Self Evaluation
In order to determine if you are having a problem with lip balm addiction, please read through the self test below and evaluate your life.
Lip Balm Anonymous Self-Test for Lip Balm Addiction
- Do you ever use more lip balm than you planned?
- Has the use of lip balm interfered with your job?
- Is your lip balm use causing conflict with your spouse or family?
- Do you feel depressed, guilty, or remorseful after you use lip balm?
- Do you use whatever lip balm you have almost continuously until the supply is exhausted?
- Do you ever wish that you had never taken that first application or hit of lip balm?
- Do you have an obsession to get lip balm when you don’t have it?
- Are you experiencing financial difficulties due to your lip balm use?
- Do you experience an anticipation high just knowing you are about to use lip balm?
- Without using lip balm, do you have difficulty sleeping without taking a drink or another drug?
- Are you absorbed with the thought of getting coated even while interacting with a friend or loved one?
- Have you begun to use lip balm while alone?
- Do your lips, nose, or other areas hurt when you avoid Lip Balm?
- Do you ever have feelings that people are talking about you or watching you?
- Do you use larger doses of lip balm to get the same protection you once experienced?
- Have you tried to quit or cut down on your lip balm use only to find that you couldn’t?
- Have any of your friends or family suggested that you may have a problem?
- Have you ever lied to or misled those around you about how much or how often you use?
- Do you use lip balm in your car, at work, in the bathroom, on airplanes, or other public places?
- Do you occasionally coat heavily after a disappointment, quarrel or rough day?
- When under pressure, do you always use more heavily than usual?
- Can you handle more lip balm now than when you first started using?
- When using with others, do you try to have a few extra coats when they won’t know it?
- Are there certain occasions when you feel uncomfortable if lip balm is not available?
- When you start using, are you in more of a hurry to get the first hit than you used to be?
- Are you secretly irritated when friends or family discuss your lip balm use?
- Do you usually have a reason for occasions when you use heavily?
- Have you tried to control your lip balm use by switching brands or following different plans?
- Have you often failed to keep promises about controlling your lip balm?
- Have you tried to control your lip balm use by changing jobs or moving?
- Do you try to avoid family or friends while using?
- Are you having an increasing number of financial and work problems?
- Do more people seem to be treating you unfairly without reason?
- Have you ever decided to stop using for a week or so, but only lasted for a couple of days?
- Do you wish people would mind their own business about your lip balm use–stop telling you what to do?
- Is lip balm affecting your reputation?
- Do you crave lip balm at a definite time daily?
- Does lip balm cause you to have difficulty sleeping?
- Have you ever been to a hospital or institution on account of lip balm?
- Are you afraid that if you stop using lip balm your work will suffer or you will lose your energy, motivation, or confidence?
- Do you spend time with people or in places you otherwise would not be around but for the availability of lip balm?
- Have you ever stolen lip balm or money from friends or family?
- Can you apply lip balm with one hand?
If you have answered Yes to any of these questions, you may have a lip balm dependency problem.
