What is it that happens in your life that makes you come to the point that you need to quit? How can you come to know that you're out of control? How can you come to understand that substances are controling you rather than the other way around?
2006-10-13 14:52:32 · 18 answers · asked by Deirdre H 7 in Health ➔ Other - Health
if, when you honestly want to,you cannot quit entirely,or if when your using you have little control over the amount you take,you probably are an alcoholic/addict
2006-10-13 14:59:47 · answer #1 · answered by mikey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it all depends on the person. it takes some soul searching to realize what it is that the drugs and alcohol are taking away from you and what they are preventing you to do. For some people, they'll run out of all of their money before they realize they can't do it anymore. Some people will run out of money and start stealing others and maybe end up in jail and thats what does it. Maybe someone else gets pulled over drunk driving and loses their license. For some people that is not enough either. The sad thing is that all of this could have been prevented, and so much more could have been gained if not for the drugs and alcohol. All of the money, ruined relationships, brain cells, and time could have been saved but instead were given to the drugs. Surrender to the thought of dependancy through drugs. Find the value in living life to the fullest by pushing your limits mentally, physically, and achieving as many goals as you can.
2006-10-13 22:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by blueberry-yum-yum! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Addiction is usually defined as the loss of control over the substance. Up to that point it can be considered abuse. But if you lack the ability to control your use of drugs or alcohol, you are addicted and should seek help. Give yourself a challeng- go one year without using and see how that works for you. IF you can't do it, then you have a problem.
2006-10-13 21:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can always go to the alcoholics anonymous website.
a checklist would also suffice....
1. when you see "it" you can't say no.
2. you crave for it the moment you wake up
3. you crave for it right before you go to sleep or you can't sleep without first having it.
4. you're circle of friends have changed and either carry one or inviting you to have one or buy one.
5. you absolutely cannot and will not go on living unless you get to have one.
6. you have a lot of unresolved problems in your life and you wish to escape it as soon as possible.
7. you'd rather lose all your relatives and friends than it.
8. when you don't have it for one day you get sick (vomit, have chills, can't concentrate, feel shaky, irritable)
9. Have mood swings
10. family and friends are considering an intervention.
....if you agree to all this or at least half of this checklist then you are definitely an addict.
go get help...you're worthless to us when you're an alcoholic or drug addict. The people of the world need you sane and undistracted!
2006-10-13 22:27:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What happens in your life may be large or small. Some people quit because their friend doesn't like it. Other people need to lose their job, their friends and family, their home, end up in jail, etc, etc, before they recognize that they are out of control. If you are asking the question (for yourself or someone else) that person is probably out of control. It's better to quit before things get really bad. I know. My 21-year-old stepson is in jail, for the fourth time. He started by sniffing glue, then marijuana, then coke and crack, and then heroin. Finally, his mom and dad are both insisting that he get help and backed it up by pressing charges for the checks he forged. If he wasn't locked up, given what he was doing, he would have killed himself. Now my prayer is that he gets the help he needs in jail where he is forced to be clean and sober.
My hope for you is that you don't wait that long. If you have to ask the question, get the help you need. If the question is for a friend, find Al Anon so that you can be clear with your friend.
2006-10-13 22:07:02 · answer #5 · answered by angel_light 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For my dad, the point that you need to quit, was when he in the hospital and was told one more drink (alcohol) and you die. He knew he was out of control when he was told if you don't stop drinking you will die (after drinking for 20 years). And he came to understand it was controlling his life, after he quit. He is happier and healthier since he quite 10 years ago. His life has changed for the better 100 percent.
2006-10-13 21:59:34 · answer #6 · answered by magnolia_76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you get nervous or scared or stressed you go for the alcohol and drugs. Whenever you feel like having one of those when your bored or crave it because it contains chemicals that make people addict to them. And because you are writing this question on yahoo answers
2006-10-13 21:59:44 · answer #7 · answered by ♠Steffy♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you crave it no matter what you are doing (including sex)? can you go without it for any period of time--say about a month? when you think about it do you wish you could drop everything and do it? can you say no if it's right in front of you and someone is offering? do you need to do more than you used to to get the same high? But mostly is it interfereing with normal everyday life?
2006-10-13 21:58:09 · answer #8 · answered by wild&free 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you do more than you planned, that's a sign. or if you have a bad night of using or drinking and you tell yourself you are never gonna do that again, but then you find yourself doing it again, then your probably not really in control anymore. there is not a thing out there that when that happens you know. but, if one day you say to yourself, i cant believe i did that, and you realize you've reduced yourself to a level of living or decision making that your not proud of, then you probably crossed the line. and one more big thing....if you don't have a problem, you would not wounder if you do. it's when we cross the line that we have to start to wounder how to know if we have a problem
2006-10-13 22:08:55 · answer #9 · answered by redspir8 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell me what is the difference between abuse, addiction, compulsiveness and dependence?
addiction means that you do something because you like what you get it and you dont want to stop it. example is smoking, you are in after a party, 3am in the morning you feel you want to smoke even if you are about to sleep. you go drive 5 miles to a store and buy one then light it up. then sleep. thats addiction.
compulsiveness is something you do because you feel like you have to do it but dont agree it. it is like people who are obsessive compulsive.
abuse is something you do excessively. a person who smokes after eating for the last 20 years is addiction. but a person who smokes 10 packs a day for the last 10-20 years that is abuse.
dependence. is more like a medical term. you a drug dependent when you start to show withdrawal symptoms when you stop.
2006-10-13 22:08:18 · answer #10 · answered by ccruz_md 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋