Yeah it's pretty bad, but we brought it on ourselves. Just detox and you won't have to worry about it. If you aren't disciplined enough to detox then be ready to suffer your own consequences...
Yeah it's pretty bad, but we brought it on ourselves. Just detox and you won't have to worry about it. If you aren't disciplined enough to detox then be ready to suffer your own consequences...
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Not me.
As a user for over 7 years on and off, I have some idea of what I'm talking about. And anyone who thinks they have addiction figured out is wrong. Yes, IMO you bring it on yourself...no one forced you to try heroin. I'm not sure if you were raised under a rock but I was told from day one that heroin is an addicting drug. If someone decides to smoke cigarettes and gets cancer from it then yes, they brought that on themselves. If someone eats fat foods all their life and gets diabetes, they suffer from their own consequences. Opiates aren't in some special category. Yes, it's very addicting. But we chose to use it...so we should be prepared to stop if needed. Even people who use it in a hospital, if they take it like their doctor prescribes...they usually come of fine. Before I even started personal use I got prescribed MS Contin for an injury resulting from a terrible car accident I was in. I never got addicted, and I used for over 3 months..the doctor detoxed me off. He wasn't there to make sure I took the right dose, I just followed his instructions. Withdraw is bad, but the cravings don't stop me from living my life. And don't give me this..."oh your habit probably wasn't as big as mine". I've been through full blown withdraws from heroin use, and they were terrible. That's why I've learned to detox. I hate how some heroin addicts feel like it's impossible to detox themselves because it's heroin, and it's too tough. Well I used to smoke cigarettes and that was harder for me to stop, it had way more mental cravings. So why is it impossible to detox heroin and come offf? Yes, it's very tempting to relapse...and I do sometimes. But then I come off again. I still have cravings for cigarettes, but I don't smoke. Is that not willpower? Or is heroin just so special it's "impossible" not to hold yourself back. You asked me why do people relapse. Umm gee...I don't know, because they give in? And I know all about post acute withdrawl symptoms. Personally, substances like weed, which I don't consider all that bad, work wonders for this problem. And don't get me wrong, I don't think heroin addicts are weak or don't have willpower. But I do think it's possible to overcome those cravings yourself, and I don't think opiates are much harder than nicotine. I know some people who actually stop having cravings after a year or so. But what do I know, I'm not specially trained in addiction...I guess I'm just some amazing human who was able to quit opiates and go on and off with it. And don't tell me I don't have an addictive personality; quitting wasn't any easier for me than it is for other people.People who do not have first hand experience with addiction or treating addicts spread myths like this. The 'it's like a bad flu' line is a watered down version of the same idea.
Opioid acute withdrawal syndrome is a unique physical and psychological condition that cannot be compared to anything. It is in its own category.
Panic inducing paranoia and anxiety, suicidal obsessions, shitting your pants, unable to lie down still or sleep for days at a time, etc.
You know, typical flu-like symptoms 8)
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To add, people like the author of your lovely book are promoting (consciously or not) the debunk "moral model of addiction". The theory that drug addiction is a moral failure, a sign of immorality, anti-social behavior, psychosis, deviency and degeneracy, lack of will power, lack of inner strength, etc.
The idea that withdrawal syndrome is in fact not very serious promotes this debunk moral model by trying to remove the physiological aspects of addiction.
If withdrawal isn't that bad or serious, then opioid addiction isn't really a physical or psychological dysfunction/illness-disease. That means, to them, that it is proof that addiction is a moral failure, sign of immorality, etc.
The disease model of addiction is the currently most accepted theory to modern science. In other words, that book you've got is good for toilet paper and little else. Anti-addict propaganda, dehumanizing police-state promoting bullshit.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Refer to the above about he moral model.
If 'detox' were the "cure" for opioid addiction, why do people relapse? Continue to feel physiological cravings and delayed acute withdrawal symptoms? Continue to display tolerance to doses of narcotics for months?
Oh of course, it mustn't be a physical / physiological disease, it has to be simply a moral failure and lack of willpower. If only you were a good enough person, you could force your body and mind to act in a white heterosexual Protestant fashion as God intended.
Yes, IMO you bring it on yourself...no one forced you to try heroin.
If someone decides to smoke cigarettes and gets cancer from it then yes, they brought that on themselves. If someone eats fat foods all their life and gets diabetes, they suffer from their own consequences. Opiates aren't in some special category.
I don't think heroin addicts are weak or don't have willpower. But I do think it's possible to overcome those cravings yourself, and I don't think opiates are much harder than nicotine. .
People who do not have first hand experience with addiction or treating addicts spread myths like this. The 'it's like a bad flu' line is a watered down version of the same idea.
Opioid acute withdrawal syndrome is a unique physical and psychological condition that cannot be compared to anything. It is in its own category.
Panic inducing paranoia and anxiety, suicidal obsessions, shitting your pants, unable to lie down still or sleep for days at a time, etc.
You know, typical flu-like symptoms 8)
EDIT:
To add, people like the author of your lovely book are promoting (consciously or not) the debunk "moral model of addiction". The theory that drug addiction is a moral failure, a sign of immorality, anti-social behavior, psychosis, deviency and degeneracy, lack of will power, lack of inner strength, etc.
The idea that withdrawal syndrome is in fact not very serious promotes this debunk moral model by trying to remove the physiological aspects of addiction.
If withdrawal isn't that bad or serious, then opioid addiction isn't really a physical or psychological dysfunction/illness-disease. That means, to them, that it is proof that addiction is a moral failure, sign of immorality, etc.
The disease model of addiction is the currently most accepted theory to modern science. In other words, that book you've got is good for toilet paper and little else. Anti-addict propaganda, dehumanizing police-state promoting bullshit.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Refer to the above about he moral model.
If 'detox' were the "cure" for opioid addiction, why do people relapse? Continue to feel physiological cravings and delayed acute withdrawal symptoms? Continue to display tolerance to doses of narcotics for months?
Oh of course, it mustn't be a physical / physiological disease, it has to be simply a moral failure and lack of willpower. If only you were a good enough person, you could force your body and mind to act in a white heterosexual Protestant fashion as God intended.
I've cold turkeyd off codeine and it sucked ass.. no sleep, constant shiting, can't stay still, restless legs, pains and cramps... i'm currently tapering off methadone, and i'm hoping that the taper will be bearable, but from what i've read, even tapering methadone sucks...
I've never met an addict who did not take personal responsibility for their use. I've never met anyone who ever said, "It's not my fault. Because of X reason, I use. It's X's fault, not mine".