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A Questionnaire for Parents, Spouses, Relatives and Friends.

Ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can.

– Do you find yourself making excuses, lying or covering up for the addict in your life?
– Do you have reason not to trust the addict in your life?
– Is it becoming difficult for you to believe his/her explanations?
– Do you lie awake worrying about the addict in your life?
– Is this person missing school often without your knowledge?
– Is this person missing work and the bills piling up?
– Are the savings mysteriously missing?
– Are the unanswered questions causing hostility and undermining your relationship
  or  marriage?
– Are you asking yourself. “What’s Wrong?” and “Is it my fault?”
– Are your suspicions turning you into a detective and are you afraid of what you
  might find out?
– Are normal family disagreements becoming hostile and violent?
– Are you canceling social functions with vague excuses?
– Are you becoming increasingly reluctant to invite friends to your home?
– Is concern for your spouse, child or friend causing you headaches, a knotty stomach
  and extreme anxiety?
– Is your spouse, child or friend easily irritated by minute matters?
– Does your whole life seem a nightmare?
– Are you unable to discuss the situation with friends or relatives because of the
  embarrassment?
– Are your attempts at control frustrating?
– Do you over compensate and try not to make waves?
– Do you keep trying to make things better and nothing helps?
– Is the lifestyle of this person changing?
– Do you ever think they may be using drugs?

If you have answered yes to four or more of these questions, Nar-Anon may be able to give you the answers you are looking for.

— Copyright 2016 Nar-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Used with permission.