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You can always ween yourself off heroin by checking into rehab - you just need to have the will to do that one step. And I suggest that the will comes from know
by DenisM 16y ago
You can always ween yourself off heroin by checking into rehab - you just need to have the will to do that one step. And I suggest that the will comes from knowing what you seek in life, rather than knowing what you wish to avoid.
EDIT: I see what you mean now, you were focusing on "same is true for any other addiction". I was mostly talking about "digital drugs" like facebook and the like that pg is worried about, rather than about chemical drugs like heroin. I guess I don't really care that much about heroin and the like, and don't want to argue about it as it gets away from the main topic.
- gwern 16y agoIt's a good thing you don't want to argue about heroin, because you're pretty wrong: > You can always ween yourself off heroin by checking into rehab - you just need to have the will to do that one step. Rehab success rates are so abysmal that most will not even publish their results; Googling, I see generic rehab rates of 2-20%, and heroin is one of the harder drugs to quit. Apparently half or fewer of addicts will even finish rehab (http://ezinearticles.com/?Drug-Rehab-Success-Rates&id=1468081 http://ezinearticles.com/?Drug-Rehab-Success-Rates&id=14...), much less actually become drug-free.