If you choose to enroll a patient, you simply type in their email address. They will receive an email explaining that you have invited them to use this program, and that the results of the checkup will be shared with you. If your patient chooses to use the program, they will follow an Internet link included in the email, and the program will guide them from there. You and your patient can then use the results of the checkup as a basis for a discussion of the pros and cons of drinking. Alcohol checkup uses standardized evaluation instruments to encourage users to think about their drinking, and to highlight areas that may be particularly relevant to them.
Information is given in an objective, nonjudgmental way.