10 Common Causes of Substance Use

What are the underlying causes of substance abuse?

1. A lack of family and social support.

2. A hidden psychiatric disorder:

    • depression,

    • phobias,

    • obsessive compulsive disorder,

    • traumatic stress disorder,

    • personality disorders.

3. Another addiction.

4. Sexual Trauma.

5. Unresolved loss or grieving issues.

6. Relationships:

    • smothering,

    • abusive,

    • abandonment,

    • addictive.

7. Criminal thinking.

8. Overwhelmed by powerful negative emotions.

    • feelings of uselessness, worthlessness, helplessness.

    • negative self talk "I'm a no good addict, loser, dope fiend."

9. Life lacks meaning.

10. More addicted to the drug culture / gang lifestyle than the drug.

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