Some warning signs that you might have an alcohol or drug problem.

• Drinking or using drugs in response to pressure, disappointment, challenges
• Inability to control the amount you drink or use
• "Blackouts" or the inability to remember events when you drink or use
• Passing out
• Hiding your drinking or drug use
• Drinking and driving
• Increased tolerance to alcohol or drugs
• Are you secretly irritated when your family or friends discuss your drinking or drug use?
• Switching types of alcohol in an effort to controlling your drinking?
• Promising yourself or anyone that you'll "cut down"
• Keeping track of how much you drink or use
• Avoiding friends and / or family when drinking or using?
• Financial or career problems resulting from alcohol or drug use
• Do you sometimes have the 'shakes' in the morning and find that it helps to have a little drink?
• Do you sometimes stay drunk or high for several days at a time?
• Do you sometimes feel very depressed and wonder whether life is worth living?