substance abuse
Harmful drug habit
Substance abuse is the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances—alcohol, prescription medications, or illegal drugs.
The term implies a pattern of use that causes damage to health, relationships, or daily functioning, but stops short of full addiction or dependence: He entered treatment for substance abuse.
In clinical and policy contexts, the term is being replaced by "substance use disorder."
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- fixRepair or solution
- dependencyState of needing support
- track marksScarring from repeated injections
overdose · hit · opioid crisis · enabling · blackout drunk · rush · dipsomania · binge drinking · nod · withdrawal · habit · harm reduction · twelve steps · fetal alcohol syndrome · inhalant · pills · junkie · rehab
- social workcase notes, person-centered, fieldwork, community development, clinical practice
- healthhealth, wellness, vitality, fitness, well-being
- wellnesshealthy, wellness, fitness, exercise, nutrition
- bad decisionsprocrastination, impulse buying, overspending, binge eating, cramming
- bad habitssmoking, drinking, lying, swearing, gossiping
- hardshiphardship, adversity, difficulty, trouble, struggle
substance abusesobriety
Unimpaired mental state
abstinence · recovery · temperance · clean living · moderation
substance abusewellness
Overall state of health
self-care · healthy living · recovery · clean living · physical fitness
substance abuseteetotalism
Total sobriety as principle
abstinence · sobriety · straight edge · detox
abuse, substance, insubstantial, substantive, substantiate, substances, substantiation, substantiated, substantiating