Someone didn’t read the Caveats for the Addiction Indicator
I have take great care to emphasize certain points when using the online Thorburn Substance Addiction Recognition Indicator. Unfortunately, a few do not carefully read the caveats. Here's an example:
Doug:
Out of curiosity, I looke over your addiction signs test. Then, I had my husband take it for me. There were only 'yes' answers to three questions: 1. I smoke; 2. I am an extremely good liar; 3. I have intense mood swings.
You indicated in your evaluation that you found that 80% of people with this pattern were addicts; and, strongly suggested that the ones who were not were suffering from some other mental illness. As it happens, I am neither an addict nor am I mentally ...
