Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Substance Abuse: Signs, Symptoms and Treatment They cite a study with 35,000 participants that found that, of those with NPD, approximately 64% had abused drugs or alcohol at some point. read more
Abuse is not just physical. There are many other forms of abuse, such as sexual, financial, emotional, mental, and verbal. While some of the other forms of abuse are obvious, mental abuse by a narcissist can be difficult to spot. read more
When a narcissist abuses drugs or alcohol, they will claim that the drug is enhancing them and that they have control of their addiction. They believe they are not at risk of developing any of the mundane, boring negative health problems associated with drug or alcohol abuse. read more