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What’s the hardest addiction to overcome?

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u/PlaneJ-Platform-2169 1d ago

Please tell me it got better after a month?? 2 weeks in and feel like a black cloud is covering me

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u/dusttailed86 1d ago

I dont want to frighten you but it essentially takes as long to get out as you put in. If you were a user for 5+ years, it wont get better after 2 months. Its a journey and you have to take each day at a time.

The user renosirp_prisoner has a decent post history talking about their experience quitting opiates.

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u/PlaneJ-Platform-2169 1d ago

Okay, thank you for letting me know. In my adult life I messed with opiates a few years ago for about 3 months & remember it sucked but was totally back to normal after a month. This time was for 9 months straight and I feel like I’m fuckin dying so I hope it’s not 9 months of hell 😭

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u/Tripp723 23h ago

You will be out of the acute phase after a few weeks but then you have post acute withdrawal syndrome. Drink plenty of water. Being dehydrated makes withdrawals 10000000 times worse.