Question by scorinne1991: How long do cravings for a former drug addict last?
If someone was a hardcore drug addict, say multiple times a day for an extended period of time, how long would the withdrawal last if they quit cold turkey one day. How bad would it be? And for how long would they experience cravings while they were clean? Would they still feel the urge after two years, if the triggers that prompted them to take drugs in the first place were still there?
Best answer:
Answer by an academic It depends on the drugs, the addict, and the type of recovery. As with cigarettes, the cravings become less often and less severe but can potentially resurface for the rest of the addict’s life.
Victoria woman credits program for turning her life around Victoria — Connie Martin was in a high power job in the fashion industry, one that many women would envy. She lived in both New York and LA and worked in Chicago. She slept on airplanes. But after years of living the high life, a Victoria woman found herself on the streets, addicted to drugs and finally in a shelter. Ten years of addiction, two unsuccessful attempts at rehab, and Connie ran away from it all. She came home to Victoria. “I was on my last breath,” she says. In a shelter, barely walking, she hear of the Cool Aid Society’s Every Step Counts Program. A running group that helped Connie focus on her body and soul.”The mental rehabilitation, the physical rehabilitation, I owe it to this program,” she says, “it saved my life.” In just five days Connie will have been sober for one year. In less than two weeks she will begin her pre-med courses at UVic. In Octover, Connie will run her first marathon. “At the very bottom of my being I am so proud of what I’ve done this last year,” she says. And so are the people who have watched her begin this journey. Connie may have a long way to go, but she proves that every step counts.
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Question by hunnerbunner: What treatment works to stop addiction? Former addicts answers please…?
I know that there are lots of theories out there.
Is there any hope? Or is one plan just as likely to fail as all others?
My son is addicted. His drug of choice is DXM. He’ll take anything though…and I mean anything if he thinks it will get him high.
He’s living in our home and we wanted to allow him time to try and beat this on his own but it’s not happening. He steals our cars, our money, our medicines, and he set up a camera to get the combination in order to get into our safe and take what was there. I’m tired of this new life I live.
I love him and don’t want to kick him to the streets but he’s not willing to go get help.
I have no complete faith in any treatment because there is nothing that is sure to work, at least it doesn’t seem so. He’s 18 and so we could unload thousands upon thousands in a treatment program just to watch him walk away from it and we’d be stuck with the bill. He no longer has a conscience and so he would not care that he did this to us.
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Answer by sourcherry119 I’m so sorry that your son has started a life of addiction so young. Regardless of age or drug of choice, addiction is so mind boggling and emotionally frustrating – you want to cut them off in hopes they change, and they don’t,.. and it gets worse .. so for fear of their lives you help them.. and the cycle ends up perpetuating.
There are treatments for addiction but they all require some sort of co-operation from the addict – in the end, nothing will change if they don’t want to.
Medication is available to help, psychotherapy or counselling, and support groups as well.
You should know that this CAN be treated… don’t always look at it as failure even though there is a lot of it. It takes so much perseverance and is so damn difficult – but sometimes we have to draw the line and let them take control of their own life.
The best option in my own opinion is an intervention. The addict doesn’t always realize how they are effecting others they care about or even the extent that others care about them. They don’t always see your sacrifice or your emotional pain… just waiting and dealing with their own hell. This doesn’t mean they are deliberately selfish.. it’s just how addiction works.
If you would like to do research – I would suggest watching the tv show “Intervention”. of course it is television – so not always accurate.. but it gives a good representation of addiction from both sides of the battle and how an intervention works. Perhaps consulting with a therapist or counselor from your area who could lead the intervention if it was too overwhelming to do yourself.
I really wish the best of luck to you and your significant other. I admire you for doing the best you can with what you have … it’s such a difficult struggle. I hope your son finds his way again.
- Kaylynn
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Question by nico_twinz: As a former meth addict of over 10 years and now sober for 2years 3months?
I would like to know how come I am still exhausted in the middle of the day and need to take a 1 to 2 hour nap. How long will this go on?
Best answer:
Answer by Samantha P consult your doc maybe somethings wrong with you thats making you sleppy
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Someone asked a question saying they accomplished this and asked if you believed in miracles. I got reported for saying it wasn’t a miracle so I was wondering if anyone agreed with me.
BQ give an example of something you think would be a miracle
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Answer by call me doll. it’s no miracle, it’s just amazing will power.
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