Could Addiction be a problem?

Twenty quick questions. No email, no sign-up, no account. Your answers never leave this device — nothing is sent to us, saved, or tracked. Most people finish in about three minutes.

Before you start

Answer about the thing you keep going back to. That might be alcohol or a drug — or it might be gambling, spending, eating, or hurting yourself. It all works the same way.

This is a self-check, not a diagnosis. Only a doctor or a licensed counsellor can diagnose a use disorder. What this can do is tell you whether it’s worth talking to someone — and it’s always worth talking to someone.

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The questions

The self-check needs JavaScript to add up your answers. Here are the same questions to go through yourself.

Do you have difficulty avoiding starting to use your drug of choice?
Once you start using your drug of choice, do you have difficulty stopping?
Do you take your drug of choice in larger amounts than you intended to when you started?
Do you take your drug of choice over a longer period than you intended?
Do you have a desire to limit your use?
Have you had unsuccessful efforts to limit your use?
Do you spend a great deal of time in activities necessary to obtain your drug of choice?
Do you think you spend more time than you should using your drug of choice?
Do you spend time recovering from its effects?
Do you crave or have a strong desire to use your drug of choice?
Does your use of your drug of choice cause you to fail to fulfill major role obligation at work, school, or at home?
Do you continue to use your drug of choice even though you know you should not because it interferes with your life goals?
Do you continue to use your drug of choice even though you experience social or interpersonal problems that are related to your use?
Have you given up or reduced social, occupational, or recreational activities due to your use?
Do you use your drug of choice in situations which are physically hazardous to use, like driving?
Do you continue to use your drug of choice despite knowing that it causes or increases physical or psychological problems?
Do you find that you need more of your drug of choice to give you the high that you used to experience with less?
Do you use other drugs to relieve the pain of withdrawing from your drug of choice?
Do you use your drug of choice to relieve the pain that occurs when you stop using?
Do you do a lot of things you would not do if you were sober, like taking risks, being belligerent, getting into fights?