7 - Substance Use

Question 1

C-A-G-E

Answer 1

Cut down - Have you ever felt you should cut down on your drinking and or drug use?

Annoyed - Have people annoyed you by criticizing your drinking and or drug use?

Guilty - Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your drinking and or drug use?

Eye-opener: Have you ever had a drink or use drugs first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or to get rid of a hangover?

Question 2

TWEAK

Answer 2

TOLERANCE- How may drinks does it take to make you feel the effect?

WORRY- Have close friends or relatives worried or complained about your drinking in the past year?

EYE-OPENER- Do you sometimes have a drink in the morning when you first get up?

AMNESIA- Has a friend or family member ever told you about things you said or did while you were drinking that you could not remember?

K(C)UT DOWN- Do you sometimes feel the need to cut down on your drinking?

Question 3

dependance

Answer 3

Limited to physiological dependence

Normal response to repeated doses of many medications

Characterized by tolerance and withdrawal

Question 4

Addiction

Answer 4

Generally implies to compulsions and dependence