Top 10 addiction questions to ask yourself – addiction evaluation

Welcome back! Got questions about addiction? Ask me and I'll respond in a video.

1. How often do you engage in this substance or behavior?
2. Think about a typical day / week. On how many days do you engage in this substance or behavior? How many times per day?
3. Think about the past year. What is the greatest number of times you’ve engage in this substance or behavior on any one occasion?
4. How often during the past year have you found that you can’t stop taking this substance or stop this behavior once you had started?
5. How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of a substance or behavior?
6. How often during the last year have you needed this substance or behavior in the morning to get yourself going?
7. How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after taking this substance / engaging in this behavior?
8. How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because of a substance or behavior?
9. Have you or someone else been injured as a result of taking a substance or engaging in a behavior?
10. Has a relative or friend or a doctor been concerned about your use of a substance/behavior or suggested you cut down?

Similar

• Is binge eating (disorder) a food addiction?
• How to identify prescription drug addiction
• Parents. The Anti Drug Prevention program advocates espionage?
• Cigarettes, smoking and smokeless tobacco : business is booming!
• Social norms marketing for addiction prevention