Do you find yourself frequently using substances such as cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs? Do you spend a significant amount of time and money obtaining and using these substances? Have you noticed that your substance use is interfering with your work or other important aspects of your life? Do you have feelings of regret or guilt associated with your substance use? Take this Addiction Test to assess whether you may be showing signs of addiction.
What Is Addiction?
An addiction is a chronic dysfunction of the brain system that involves complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, cognitive and motor functioning, and also, influence in several domains of an individual’s life experiences.
People with addiction may use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences. People experiencing addiction are also prone to cycles of relapse and remission. Despite these cycles, these habits may also typically worsen over time, and can lead to permanent health complications and severe consequences like bankruptcy.
A few signs of addiction would include:
Expending time and energy, seeking out situations that encourage toward substance or behavior
Poor work performance due to the effect of substances or behaviors
Showing frustration with others and blaming them for their problems
Increased levels of anxiety, depression, and memory loss
Below is a list of items that relate to an individual’s signs of addiction. Please read each item carefully, and select options that you find relevant for you.
Please note: This test is a self-assessment and not a diagnostic tool.
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Your present score reveals that you have low signs of addiction. It reflects that to a few extent, you might show a desire to get involved in substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs) that may not lead you to impact badly your work performance or interaction with others. Further, your score shows that you might seek opportunities to a few extent to get involved with the addictive substance (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs) and slightly might like to expend your time and money on this.
Besides this, your score shows that to a few extent, you like to get motivated for your work by using substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs) and might show a slight amount of frustration, and negative reaction to others after taking this. Also, it may be possible that in a few cases, you might ignore your daily responsibility and might feel a sense of relief by engaging in substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs). Also, it can be seen from your response that to some extent you also feel guilty after being involved in substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs).
However, it should be noted that your responses may have an impact on your social, occupational, and other areas of functioning. if you think the results do not accurately match your characteristics, then we would encourage you to consult a Psychologist for an accurate result.
Want to learn more?
An addiction can lead to severe disruption in an individual’s lifestyle. So it is very necessary to recover from this condition. This can be possible by consulting a mental health professional and taking adequate medication and psychotherapy to improve the physical and psychological condition, and also by identifying the triggering points, shifting interest to creative activity, spending quality time with friends and family, involving oneself in meditation, relaxation exercise and also by engaging to support group to get help to recover the condition. If you want to know ways to overcome your habits of addiction, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will aid you in doing all those things you love, while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
Moderate Signs Of Addiction
Your present score reveals that you have moderate signs of addiction. It reflects that to some extent, you might show a frequent desire to get involved in substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs) that may lead you to impact badly your work performance or interaction with others to some extent in life. Further, your score shows that you might seek opportunities to some extent to get involved with addictive substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs) and in some cases might like to expend your time and money on this. Besides this, your score shows that to some extent, you like to get motivated for your work by using substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs) and seem to frequently show frustration and negative reactions to others after taking this.
Also, it may be possible that in some cases, you might ignore your daily responsibility and might feel a sense of relief in some ways by engaging in substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs). Also, it can be seen from your response that to a few extent, you may also feel guilty after being involved in substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs).
However, it should be noted that your responses may have some impact on your social, occupational, and other areas of functioning. if you think the results do not accurately match your characteristics, then we would encourage you to consult a Psychologist for an accurate result.
Want to learn more?
An addiction can lead to severe disruption in an individual’s lifestyle. So it is very necessary to recover from this condition. This can be possible by consulting a mental health professional and taking adequate medication and psychotherapy to improve the physical and psychological condition, and also by identifying the triggering points, shifting interest to creative activity, spending quality time with friends and family, involving oneself in meditation, relaxation exercise and also by engaging to support group to get help to recover the condition. If you want to know ways to overcome your habits of addiction, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will aid you in doing all those things you love, while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
High Signs Of Addiction
Your present score reveals that you have high signs of addiction. It reflects that to many extents, you seem to show a strong desire to get involved in substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs) that may lead you to severely impact your work performance or interaction with others in life. Further, your score shows that you seem to seek many opportunities to get involved with addictive substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs) and seem to expend a lot of your time and money on this.
Besides this, your score shows that to many extents, you seem to seek the need to get motivated for your work by using substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs) and seem to show so much frustration and negative reactions to most of the cases to others after taking this. Also, it may be possible that in most cases, you tend to ignore your daily responsibility and feel a strong sense of relief by engaging in substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs). Also, it can be seen from your response that to many extents, you seem to feel that you won’t be able to survive well without being involved in substances (Such as cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs).
However, it should be noted that your responses may have a strong impact on your social, occupational, and other areas of functioning. if you think the results do not accurately match your characteristics, then we would encourage you to consult a Psychologist for an accurate result.
Want to learn more?
An addiction can lead to severe disruption in an individual’s lifestyle. So it is very necessary to recover from this condition. This can be possible by consulting a mental health professional and taking adequate medication and psychotherapy to improve the physical and psychological condition, and also by identifying the triggering points, shifting interest to creative activity, spending quality time with friends and family, involving oneself in meditation, relaxation exercise and also by engaging to support group to get help to recover the condition. If you want to know ways to overcome your habits of addiction, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will aid you in doing all those things you love, while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
