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Binge drinking? It’s not just teenagers who overindulge and therapist Georgia Foster believes alcohol is the symptom not the cause.

publication date: Mar 22, 2008
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author/source: Georgia Foster
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Answer the following questions and rate your Inner Critic: rarely (1); about average (3); frequently (5); add your scores at the end then read the key.

  1. I wake in the night and worry about what I did yesterday.
  2. I panic about what I might have said or should have said after a few drinks.
  3. I feel everybody else is better than me.
  4. When I’m in company I worry about what they are thinking of me.
  5. I procrastinate on a regular basis.
  6. I am always putting myself down.
  7. I feel better socially after I have had a few drinks.
  8. I drink to suppress my Inner Critic.
  9. I wish I had more self-control when it comes to drinking.
  10. When I look in the mirror, I don’t like what I see.
  11. I worry that people find me boring without a drink.
  12. I feel boring unless I have had a few drinks.
  13. If people really knew me they wouldn’t like me.
  14. I feel vulnerable around people who choose not to drink.
  15. I get angry when I can’t say no to having a drink.
  16. I question my decisions after they have been made and worry whether I have done the right thing.
  17. When I say “No” I feel guilty.
  18. When I take a questionnaire like this, I’m sure that everyone else will do better than me.
  19. I avoid taking risks if I can help it.
  20. When I think about all the things I should have done, I feel I have wasted my life.


Key
25-44 – Weak. Congratulations, your Inner Critic is well in check. Your self esteem is high. If you do drink you don’t feel guilty and you wake up feeling good about yourself.

44-74 – Medium. Your Inner Critic is strong in certain areas of your life. It could be that in your personal world you don’t drink that much but perhaps personally you do drink more than you would truly like to, or vice versa.

75 plus – Strong. Your Inner Critic plays havoc with your emotional well-being and often causes overpowering guilt and unnecessary bouts of low self-worth.

This questionnaire is taken from Georgia Foster’s book, The Drink Less Mind: the truth behind overdrinking which contains a CD including a relaxation track. To order a copy from Amazon, click the link below:

The Drink Less Mind: The Truth Behind Overdrinking

Georgia runs regular workshops and seminars throughout the UK, for details visit www.georgiafoster.com