When we first read these questions, it was frightening for us to think we might be addicts. I know I take drugs, but I'm not an addict. I'm just having a tough time getting it together right now. If you are an addict you must first admit that you have a problem with drugs before any progress can be made toward recovery. These questions, when honestly approached, may help to show you how using drugs has made your life unmanageable.
Addiction is a disease which, without recovery, ends in jails, institutions and death.
Many of us came to Narcotics Anonymous because drugs had stopped doing what we needed them to do. Addiction takes our pride, self-esteem, family, loved ones, and even our desire to live. If you have not reached this point in your addiction, you don't have to. We have found that our own private hell was within us. If you want help, you can find it in the Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous.