Your doctor can diagnose alcohol use problems by asking about your medical history and doing a physical exam. Your doctor might do other tests to detect the amount of alcohol in your blood and any damage to your body caused by alcohol.

You might be given a mental health assessment to determine whether you have other conditions (such as depression or social anxiety disorder) that commonly occur along with alcohol abuse and dependence.

Many people do not go to a doctor for alcohol problems but seek treatment for physical conditions (such as cirrhosis) that result from long-term alcohol use. Your doctor might ask you questions about your drinking to help see whether alcohol use is the cause of a condition like cirrhosis.

If you think you might have a drinking problem, take a short quiz to evaluate your symptoms:

Do you have a drinking problem?

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