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The self-check · answer for the past 12 months

Eleven questions. The same ones medicine asks.

Each question maps to one of the eleven criteria clinicians use for substance use disorder (DSM-5), in plain language. Substance-agnostic — answer for whatever you use most. It is an educational screen, not a diagnosis, and it runs entirely on this page — your answers are never stored or sent.

Before you start: if the using has you thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 now. And if opioids are anywhere in your life, carry naloxone — free at most pharmacies.

Before we start: what's your main thing right now? (optional — it only shapes the safety notes in your result)
  1. 1.Do you end up using more, or for longer runs, than you told yourself you would?

  2. 2.Have you tried to cut back or stop — really tried — and it didn't stick?

  3. 3.Does a big slice of your day go to getting it, being on it, or coming back down from it?

  4. 4.Do cravings hit you — a pull toward using that's hard to think past?

  5. 5.Is using getting in the way of work, school, or what people count on you for at home?

  6. 6.Are you still using even though it keeps causing fights, silence, or distance with people who matter?

  7. 7.Have things you used to care about — sports, music, people, anything — quietly dropped away because using took their place?

  8. 8.Do you use in situations where it could get you badly hurt — driving, working, mixing substances, using alone?

  9. 9.Are you still using even though you know it's making your body or your head worse?

  10. 10.Does the same amount do less than it used to — so it takes more to get where you're going?

  11. 11.When you stop, does your body push back — sick, shaking, sweating, wired, or desperate to use just to feel normal?

This screen is educational, not a diagnosis — only a professional assessment can make one. Nothing you answered was stored or sent; it all stays on this page.

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