Take The Cocaine Addiction Self-Assessment and Quiz
While cocaine is sometimes associated with recreational or party use, it has the potential to become problematic. How can you tell if cocaine use has turned into a problem? There are a number of factors to determine whether you might have cocaine use disorder, and questioning your relationship with cocaine can help provide insight.
Cocaine use disorder can cause long-term health consequences, family and relational strain, financial hardship, and psychological effects. This questionnaire can help determine if you fall on the spectrum of cocaine use disorder. If you are worried about the impact of cocaine on your life, it’s important to know that the ability to change, seek treatment, and recovery is possible.
- Do you often use cocaine for longer periods than you intended to?
- Do you regularly use cocaine in larger quantities than you intended to?
- Have you tried to cut down your cocaine use but found you have been unable to?
- Do you have cravings or urges to use cocaine?
- Do you spend a lot of time seeking out cocaine, using it, or recovering from the after effects of it?
- Do you continue using cocaine even though it has caused issues with family or friends?
- Has your cocaine use interfered with taking care of responsibilities and obligations in your life?
- Have you repeatedly used cocaine when it may have been hazardous to do so? (i.e., driving a vehicle, operating machinery, or getting into unsafe situations or sexual encounters).
- Have you cut back or quit hobbies or activities that may have been important to you in order to prioritize your cocaine use?
- Have you continued to use cocaine even though you know it has negative consequences on your mental health?
- Over the past 12 months have you developed a higher tolerance to cocaine? In other words, do you require more cocaine to feel the same effects you used to from using less?
- Have you experienced withdrawal symptoms when you stop using cocaine? This can include: lethargy, excessive sleepiness, mood swings, increased appetite, or agitation.