Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. The following self-assessment tests can help you determine whether or not it may be time to get help.

• Alcohol Abuse Screening Quiz
  
• Drug Abuse Screening Quiz
  
• Could You Be Depressed?
  
• Is Your Child Using Drugs or Alcohol?
  
• Is Your Child Huffing Inhalants?
  

Questions for Families:

• Are You Troubled by Someone's Drinking?
  
• Are You Enabling an Alcoholic or Addict?
  
• Did You Grow Up With a Problem Drinker?
  
• Domestic Abuse Screening Quiz
  
• Adult Child Screening Quiz
  

There is a saying in recovery circles that alcoholics and addicts don't have relationships, they take hostages. The truth is most addicts and alcoholics have lost the ability to recognize a healthy relationship, much less maintain one. But experts say to achieve long-term sobriety, it is essential to build or rebuild supportive, healthy relationships. Read more...

Maintaining Sobriety:

• Getting Healthy to Maintain Sobriety
  
• How to Avoid Substituting Addictions
  
• Do You Know the Steps Leading to Relapse?

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Not everyone who quits drinking experiences severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms like delirium tremens. But for those who do, it can be life threatening. A visitor to our Alcoholism / Substance Abuse Forum recently described in graphic detail his experience going through severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms, then getting professional detoxification help. Read more...

More:

• Range of Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
  
• Getting Treatment for Alcohol Withdrawl Symptoms
  
• Specific Medical Treatment for Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms

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Inhalants are breathable chemical vapors that produce psychoactive (mind-altering) effects. Younger children and teens tend to abuse inhalants in part because they are readily available and inexpensive. Although unintentional inhalation of household products can occur, inhalant abuse, or huffing, is an intention act. Read more...

More About Inhalants:

• Inhalant FAQs
  
• Inhalant Abuse Inhalant Abuse
  
• Is Your Child Huffing?

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Andre Agassi Admits Using Meth... Hundreds Arrested in Prescription Crackdown... States Forced Into New Role on Marijuana... 'Shake-and-Bake' Meth Harder to Detect... Police Officer Charged in Fatal DUI Shooting... Drug Smugglers Get Creative Along Border... More... Read more...

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In the world of illicit drugs, a culture has developed with its own language in which ordinary sounding words can take on entirely different meanings. If you heard someone close to you making drug-related references, would you know? Read more...

More About Drug Abuse:

• Commonly Abused Drugs
  
• What Is Substance Abuse?
  
• Frequently Asked Questions

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You are out of town and you don't know anyone, at least no one in recovery. That little voice is telling you having one won't hurt, nobody will even know. You need to talk to someone else in recovery and you need to do it quickly! Fortunately, there is now an app for that. Read more...

More 12-Step Support:

• Attend Meetings from Your Wireless Device
  
• Find a Meeting
  
• Daily Inspiration

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Police cannot stop a driver and administer a sobriety test based solely on receiving an anonymous tip, based on a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. The policeman must personally observe erratic driving before stopping a suspected drunken driver.

The high court let stand a Virginia Supreme Court ruling in the case of Virginia v. Joseph Harris that overturned his DUI conviction. Read more...

Each year from Oct. 23 to 31 the National Red Ribbon Week Celebration promotes drug prevention among millions of young people across the United States. The campaign has become the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the country.

The theme for this year's celebration is "Drug Free Is the Key." Read more...

Declining donations in a struggling economic environment has prompted Mothers Against Drunk Driving to cut staff positions in its national office as well as state offices in 11 states. With donations down almost 20 percent from last year, MADD National Chief Operating Officer Debbie Weir said the cutbacks were necessary.

"It's a very hard, very painful process," Weir said. Read more...