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Does My Friend Need a Drug Intervention?

Your friends can be considered part of your family, from facing good and bad times together to never running out of things to say. However, it can be hard to know what to say when you realize your friend is in the grips of drug addiction. Thinking that your friend might need a drug intervention, could make you reconsider taking this step for someone who knows you so well. But friends don’t realize at times how influential they can be in someone’s life who is an addict, even unknowingly contributing to their drug abuse.

Signs that My Friend Needs a Drug Intervention

Sometimes taking note of changes in your friend’s behavior or overall appearance could indicate to you they have a drug addiction, whether they admit to it or not. Consider these warning signs if your friend exhibits some of these behaviors:

  • Not taking care of personal hygiene.
  • Irregular eating or sleeping patterns.
  • Physically looking ill or noticeable weight loss.
  • Blaming others for their behavior or trying to rationalize behavior.
  • Lack of interest in social activities or spending time with others.
  • Staying isolated from others.
  • Lying about their behavior, whereabouts, or whether they are using.

Given the extent of your friendship, your friend might be comfortable coming to you with their drug problem but in case they don’t, there are ways you can help your friend get the medical guidance they need through a drug intervention.

How a Drug Intervention Can Help My Friend

A drug intervention for your friend helps in the same way a drug intervention would help a loved one, a co-worker, or even your child. An intervention is a structured gathering of family and friends, with the help of a licensed counselor or professional interventionist, coming together to intervene and offer solutions of help to an addicted person.

Your friendship with someone who uses drugs could positively impact their desire to seek help if they knew that their drug use is jeopardizing your company. There are also several types of intervention available, even one where an interventionist leads a workshop with an addicted person and their family and friends to discuss the person’s behavior.

The hope is that through the love and efforts of others, your friend will realize that they don’t have control over their drug use and that help is needed.

Take The Alcohol Abuse Self-Assessment and Quiz

Drinking is a socially acceptable recreational activity, which can sometimes make it hard to tell if it starts to become a problem. Alcohol use disorder exists on a spectrum, and it can sometimes lead you to lose sight of your priorities, relationships, and goals. It can also lead to negative physical, emotional, and psychological consequences.

There are many factors that determine whether someone has developed an issue with alcohol. It can be helpful to look at your relationship with drinking to assess the role it is playing in your life. Regardless of whether someone has a mild, moderate or severe alcohol use disorder, the ability to change, seek treatment, and recover is possible.

Do you often drink more or for longer periods of time than you intended to?
Yes
No
Have you tried to cut down on drinking but found you have been unable to?
Yes
No
Do you find you spend a lot of time drinking? Or spend a lot of time being sick or getting over other aftereffects?
Yes
No
Do you spend time obsessing or thinking about drinking?
Yes
No
Do you continue drinking even though it causes issues with your family or friends?
Yes
No
Has drinking interfered with taking care of responsibilities and obligations in your life?
Yes
No
Have you gotten into situations where drinking has increased your chances of getting physically injured (including driving, operating machinery, or getting into dangerous situations or sexual encounters?)
Yes
No
Have you cut back on hobbies or activities that may have been important to you in order to prioritize your drinking?
Yes
No
Do you continue to drink even after it makes you feel depressed, anxious, or contributes to another mental health problem?
Yes
No
Over the past 12 months have you developed a higher tolerance to alcohol? In other words, do you require more alcohol to get the same buzz you used to from drinking less?
Yes
No
Have you experienced symptoms of withdrawal when you’re not drinking? These can include sweating, shaking, insomnia, increased heart rate.
Yes
No

You answered yes to out of 11 questions

YOU HAVE A PROBLEM

It is highly recommended you seek help for drinking. While this alcohol use disorder and addiction quiz should not be used for formal self diagnosis, it can serve as a guide to evaluate whether you may be on the alcohol use disorder spectrum. Questioning and assessing your relationship with drinking can help lead to positive change. If you feel you are suffering from a medical emergency, you should dial 911 immediately.

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  • Do you often drink more or for longer periods of time than you intended to?

  • Have you tried to cut down on drinking but found you have been unable to?

  • Do you find you spend a lot of time drinking? Or spend a lot of time being sick or getting over other aftereffects?

  • Do you spend time obsessing or thinking about drinking?

  • Do you continue drinking even though it causes issues with your family or friends?

  • Has drinking interfered with taking care of responsibilities and obligations in your life?

  • Have you gotten into situations where drinking has increased your chances of getting physically injured (including driving, operating machinery, or getting into dangerous situations or sexual encounters?)

  • Have you cut back on hobbies or activities that may have been important to you in order to prioritize your drinking?

  • Do you continue to drink even after it makes you feel depressed, anxious, or contributes to another mental health problem?

  • Over the past 12 months have you developed a higher tolerance to alcohol? In other words, do you require more alcohol to get the same buzz you used to from drinking less?

  • Have you experienced symptoms of withdrawal when you’re not drinking? These can include sweating, shaking, insomnia, increased heart rate.

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