ErgicMergic
Bluelighter
We're not being skeptical, we're just pointing out that just because three of your friends have allegedly chipped successfully after going through addiction, doesn't mean that it is the norm. Most people will have trouble keeping their use under control after beating addiction, hence the adage, "once an addict, always an addict."
This is a public forum, and we try to spread information and knowledge through unbiased, representative facts, not anecdotes of three single people. Sure, they might have done it successfully, but chances are, you will end up right back where you did before, dependent on opiates once again in no time at all.
After having previously gone through opioid dependence, the brain is sensitized to becoming rapidly dependent once again, so it rapidly upregulates the amount of mu-opioid receptors while downregulating the amount of endorphins, causing you to become dependent once again in a very short amount of time. You might have a solid plan to chip as you did during the first addiction, but you will find yourself needing to take opioids more and more often just to feel normal sooner than expected.
This is a public forum, and we try to spread information and knowledge through unbiased, representative facts, not anecdotes of three single people. Sure, they might have done it successfully, but chances are, you will end up right back where you did before, dependent on opiates once again in no time at all.
After having previously gone through opioid dependence, the brain is sensitized to becoming rapidly dependent once again, so it rapidly upregulates the amount of mu-opioid receptors while downregulating the amount of endorphins, causing you to become dependent once again in a very short amount of time. You might have a solid plan to chip as you did during the first addiction, but you will find yourself needing to take opioids more and more often just to feel normal sooner than expected.
