Do I Have A Problem With Drug Addiction?*
Why not read through the statements below to see if any of them relate to you?
- Have you made attempts to cut down or control your drug use with little or no success?
- Have you substituted one kind of drug for another, hoping that this would solve your problem?
- In the past the past three months, have you used drugs to wake up or fall asleep?
- Have you ever taken a drug without knowing what it was or what it might do to you?
- Do you spend a lot of time thinking about using or planning your next fix?
- Have you ever taken one drug to deal with the effects of another?
- Have you missed or avoided work or school because of drug use?
- Is your drug use a cause of domestic difficulties?
- Have you ever overdosed on drugs?
- Have you had legal or financial problems as a result of drug use?
- Do you continue to use drugs in spite of increasingly serious negative consequences?
- Does the thought of living without drugs frighten you?
*Note that these symptoms are merely guidelines and do not constitute a diagnosis of a particular condition.
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