• Inability to control use - failed attempts to cut down or stop.

• Worrying about availability of next use – or ensuring a consistent supply is available.

• Cravings becoming intense – especially in situations or locations where you’ve used before.

• Neglecting normal activities – or not enjoying other activities as much.

• Neglecting roles and responsibilities such as work, school or home obligations.

• Experiencing interpersonal problems as a result of substance use.

• Changing social patterns, withdrawing from family, friends and activities in order to use a substance.

• Facing risky situations to become intoxicated or maintain a supply of drug.

• Developing tolerance, requiring more drug to get an effect; a common but not invariable feature of addiction, sometimes called.

• Physical Withdrawal symptoms - shakiness, sweating, queasiness or vomiting, headache—when unable to take the substance (particularly alcohol, benzodiazepines, or opiates).

• Psychological Withdrawal symptoms – intense cravings around people, places or situations that are associated with substance use (cocaine and other stimulants, cannabis and other psychoactive substances).

adaptation.