AA	Alcoholics Anonymous
A&E	Accident and Emergency
AUDIT	Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
BAC	Blood alcohol concentration
BNF	British National Formulary
CAGE	Attempts to Cut back on drinking, being Annoyed at criticisms about drinking, feeling Guilty about drinking, and using alcohol as an Eye-opener
CDT	Carbohydrate deficient transferrin
CRAFT	Community reinforcement and family training
FAST	Fast Alcohol Screening Test
GGT	Serum gamma glutamyl transferase
GP	General practitioner
ICD-10	International Classification of Diseases version 10
MCV	Mean red blood cell volume
NNT	Number needed to treat
PAT	Paddington Alcohol Test
RCT	Randomised controlled trial
SIGN	Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
SSRI	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
T-ACE	Tolerance, Annoyed by someone criticising your drinking, felt need to Cut down, Eye-opener
TWEAK	Tolerance to effects of alcohol, Worry about drinking, Eye -opener, Amnesia, felt the need to K cut down your drinking
W-K	Wernicke-Korsakov

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