by Carl-Peter

There isn’t necessarily a hard and fast rule for identifying the symptoms and signs of addiction and alcoholism. Often your sixth sense will be a good indicator and give you the sense that something is wrong - but you usually want more in the way of facts to be sure.

It can also depend on who’s point of view you’re looking at the situation from. Are you concerned about your own drug or alcohol use and so want to be able to pick up on the symptoms yourself?

You may instead be anxious about someone else - whether it be a family member or friend. Even though there are no hard and fast signs - I’ll try and give you some ideas as to what to look out for - and if you then want more detailed guidelines and information, please visit my website.

A couple of the main physical signs of alcoholism or drug addiction are liver problems and high blood pressure, which can cause severe tiredness or even result in things like strokes and heart attacks. But unless you see a Doctor in time, you often won’t pick on them until it’s too late.

When looking at the more typical signs of addiction - an increase in tolerance for alcohol or drugs, withdrawals, and failed promises to reduce your intake are common.

I guess from my side, the signs that I always look out for to indicate that things are seriously wrong, is when you begin to lose yourself, and everyday issues that used to fine are impacted - which can be anything from relationships, jobs, college and friendships.

There are also some pretty good psychometric type alcoholism tests and drug addiction tests that are pretty accurate in helping you determine whether or not there is indeed an addiction problem. I can’t go into all the info here I’m afraid, but be sure to follow the links provided.

So, being able to identify an addiction in yourself or someone you care about, can be done in a few different ways. Read up on the various symptoms and signs, try a psychometric type test, and you should then have a reasonably good idea if indeed there is a genuine problem.

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