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10 Substance Abuse Warning Signs

Filed Under Substance Abuse Updates 

How Can You Tell if a Friend or Family Member Has a Problem with Alcohol or Drug?

10 Warning Signs: 

If your friend or loved one has several of these behavioral warning signs, they may have a problem with substance abuse.
 

  1. getting high on drugs or getting drunk on a regular basis
  2. lying about the amount of alcohol or drugs they are using
  3. avoiding sober friends and family in order to get high or drunk
  4. changing social activities which were previously important
  5. getting into trouble with the law
  6. believing that they need to drink or to get high in order to have fun
  7. feeling hopeless, depressed or suicidal
  8. changing quality of performance at school or work
  9. changing peer group, behavior and even clothing style
  10. taking risks such as sexually acting out and driving under the influence of alcohol

If these signs are evident in a loved one’s life it’s important to get a substance abuse evaluation and seek help from a trained professional.

Reading List

  • The Twelve Steps:  A Spiritual Journey Workbook, published by RPI
  • A Hunger for Healing, Keith Miller
  • Life Recovery Bible
  • Addiction and Grace, Gerald May
  • Life’s Hidden Addictions, Archibald Hart
  • Reclaiming your Family from Addiction, Craig Nakken
  • The Addictive Personality, Craig Nakken
  • The Big Book Unplugged, John R. (Adolescent Guide to AA)
  • Marijuana:  What’s a Parent to Believe, Timmen Cermaic
  • Alcohol:  What’s a Parent to Believe, Stephen Biddulph
  • AA/NA Big Book
  • Broken, William Cope Moyers

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