The majority of people with growing substance abuse issues don’t always realize that it’s happening. So, if you are asking yourself if you have a drug problem, the answer is probably yes. Full-blown addiction rarely happens overnight; most drug users go through several progressive stages of abuse, and it becomes harder to recover with each step.
What’s the difference between misuse, abuse and addiction?
Drug misuse is generally the use of a prescribed medication or legal remedy in a way other than instructed but not with the intent to get high. Misuse can become abuse when you start to take legal or illicit drugs specifically for the tangible or emotional effect. Repeated and increased use of substances over time can alter your brain function so that you become physically and psychologically dependent on the drug, and this is an addiction.
What are the signs of drug abuse?
The Diagnostic …