The Wire: Greatest Show Ever Made
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There is an urban myth, I don't know if it s substantiated or not, they if you have sex on ecstasy normal sex will never feel "good" again. Women are at risk of this more than men, since under normal circumstances you can't get hard on ex (for most men, unless combined with viagra/other ED drugs).
Shenanigans. I've had sex on ecstasy and it's still great while you're not high. It's like getting a great steak at Mastro's or something and saying you can't enjoy red meat now.
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Szeth
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I've seen someone detoxing from pretty hardcore painkiller usage and it's scary. I've never seen alcohol DTs in person, but shaking, throwing up, running a fever, all that was involved.
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Alcohol is the only drug (that I know of) of where withdrawal can actually kill you, so still going with it being the worst.
Kuriin
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Benzodiazepines and alcohol are the two things that can kill you during withdrawal. Alcohol withdrawal is pretty fucked up, lol.
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Drinking alcohol is just borrowing life/happiness from the future. Drink too much and you go bankrupt.
Alcohol withdrawl might be the most dangerous, but it's not as physically painful to go through. There's also a drug you can get if it's that bad, to help.
I suppose it's different for everyone though. Our brains are literally wired differently, where some people can just go 'oh, throw up all the time, be in constant pain, no sleep, etc.. for a week? ok, done. Phew.. glad I finally kicked that habit.'
Or even not feel addicted after taking painkillers for a few weeks/months due to something like a surgery, whereas others are hooked within days of constant use.
Alcohol withdrawl might be the most dangerous, but it's not as physically painful to go through. There's also a drug you can get if it's that bad, to help.
I suppose it's different for everyone though. Our brains are literally wired differently, where some people can just go 'oh, throw up all the time, be in constant pain, no sleep, etc.. for a week? ok, done. Phew.. glad I finally kicked that habit.'
Or even not feel addicted after taking painkillers for a few weeks/months due to something like a surgery, whereas others are hooked within days of constant use.
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That would make you a quitter. And if there is one thing worse than a loser, it's a quitter.
And just to pile on about how evil alcohol can be, addiction is only part of it. A lifelong drunk will fuck his stomach up so badly that he actually requires supplemental b12 to not die. Pernicious anemia used to be 100% fatal.
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Yes, it is. Eventually alcoholics, like heroin users, don't even use it to get drunk--they use it just to feel normal. My grandfather was a huge alcoholic, he quit a few years before his death due to medical issues. He was fucked up for a couple weeks, really bad. Sweating, vomiting and the shakes (Like even when he was able to sleep, would shake himself awake); almost indistinguishable from a heroin withdraw for me, but I'm just a layman. He drank for years though, heavily.
Alcohol-related dementia is also amusing. Surviving the withdrawal process, but after numerous years of heavily drinking, can result in substantial deficits.
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I saw a show on the national geographic channel about a guy that was really far gone on booze and it was fucking scary. He as basically a skeleton because his stomach was so fucked up from drinking that he couldn't hardly eat anything and eating was painful. When he went to the doctor the doctor actually sent his sister on a run to get him some vodka halfway through talking to him because he was shaking so bad from withdrawal even though it had only been half a day since he'd had a drink. He went to rehab and (SPOILER ALERT) died 17 days into treatment even though they didn't try to take him off cold turkey. They thought that he would have actually died sooner if he hadn't gone to rehab because he was just that far gone when he finally went in. I have heard of and even known some people who drank themselves to death but seeing what it's like at the end up close was a real eye opener. The dude was also like 24 years old so it doesn't necessarily take a lifetime to get to that point.
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We've had numerous patients go through alcohol withdrawal during their stay on the MedSurg floors (and I know Vanderhoof can really go in on this as he is a Psych nurse) and it lasts for about two weeks. Delirium tremens sets in about 3? days after the last drink of alcohol and can be fatal. We do provide Ativan for those in withdrawal, tho.
Iannis: Don't forget Intrinsic Factor. B12 doesn't work without it.
Iannis: Don't forget Intrinsic Factor. B12 doesn't work without it.