Take The Heroin Addiction Self-Assessment Screening Quiz

Heroin is an opioid, and heroin addiction is a form of opioid use disorder. For many, using heroin comes after prior use of other opioid pain medications, like Oxycodone (Percocet). In the current opioid crisis, heroin has become a popular drug of choice for opioid users, and more recently, heroin laced with Fentanyl, which has contributed to the significant rise in opioid overdose deaths.

Heroin addiction affects not only the person using but also the lives of those around them. If you feel you may be suffering from a heroin addiction, it’s important to know that the ability to change, seek treatment, and recover is possible. The first steps towards change are questioning the role of heroin use in your life, and reaching out for help.

1.Do you find you often use heroin for longer periods than you intended to?

2.Do you often use heroin in larger quantities than you intended to?

3.Have you repeatedly tried to cut down your heroin use but found you have been unable to?

4.Do you have strong cravings or urges to use heroin?

5.Do you spend a lot of time partaking in activities involved in obtaining, using, or recovering from using heroin?

6.Do you continue using heroin even though you’re aware it has caused relationship issues with family or friends?

7.Has your heroin use interfered with taking care of responsibilities and obligations in your life such as school, work, or home life?

8.Have you repeatedly used heroin when it may have been hazardous to do so? (i.e., driving a vehicle, operating machinery, or getting into unsafe situations or sexual encounters).

9.Have you cut back or quit recreational activities that you enjoy in order to prioritize your heroin use?

10.Have you continued to use heroin even though you know it has negative consequences on your mental health or physical health?

11.Over the past 12 months have you developed a higher tolerance to heroin? In other words, do you require more heroin to feel the same effects you used to get from using less?

12.Have you experienced withdrawal symptoms when you are not using heroin? These can include: flu-like symptoms, insomnia, muscle aches, nausea, sweating, or yawning?

13.Do you continue to use heroin to avoid withdrawal symptoms?

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