Addiction, moralized or biomedicalized?
Recognizing Addiction: A Personal Journey
Take this insightful quiz to explore your relationship with substance use and addiction. Gain a deeper understanding of how personal, social, and mental health factors might influence your experiences.
- Reflect on your feelings and experiences.
- Learn more about your own perceptions of addiction.
- Engage with a supportive community on this topic.
Truthfully, would you have identified yourself as chemically dependent?
Yes
No, it was an issue with my socioeconomic environment.
No, it was a failure to resist my inclinations.
Have you ever attended rehab?
No
Yes, once but only briefly
Yes, once for the full duration
Yes, more than once
Did you ever feel condemned? As if you were hexed, that something determined your actions?
Yes, but something internal.
Yes, something from outside me.
No, I was in control. It was my own personal responsibility.
When taking substances, did you feel as though you could stop when you wanted?
Yes, easily.
Yes, but not in the environment I was in.
No, I had no choice.
Did you ever feel you were self-medicating?
Yes, I used drugs to make myself feel better.
No, I just liked to have fun.
A combination of the two: fun times kept me happy.
Neither, I just spiraled
Have you ever relapsed?
No, I still use.
I still use, but I've quit before and relapsed many times.
I still use, but I've quit before and relapsed once.
I no longer use, but I've relapsed once.
I no longer use, but I've relapsed many times
When you did get clean, did you feel you had overcome yourself and your inclinations? Or something outside yourself and your control, as if you had overcome infection, illness, or disease?
I had overcame myself and my inclinations
I had overcame something outside my control.
I haven't stopped using yet.
Were you ever diagnosed with a mental illness?
Yes but didn't receive treatment.
Yes and received treatment.
No.
If you ever saw a doctor about mental health and addiction, did you feel confused at the language they used, as if you weren't experienced enough with medicine to understand what was wrong with you?
Yes.
No.
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