What is considered substance abuse?

Substance abuse is using substances such as alcohol or marijuana in an unhealthy way and using it too much

People, who use medicines, drugs for wrong reasons. If you are missing respect to your body and health, substance abuse may occur to your life, if you have a history with taking medications (especially anti-depressants, pain killers, etc.)

Substance abuse is when someone uses a substance such as alcohol, drugs, or anything else that may be harmful to their wellbeing, in large quantities or enough that they become dependant on the substance in order to deal with every day life. Usually it is common in people who are looking for an escape or a release from their lives and can become very detrimental very quickly.

Coming from a nurse perspective, substance abuse is a repeated pattern of using a drug or alcohol in a form to cause harm to you, or others.

Substance abuse is when the drug of choice is the only thing you care about. And by that I mean, getting wasted/high everyday. And when someone is at the point where there is a physical addiction, where if they can't get high/drunk and they have physical side effects, they're definitely abusing drugs/alcohol badly. By personal experience, I had to get high the moment I woke up, before I showered, right before I sleep, before I watched tv, after I ate, etc. It took control of my routine and life. For some people it might not be as bad, they'll use like me but be able to stop with a snap of the finger. For others, it could be so much worse, having shakes or colds if they don't use for one day. Substance abuse is not a joke, and whoever is going through it please reach out to someone.

In the short form; using some sort of substance that has psychological, psychical or both, effects in way not intended for medical use.

Substance abuse is taking drugs way too much, and getting in the way of your life. I would love to help you overcome substance abuse!

Using substances to block out negative feelings and feel 'happier'. Not being able to say no to substances and it's having a negative impact on your life.

Substance abuse is the misuse of chemical agents with the intent to achieve some effect usually unhealthy in the long term for a short term benefit. Substance abuse often leads to addiction.

Using anything that will harm you, either used once or more often, harm can be short or long term...