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Self-screening

A private check-in using two peer-reviewed screening tools. We do not collect your name, email, IP address or answers — everything stays in your browser. This is not a diagnosis; it is a starting point for a conversation with a trained person.

If you are in danger right now — stop and get help

If you are thinking of suicide, in danger from violence, having a medical emergency, overdosing or watching someone overdose — do not finish this screening. Call now or go to your nearest emergency room.

Opioid overdose? Place the person on their side (recovery position), call 10177 immediately, and stay with them until help arrives.

Privacy notice
  • · Nothing is stored. Your answers live only in this browser tab and disappear when you close it or press "Start over".
  • · No name, email, phone number or account is required.
  • · We do not log your IP address or answers on our servers — the screening runs entirely in your device.
  • · No analytics or third-party trackers fire on this page while you answer.
  • · Compliant with the spirit of POPIA principles of minimality and consent: we collect nothing, so there is nothing to share.
  • · If you share a device, use a private/incognito window for extra safety.
How scoring works
  • · AUDIT (alcohol): 10 items, each scored 0–4 (items 9 & 10 score 0, 2 or 4). Total 0–40. Bands: 0–7 lower-risk · 8–15 hazardous · 16–19 harmful · 20+ possible dependence.1,2
  • · DAST-10 (other drugs): 10 yes/no items over the last 12 months. Item 3 is reverse-scored (a "No" counts 1). Total 0–10. Bands: 0 none · 1–2 low · 3–5 moderate · 6–8 substantial · 9–10 severe.3,4
  • · Bands are guidance, not a diagnosis. Only a trained clinician can assess a substance use disorder.

1 Saunders et al., Addiction, 1993. 2 Babor et al., WHO, 2001. 3 Skinner, Addict Behav, 1982. 4 Yudko, Lozhkina & Fouts, J Subst Abuse Treat, 2007.

Part 1 · Alcohol (AUDIT)

In South Africa one standard drink is about a 340 ml beer (5%), 120 ml wine, or a 25 ml tot of spirits.

  1. 1.How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
  2. 2.How many standard drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when drinking?
  3. 3.How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?
  4. 4.How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?
  5. 5.How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking?
  6. 6.How often during the last year have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy session?
  7. 7.How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
  8. 8.How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because of drinking?
  9. 9.Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking?
  10. 10.Has a relative, friend, doctor, or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?

Part 2 · Other drugs (DAST-10)

"Drug use" here means non-medical use of any drug (cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine/tik, heroin/nyaope, MDMA, ketamine, prescription medication used outside of prescription, etc.). Think about the last 12 months.

  1. 1.Have you used drugs other than those required for medical reasons?
  2. 2.Do you abuse more than one drug at a time?
  3. 3.Are you always able to stop using drugs when you want to? (No = 1)
  4. 4.Have you had blackouts or flashbacks as a result of drug use?
  5. 5.Do you ever feel bad or guilty about your drug use?
  6. 6.Does your spouse (or parents) ever complain about your involvement with drugs?
  7. 7.Have you neglected your family because of your use of drugs?
  8. 8.Have you engaged in illegal activities in order to obtain drugs?
  9. 9.Have you ever experienced withdrawal symptoms (felt sick) when you stopped taking drugs?
  10. 10.Have you had medical problems as a result of your drug use (e.g., memory loss, hepatitis, convulsions, bleeding)?
If you are in danger right now — stop and get help

If you are thinking of suicide, in danger from violence, having a medical emergency, overdosing or watching someone overdose — do not finish this screening. Call now or go to your nearest emergency room.

Opioid overdose? Place the person on their side (recovery position), call 10177 immediately, and stay with them until help arrives.