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Drug addiction is so bad because drugs fuck with your priorities at a very basic level. Asking someone to give up a heroin addiction is kind of like asking you

Drug addiction is so bad because drugs fuck with your priorities at a very basic level. Asking someone to give up a heroin addiction is kind of like asking you to abandon your children. Sure it is physically possible to do it (not even that hard, really!) but if you have kids you know how impossible that would feel. And when you are off them, you still feel that affinity, just as you would forever miss your kids.

amphibian87 9y ago
You're close. I's more like if when your kids aren't around, you get sick. And it would be incredibly easy to go get your kids back. Like maybe they're just at their grandma's house or something, idk the analogy gets kinda weird. So you get sick, and not just "feeling a bit green," but fetal position, rocking back and forth, vomiting, runny nose, achy muscle sick. You'll grind your teeth and it's all you can think about, followed by weeks of insomnia. And after the initial WDing, starts Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome, 6 months to 2 years of feeling shitty (depression, insomnia, mania, restless legs, cravings). And the worst part is a simple phone call and a 20 minute drive could make everything better...at least for a little while.
- loorinm 9y ago
  I find this a remarkably accurate description of addiction/withdrawal. “Take reaponsibility” does absolutely nothing to help, except maybe satisfy the commenter’s obvious need to feel better-than. A lot of people are born into families of addicts, myself included, and although the substance may change, it really isn’t our fault at all that they we are addicts. For most people it takes a big, dedicated support team of other people to get clean. “taking responsibility” is a good start, but it really isn’t enough.
- hugodahl 9y ago
  There was a great "external observer" type account in a BBC article [0] a short while back. Granted it wasn't fully impartial, given the author is the mother and addict her daughter, but I believe the account to be rather telling and honest none the less. [0]: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39212295 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39212295

amphibian87 9y ago

You're close. I's more like if when your kids aren't around, you get sick. And it would be incredibly easy to go get your kids back. Like maybe they're just at their grandma's house or something, idk the analogy gets kinda weird. So you get sick, and not just "feeling a bit green," but fetal position, rocking back and forth, vomiting, runny nose, achy muscle sick. You'll grind your teeth and it's all you can think about, followed by weeks of insomnia. And after the initial WDing, starts Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome, 6 months to 2 years of feeling shitty (depression, insomnia, mania, restless legs, cravings). And the worst part is a simple phone call and a 20 minute drive could make everything better...at least for a little while.

loorinm 9y ago
I find this a remarkably accurate description of addiction/withdrawal. “Take reaponsibility” does absolutely nothing to help, except maybe satisfy the commenter’s obvious need to feel better-than. A lot of people are born into families of addicts, myself included, and although the substance may change, it really isn’t our fault at all that they we are addicts. For most people it takes a big, dedicated support team of other people to get clean. “taking responsibility” is a good start, but it really isn’t enough.
hugodahl 9y ago
There was a great "external observer" type account in a BBC article [0] a short while back. Granted it wasn't fully impartial, given the author is the mother and addict her daughter, but I believe the account to be rather telling and honest none the less. [0]: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39212295 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39212295