CAGE Questionnaire

Two or more “yes” answers is a common positive screen (teaching cutoffs vary).

Answer each question for lifetime pattern (teaching wording):

Have you felt you ought to Cut down on your drinking?

Have people Annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?

Have you ever felt bad or Guilty about your drinking?

Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning (Eye-opener) to steady nerves or a hangover?

Educational tool only—not for diagnosis or treatment decisions.

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