Criteria for Substance Use Disorders

Have you experienced:

• Recurrent failure to meet important responsibilities due to use?
  yes no

• Recurrent use in situations when this is likely to be physically dangerous?
  yes no

• Recurrent legal problems arising from use?
  yes no

• Continual usage despite recurrent problems that are aggravated by the substance use?
  yes no

Have you experienced:

• Tolerance -- needing more to become intoxicated or discovering less effect with the same amount?
  yes no

• Withdrawal symptoms?
  yes no

• Using more of the substance or using the substance for longer periods than intended?
  yes no

• A desire to cut down or unsuccessful efforts to cut down?
  yes no

• That you spend considerable time obtaining the substance, using the substance or recovering from the substance's effects?
  yes no

• That you have given up important social, work or recreational activities because of using the substance?
  yes no

• That you continue to use the substance despite your own knowledge of problems the substance can cause or aggravate?
  yes no