• Alcohol and/or drug abuse
• Withdrawal from normal or previously pleasurable activities
• Undue, continuing anxiety or worry
• Too much or too little sleep
• Extreme high or low feelings or moods
• Tension-caused physical problems (backaches, headaches, jaw clenching, stomachaches)
• Excessively strong feelings of anger, guilt, or remorse
• Persistent negative or overblown positive self-image or outlook
• Substantial, rapid weight gain or loss
• Self-harm (cutting, burning, head-banging, punching walls)

Sound familiar?

Know someone who does several of the above?

Need to know more?

*A family history of mental illness, alcohol abuse, or addiction is a key indicator.

If you read this list and recognize yourself or someone you love, get help. Release judgement and disregard social mores. Realize these can be symptoms of a biologically based illness and seek treatment. Do not let the pain continue unheeded.

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