How do I know if my drinking or drug use is becoming an addiction or a problem? I can stop any time I want...

well in my opinion the way you would know if your drinking or drug use is becoming an addiction, 1. you need to do it all the time 2. you constantly think of drinking or doing drugs 3. you mainly hangout with people that drink or do drugs

if you can not go a day with out doing them then this is a addiction and is becoming a problem drugs and alcohol are never good

In my opinion one the ways that you know that alcohol or drugs is an addiction is in the back of your mind you know that you can't go without it one day.

This is something an addict would say. You have to make yourself aware of how often you consume these things. You can get addicted to certain drugs just by consuming them a few times. Be very careful!

When you are drinking for all of the wrong reasons and when you depend on alcohol you can't stop when you should

You can know that your drinking or drug use is becoming an addiction or problem when it starts to interfere with your life in negative ways. When you start favoring the drink or drug over people you love, or when you start to binge is when you know that you have a problem. Addicts will almost all the time say that they can stop whenever they want, I know I said it too, but in fact the Addict is lying to him/herself. They are minimizing their problem. Always listen to your family or friends when they tell you have a drinking/drug problem too because they are usually right. No matter how hard it may be to accept that you have a problem, coming to that realization is the first step in fixing it and getting better.

Try some controlled usage, or going without drinking and drugs for a week or two. If that isn't a big deal then perhaps you aren't addicted.

Try to control it from now bcz when u realize it may be too late ,its affecting ur body that scientifically proven

More than anything else, it's the withdrawal that will dead answer. My experience was cold sweats, shakes, restless legs and hot flashes among others. But more than any of the physical, it was the overwhelming cravings. And I rationalized my drug abuse with similar statements of 'I can stop whenever I want'. The reality is that if you have to tell yourself, you probably are an addict. Addiction is isolating and rationalizing that isolation. It's allowing your life to become nothing more than looking for your next 'fix'.

You could try stopping for 30 days, in order to see if that's really true or not; plus even if you find it easy and don't think it's a problem in the end, you'll have saved money, reduced your tolerance, and re-set your brain to make it easier to use moderation in future. If you find you can't do the 30 days, then you may find that you do have a problem, and if so that is good because you are then in a position to access help and information to make changes for the better.