Subject: {FIRSTNAME}, Identifying Your Drug Problem Hello {FIRSTNAME}, I hope you enjoyed the first course on why people use drugs, next we are going to look at identifying your drug problem. Here is a recap of the e-course schedule: Part 1: Why People Use Drugs Part 2: Identifying Your Drug Problem Part 3: How Addiction Works Part 4: Safe Detoxing Part 5: Building Your Self-Esteem With that being said... Lets get rolling shall we :) ================================================== Part 2: Identifying Your Drug Problem -------------------------------------------------- When you use drugs, they can quickly become a problem. Addiction can happen before you know it. You need to really take a look at your drug use and be honest with yourself when evaluating whether or not that drug use has become a problem. Start by asking yourself one simple question: “Do you sometimes think you have a drug problem?” If the answer is yes, you probably do have an issue with addiction. Why? Most of the time, drug abusers deny they have a problem, or they hide from it by making excuses. It’s a natural reaction to defend yourself and your behaviors. But your defenses break down once in a while. So if you sometimes think you have a problem, you almost certainly do. Think about how you feel the morning after heavy using. Your body aches, your head is cloudy, you feel guilty for over-using and promise yourself you’ll stop. You decide that you won’t be using drugs that day. You feel beaten and broken and want to do something about it. Your defenses are down and you are vulnerable to your own rational thoughts. As the day goes on, though, your defenses start coming back up again and you begin excusing yourself for the previous day’s binge. You start to make excuses for your over-indulgence. You tell yourself you were having a bad day, you didn’t eat enough, you were really stressed out, or some other excuse. You decide to let yourself use “just a little”. After all, you were having a bad day yesterday. Today won’t be the same. And the cycle continues. For more information about drug addiction, please refer to my website Take Care,