What is considered substance abuse?

Every substance that gives you pleasure and in the other way harm you is a very dangerous substance. It is worst than weapons...

Substance abuse is when drugs, and or alcohol start to interfere negatively with your everyday functions. For instance I used to be addicted to pills. It came to a point I wasn't doing well in any of my classes and my friends stopped hanging with me. Because it changed me into a drug dependent person who built a physical dependency

Stubstance abuse is when you use medication or alcohol in a way that it was not intended for. People that have Stubstance abuse only get better when they want to get better, not when someone wants them to get better.

Substance abuse is to use legal and or illegal drugs and alcohol for the purpose of. becoming intoxicated, Often times there is a genetic component to the abuse or addiction.

when you use a substance more/when it is not intended to be used. A substance abuser often is addicted to the substance they are abusing

From personal experience with an addict, I would describe substance abuse as using drugs or alcohol in a way that it is not meant to be used. For example, taking prescription meds way too much or through alternate means besides orally. Alcohol abuse can mean needing a drink as soon as you wake in the morning. We all have different definitions, but you know someone has a problem when they can't get through the day without said substance.

substance abuse can relate to alcohol or any forms of drugs, this means taking an amount that is unhealthy and can affect you negatively

Substance abuse is using substances such as mood-altering drugs for purposes other than their intended medical usage, usually for recreational purposes or with the intention of numbing emotional pain.

From a standpoint of my personal experience, Substance abuse is using a substance in order for you to fill the pain a hurt inside.

Substance abuse is when your body starts to rely on whatever substance you are taking. Whenever anything is consuming you, and is mind altering is. Abusing your body. Anything in. Excess is abuse.