Types of Addictions

Substances

• Cannabinoids
• Depressants
• Dissociative Drugs
• Hallucinogens
• Inhalants
• Opioids and Morphine Derivatives
• Stimulants
• Other Substances

Impulse Control Disorders

• Compulsive Shopping
• Dermatillomania (Skin-picking)
• Intermittent Explosive Disorder
• Internet Addiction
• Kleptomania (Stealing)
• Pathological Gambling
• Pyromania (Fire-starting)
• Sex
• Trichotillomania (Hair-pulling)
• Other

People

• Children
• Codependency
• Isolation
• Love
• Marriage
• Men
• People-pleasing
• Relationships
• Self
• Women
• Other

Other Behaviors

• Attention
• Body Image
• Crime
• Exercise
• Fame
• Fantasizing
• Fetishes
• Food
• Hoarding
• Money
• Over-achieving
• Pain
• Perfectionism
• Pleasure
• Pornography
• Power
• Religion/Spirituality
• Sadism
• Self-harm/Self-mutilation
• Self-help Books and Programs
• Sleeping
• Television
• Therapy
• Thrill-seeking
• Videos
• Video Games
• Voyeurism
• Weightlifting
• Working
• Other

Questions

1. How did you become addicted?
2. Why do you think you became addicted?
3. Did your friends and family know you were addicted?
4. What would you do differently to make certain you wouldn’t become addicted?
5. How did addiction change your life, family, faith or finances?
6. Where did you seek help to break your addiction?
7. Who or what was most helpful to you during your addiction?
8. Have you forgiven yourself or others who may have played a part in your addiction?
9. How long did it take you to break your addiction?
10. What steps did you take to become addiction free?
11. When did you realize you had an addiction?
12. What did you gain or lose as a result of your addiction?
13. What did you learn about yourself and others?
14. At what age did you become addicted?
15. What effect did your addiction have on your personal and professional life?
16. Was treatment costly?
17. Was an intervention staged for you?
18. What made you seek help for your addiction?
19. Did you become incarcerated as a result of your addiction?
20. When you became addicted, did you do or say things you regret now?
21. What financial toll did you incur as a result of your addiction?
22. Who was the most supportive for you while you were breaking your addiction?
23. How did you maintain employment while breaking your addiction?
24. Who should know you need treatment, are seeking treatment or in treatment?
25. Can you lose your job if your boss knows you have an addiction?
26. Is it possible to break your addiction by yourself?
27. What happens when a relapse occurs?
28. Why should you seek treatment?
29. Have you ever thought of suicide as an option and why?
30. Did you try to commit suicide?
31. Did you join a support group?
32. Was medication required to break your addiction?
33. How to find help and when?
34. Other

Ideas to Consider

1. Rehabilitation facilities
2. How to choose a rehabilitation facility
3. Cost of rehabilitation
4. When to seek help for yourself or someone else
5. Type of rehabilitation necessary for success
6. Length of Rehabilitation and Treatment
7. Available programs and locations for various addictions
8. Counseling for addicts and family members
9. Health consequences of various addictions
10. Best treatment facilities
11. Most effective treatment programs
12. Relapsing
13. Support Groups
14. Medical Intervention
15. 12-Step Programs
16. Other