[theqoo] HOW KOREAN PEOPLE PERCEIVE ALCOHOLISM





People think you have to be unable to live without alcohol and have shaky hands to be considered an alcoholic, but at this point, it's seriously in the top 1%, it's freaking bad




If you think you're just enjoying a drink, having these kinds of drinking sessions so often is a sign of 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."

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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




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