day? Once a month?)
 Under what circumstances? (When stressed or anxious? Only on special occasions like weddings and birthday parties?)
 How old were you when you started drinking?
Location
 Where do you usually drink? (e.g., In a bar? At parties? Al home?)
Quantity
 What do you usually drink? (Wine? Beer? Spirits?)
 How much do you usually drink most days? (Attempt 10 quantitate in fluid ounces or liters.)
 What is the most you might ever drink at any one time?
 How much do you usually spend on alcohol in a week?

From: Chapter 91, The Alcohol Drinking History

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Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations. 3rd edition.
Walker HK, Hall WD, Hurst JW, editors.
Boston: Butterworths; 1990.
Copyright © 1990, Butterworth Publishers, a division of Reed Publishing.

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