Re: Booze vs Reality

pTooner wrote:

I have often heard folks say things like: "tobacco is more addictive than heroin".

In case anyone is interested...

From http://www.1-1detox.co.uk/html/detox_from_heroin.html

Heroin withdrawal typically begins 6 to 8 hours after the user’s last dose of heroin. The most severe withdrawal symptoms tend to be experienced around 48 to 72 hours after the user’s last dose and last for an average of a week.

Anxiety and strong desire for the drug (cravings). Watery eyes, watery discharge from the nose, and yawning. Dilated (enlarged) pupils of the eyes, loss of appetite, shakes, hot and cold flashes, muscle cramps and aching body, fever, high blood pressure, fast pulse, goose flesh and rapid breathing, diarrhea, vomiting, low blood pressure, and dehydration.

Depression is also a symptom of heroin withdrawal. During withdrawal, many individuals experience such a deep and overwhelming depression and a feeling like they're going to die, that they are not able to make it through the withdrawal process, and that is what leads to relapses. Withdrawal, nevertheless, almost never kills anyone. It can be harmful to people with HIV/AIDS. It can also be harmful to the fetus if a woman is pregnant, and to anyone with a serious health problem.

http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/withdrawal1.htm

(Tobacco) During the quitting process people should consider the following physical symptoms of withdrawal as they were recuperating from a disease and treat them accordingly as they would any physical symptoms:

* Tingling in the hands and feet
* Sweating
* Intestinal disorders (cramps, nausea)
* Headache
* Cold symptoms as the lungs begin to clear (sore throats, coughing, and other signs of colds and respiratory problem)

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