What
will the withdrawals be like?
With opiate withdrawal, although the symptoms are the same for
everybody, everyone seems to focus on one particular aspect as
the thing that they experience as the worst.
For one person it may be pains in the muscles or joints, for others
it could be the inability to get comfortable. Others have difficulty coping with the lack of sleep.
Personally, I think
you should regard a detox as being like a prison sentence. Rather
than focusing how long you have felt lousy, focus on how much
closer you are to feeling better. keep a journal so you can look
back over it and see how much progress you have made.
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Stopping using drugs
is one of the major decisions in your life; it will be nice to
look back and see how you managed to overcome each of the obstacles.
Every time you complete a certain period, congratulate yourself
for having made it.
Give yourself a reward. For each day you complete
it could be something small, like something special to eat or
drink. For each week that passes, do something really nice for
yourself. Buy yourself something to wear or go out for a meal.
Think about both the detoxification and the rewards as investments
in the new you ; the person that you want to become rather than
the person that you were.
One of the most...
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