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<blockquote data-quote="DarkwingPsyduck" data-source="post: 686141" data-attributes="member: 20267"><p>Thank you guys for the encouragement. I think you are making the easy mistake of thinking that an addiction to one substance is inherently worse than another substance. And that is not the case. Meth doesn't come with much of a withdrawal. People coming off it will sleep and eat, a lot, but that's as far as it goes in terms of physical effects. Alcohol and benzos are potentially life threatening to stop cold turkey. Opiates are the ones I am intimately familiar with, and I could go on for days describing the experiences in detail. but the words just don't do it justice. Incapable of falling asleep for 3-4 days straight, inability to keep food down, inability to feel any comfort. Inability to control body temperature. Sweating one moment, freezing the next. Unbearable discomfort in the legs, no matter how much you work or stretch them out. The worst part, however, was sleep. People aren't supposed to spend that much time in between naps. It messed with my head in very noticeable ways. It is the loneliness, though... Normal people are asleep, but I couldn't. And that is a lot of alone time to handle. Never got any easier, either. It was hell in almost every single way. </p><p></p><p>However, that was the easy part. Imagine the worst flu you have ever had, multiply it by 10, and take away the possibility for sleep, and you're pretty close to that experience. The difficult part comes next. And at that stage, all addicts are equal. We have the same basic problems. No matter what we were addicted to, it is this step that is identical for everybody. There is no such thing as "not that bad" of a drug addict. Even though we have all tried to rationalize that during use. You are never as bad as HIM, or HIM, so it isn't a real issue. Until of course, you are worse than HIM, or HIM. This is why humility is so crucial. I am no better or worse than my sister, who is actively using meth, booze, and benzos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkwingPsyduck, post: 686141, member: 20267"] Thank you guys for the encouragement. I think you are making the easy mistake of thinking that an addiction to one substance is inherently worse than another substance. And that is not the case. Meth doesn't come with much of a withdrawal. People coming off it will sleep and eat, a lot, but that's as far as it goes in terms of physical effects. Alcohol and benzos are potentially life threatening to stop cold turkey. Opiates are the ones I am intimately familiar with, and I could go on for days describing the experiences in detail. but the words just don't do it justice. Incapable of falling asleep for 3-4 days straight, inability to keep food down, inability to feel any comfort. Inability to control body temperature. Sweating one moment, freezing the next. Unbearable discomfort in the legs, no matter how much you work or stretch them out. The worst part, however, was sleep. People aren't supposed to spend that much time in between naps. It messed with my head in very noticeable ways. It is the loneliness, though... Normal people are asleep, but I couldn't. And that is a lot of alone time to handle. Never got any easier, either. It was hell in almost every single way. However, that was the easy part. Imagine the worst flu you have ever had, multiply it by 10, and take away the possibility for sleep, and you're pretty close to that experience. The difficult part comes next. And at that stage, all addicts are equal. We have the same basic problems. No matter what we were addicted to, it is this step that is identical for everybody. There is no such thing as "not that bad" of a drug addict. Even though we have all tried to rationalize that during use. You are never as bad as HIM, or HIM, so it isn't a real issue. Until of course, you are worse than HIM, or HIM. This is why humility is so crucial. I am no better or worse than my sister, who is actively using meth, booze, and benzos. [/QUOTE]
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