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Originally Posted by orbro  Thanks for the info Dr. Know It All  Let me guess, addiction is a right wing conspiracy invented by the government to control us all. Or is it just an illusion? What would I know, I'm just a wimp like most people.dfegad |
LOL. No its not a right wing conspiracy. If anything its a left-wing conspiracy lol. Right wingers ban drugs for different reasons (can't make money off of plants anyone can grow). I think you miss my point. Opiate withdrawal doesn't kill you. It doesn't put demons in your head. It just makes you feel like crap when you withdraw. Noone wants to feel like crap. But you won't die. Its not the drugs fault that people are wimps and must feel great at all times or else they think something is wrong. Anyone who has gone through real hardship knows that opiate addiction isn't that severe. You can literally stop cold turkey, yea it sucks, you may have breathing problems and stomach problems for a while, BUT GET OVER IT. Its a waiting game. Not a game of life and death, like alchol or benzodiazepines (which are given out like candy in our society). The only reason opiates, cannabis and cocaine are banned is because you can grow them in your back yard (it is also illegal to grow tobacco in most states, gee, I wonder why). People who commit crimes or abuse their family on opiates, would have commited crimes to get something else back they had and lost, and would probably abuse their family anyways.
It is very easy to tie the severity of opiate withdrawal to the previous mental health of the patient. PS: If you lost some of your normal functionality to a car accident or similar, that would also create some severe psychological stress that is easy to blame on opiates. PPS: Drink 5 cups of coffee a day for a year and then stop cold turkey. Almost the EXACT same withdrawal effects occur. Actually, I've never vomitted from opiate withdrawal (maybe overindulging lol) but I have become violently ill from coffee withdrawal. You'd be surprised how addicting just FEELING GOOD AND ALERT can be. Whether heroin, ice-cream, coffee or exercise provides you with a feeling of well being, it can be incredibly debilitating to be deprived! Besides alcohol and benzos, I'd say the absolute WORST withdrawal is from LOSING SOMEONE YOU LOVE! You never truly get over that. People who can't stop using opiates are WUSSIES. Our society pampers people too much. Granted, its a lot better than treating everyone like dirt like the old days. Can't we find a happy medium? Being a WUSS does not have to be a permanent status, but it will be if you are pampered and told "its not your fault." IT IS YOUR FAULT, ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES!