There are any measure of reasons why somebody will deny that he or she has an addiction problem. Some causes have to do with embarrassment or concealment owed to true or perceived results (like getting penalized at home or suspended from school). A few individuals are humiliated that they have an issue that they feel that they can't control. They might feel bad about the things that they've done while focusing on the addiction.

There's likewise a lot of stigma affiliated with addiction. Being labeled a ―addict‖ might have any number of social and psychological results for the addict, including lowering one’s self-respect, limiting one’s societal (e.g., being cut off from friends and loved ones), educational (i.e., being kicked out of school), or even occupational opportunities (e.g., not being employed at a local business).