. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2010 Mar;24(1):137–144. doi: 10.1037/a0017895

Table 1.

Distribution of scores across rungs of the Alcohol, Drug, and Combined AOD Ladders

	Alcohol (N = 296)	Drug (N = 335)	Combined (N = 394
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
(1) I do not have a problem with drinking/drugs, and I do not intend to cut down	54 (18%)	12 (4%)	26 (7%)
(2) I might have a problem with drinking/drugs, but I do not intend to cut down or quit now	9 (3%)	5 (2%)	8 (2%)
(3) I am thinking about cutting down on my drinking/drug use, but I am not thinking about quitting drinking/drug use altogether	41 (14%)	20 (6%)	49 (13%)
(4) I am thinking about quitting drinking/using drugs altogether, but I still have not made any definite plans	45 (15%)	60 (18%)	73 (19%)
(5) I am close to making a decision to quit drinking alcohol/using drugs	35 (12%)	54 (16%)	52 (13%)
(6) I have decided to quit drinking alcohol/using drugs, at least for now	54 (18%)	67 (20%)	62 (21%)
(7) I have decided to quit drinking alcohol/using drugs and plan never to drink/use drugs again	57 (19%)	117 (35%)	104 (26%)