Therefore, a less expensive and easier to use LR measure was developed as the Self-Report of the Effects of Ethanol (SRE) questionnaire (Schuckit et al., 1997 a, b). Here, subjects are asked to think back to a point early in their drinking careers (the approximately first five times of drinking, or the First 5), and to list the number of standard (10-12 grams of ethanol) drinks required for up to four effects of this drug. These include the drinks needed for the onset of feelings of intoxication, the production of slurred speech, feeling unsteady or developing a stumbling gait, and the amount of alcohol needed to produce an unwanted falling asleep, with instructions to only list the alcohol experiences they had actually had during the early drinking time frame (Schuckit et al., 1997 a, b). This instrument requires less than 5 minutes to fill out, and can be used with all drinkers, including those in their early to mid teens, the usual times of experiencing the first drinking effects (Faden and Fay, 2004). The SRE was constructed to ask questions
