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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 644956" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>MWM - thats interesting. I think there is a lot about addiction that is not well understood. It seems like there is a general sense that once an addict, always an addict, and that once you are an addict you cant use any substance. Yet I am not sure there is any clear research on this.</p><p></p><p>I suspect there are different kinds of addicts and addictions. Some drugs are known to be highly addictive such as meth and heroin and some pain medications, my sense is that anyone using these substances will become addictive because they are physically addicting... hence anyone would get withdrawel symptoms if addicted. I think there are other substances than many people use moderately without getting addicted, such as alcohol and pot.</p><p></p><p>And I think there are those who get addicted to any drug they use because whatever goes on in their brain they just want to get high.... and others who do not have that general mechanism but do get addicted to highly addictive drugs if they use them. </p><p></p><p>OK so this is all conjecture on my part and I have not studied this but is my own guesswork. But it sounds like your daughter is more of the second type, where she got addicted to meth, but is not the kind of person who was just after any high. Which might be one reason she was able to get clean on her own.</p><p></p><p>My son was definitely addicted to just getting high and he used many different substances to do it..... including some crazy OTC stuff. This is what worries me about him drinking, I still think he is an addict. But he also has major issues around women and relationships which gets tied into his need to get high I think. So I have this crazy hope that if he can work out some of those issues then maybe he wont feel such a need to get high. Who knows only time will tell. </p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 644956, member: 15801"] MWM - thats interesting. I think there is a lot about addiction that is not well understood. It seems like there is a general sense that once an addict, always an addict, and that once you are an addict you cant use any substance. Yet I am not sure there is any clear research on this. I suspect there are different kinds of addicts and addictions. Some drugs are known to be highly addictive such as meth and heroin and some pain medications, my sense is that anyone using these substances will become addictive because they are physically addicting... hence anyone would get withdrawel symptoms if addicted. I think there are other substances than many people use moderately without getting addicted, such as alcohol and pot. And I think there are those who get addicted to any drug they use because whatever goes on in their brain they just want to get high.... and others who do not have that general mechanism but do get addicted to highly addictive drugs if they use them. OK so this is all conjecture on my part and I have not studied this but is my own guesswork. But it sounds like your daughter is more of the second type, where she got addicted to meth, but is not the kind of person who was just after any high. Which might be one reason she was able to get clean on her own. My son was definitely addicted to just getting high and he used many different substances to do it..... including some crazy OTC stuff. This is what worries me about him drinking, I still think he is an addict. But he also has major issues around women and relationships which gets tied into his need to get high I think. So I have this crazy hope that if he can work out some of those issues then maybe he wont feel such a need to get high. Who knows only time will tell. TL [/QUOTE]
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