User or Addict?

20 December 2009

Each of the following is a warning sign that drug use is becoming drug addiction.  The more “yes” answers you have, the more likely it is that you’re becoming or are already addicted.

1.  Do you get drunk or high regularly?

2.  Do you think about or plan your substance use in advance?

3.  Do you get drunk or high alone?

4.  Is using making you sick or causing you on-going physical symptoms?

5.  Do you lie about how much or how often you are using?

6.  Have you stopped doing things you used to enjoy so that you can get drunk or high?

7.  Have your eating habits, sleep patterns, or mental abilities changed?

8.  When you’re not high, do you feel depressed, hopeless, run-down, or unmotivated?

9.  Do you have blackouts or memory gaps?

10. Do you have to use more of the same substance to recapture your earlier highs?

If you think you’re an addict or love someone who is, contact us. We’ll be able to help.