According to my psychiatrist (whom I turned to when I realised that I had an addiction problem I had to deal with) were it not for some highly unusual metabolic

According to my psychiatrist (whom I turned to when I realised that I had an addiction problem I had to deal with) were it not for some highly unusual metabolic pathways my sixteen-year benzodiazepine habit would have had a chance to end my life multiple times (as it is I just ended up in ER once after inadvertently combining a hefty dose of Valium in the morning with a few celebratory margaritas at midday). Said pathways have also given me the privilege of being able to quit cold turkey (in the se se that I suffered no crippling withdrawal symptoms or rebound effects, but man is it difficult to break the habit). I count myself amongst the very lucky.