Alcohol

Features of alcohol use disorder may include:

• Drinking more or longer than planned.
• Efforts to limit or control drinking without success.
• Spending a lot of time to obtain alcohol, drink it or recovering from the effects.
• Obsessive thinking about when you can drink next, cravings or urges to drink.
• Repeated alcohol use which results in problems with family, work, studies or social situations.
• Continuing drinking despite problems caused at home, socially, at work.
• Interruptions or reduction of important social, occupational or recreative activities because of alcohol use.
• Repeated use of alcohol in situations in which it is inappropriate or dangerous.
• Continuing drinking in spite of knowing that it is causing or worsening a physical health or psychological problem.
• Developing tolerance, thus needing to use more alcohol to achieve the same or desired effect.
• Experiencing withdrawal symptoms from alcohol (for example sweating, high pulse, tremor, sleeplessness, nausea, anxiety, etc.) due to not drinking.
• Drinking secretly or hiding drinking from others.
• Experiencing guilt feelings or shame due to drinking.
• Drinking to suppress emotions or stress or to avoid thinking about troubles or issues.