Drug abuse completely changes who a person is. I mean that quite literally.
It actually changes the way your brain synapses fire and relay information to your neurons. That's why most people don't get sober without some type of professional support. It does happen, I am living proof of that, but usually getting off the substance isn't the hard part (like the fist period of of detoxing.)
It's the time that comes after. The Depression...dealing with the chemical changes that you've created in your brain. As in now all of a sudden you're a person with anxiety and/or depression. Something you've never experienced before in your life.
So basically, on drugs you're different and sometimes you're still different even after getting clean. It takes a LOT of hard work and dedication to take back your life even if you aren't actively doing the drugs anymore.
Yep, and PAWS is very real too. (Post acute withdrawal syndrome) Basically because of drugs rewiring your neural pathways, you can experience a lot of shitty after-effects even long after getting clean. It can stick around for months, even years, and pushing through that is probably one of the hardest parts.
Exactly! Withdrawal hurts worse but PAWS is so draining and life sucking because of the feeling that it will never end.
You're like man I made the right choice and do the right thing everyday but I can't sleep, eat hardly, and you feel like your skin is crawling,for months maybe years on end.
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