Many who are with Inter-Mex came because we finally gave up trying to control our bad habits or adictive desires. We still hated to admit that we could never exist like others safely. We have heard from others that we were sick. (We thought so for years!) We found out that many people suffered from the same feelings of guilt and loneliness and hopelessness that we did. We found out that we had these feelings because we had the disease of dependance on outside substances.

We decided to try and face up to what our adictive desires had done to us. Here are some of the questions we tried to answer honestly. If we answered YES to three or more questions, we were in deep trouble. See how you do. Remember, there is no disgrace in facing up to the fact that you have a problem.

Answer YES or NO to the following questions.

1 - Have you ever decided to stop giving in to those desires for a week or so, but only lasted for a couple of days?
Most of us made all kinds of promises to ourselves and to our families. We could not keep them.

Yes No

2 - Do you wish people would mind their own business about your bad habits-- stop telling you what to do?
In Inter-Mex we do not tell anyone to do anything. We just talk about our own habits, the trouble we got into, and how we stopped. We will be glad to help you, if you want us to.

Yes No

3 - Have you ever switched from one thing to another in the hope that this would give you some kind of control?
We tried all kinds of ways. You name it, we tried it. But if we participated in any way, we usually at the end had the same old feeling and desperation.

Yes No

4 - Do you envy people who can get along without getting into trouble?
At one time or another, most of us have wondered why we were not like most people, who really can take it or leave it.

Yes No

5 - Have you had problems connected with your habit during the past year?
Be honest! Doctors say that if you have a problem and keep on doing it, it will get worse -- never better. Eventually, you will die, or end up in an institution for the rest of your life. The only hope is to stop.

Yes No

6 - Has your bad habits caused trouble at home?
Before we got straight, most of us said that it was the people or problems at home that made us do it. We could not see that our contuning just made everything worse. It never solved problems anywhere or anytime.

Yes No

7 - Do you ever try to fill your desire at a party because you do not get enough?
Most of us give-in before we started out if we thought it was going to be that kind of party. And if we were not satisfied, we would go some place else to get more.

Yes No

8 - Do you tell yourself you can stop any time you want to, even though you keep getting more when you don't mean to?
Many of us kidded ourselves into thinking that we did it because we wanted to. But, come to realize that once we started, we couldn't stop.

Yes No

9 - Has your habit caused you missed days of work or school?
Many of us admit now that we "called in sick" lots of times when the truth was that we were unable to deal with it or were still going.

Yes No

10 - Do you have "blackouts"?
A "blackout" is when we have been going for hours or days which we cannot remember. When we came to Inter-Mex, we found out that this is a pretty sure sign of adiction.

Yes No

11 - Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you stopped?
Many of us started because it made life seem better, at least for a while. By the time we got into Inter-Mex, we felt trapped. We were contuning to live and living to continue. We were sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Yes No

What's your score?

Did you answer YES three or more times? If so, you are probably in trouble. Why do we say this? Because thousands of people in have said so for many years. They found out the truth about themselves — the hard way.

But again, only you can decide whether you think yopui need help. Try to keep an open mind on the subject. If the answer is YES, we will be glad to show you how we stopped ourselves. Just email us.

Inter-Mex does not promise to solve your life's problems. But we can show you how we are learning to live without adictions "one day at a time." We stay away from that "first one." If there is no first one, there cannot be a tenth one. And when we got rid of our adiction, we found that life became much more manageable.

Inter-Mex is a group of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover.

The only requirement to join is a desire to stop. There are no dues or fees for Inter-Mex we are self-supporting through ocontributions.
Inter-Mex is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes.