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originally posted by: daskakik
originally posted by: one4all
I stopped cold turkey using parasitic relief methods as the only support
Care to share?
Although i have heard of people becoming addicted to substances on their first try.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Grenade
Although i have heard of people becoming addicted to substances on their first try.
Matter of definition I suppose. It doesn't really take a habit to become addicted to heroin. The body adapts to, and requires it, quite rapidly.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: vethumanbeing
That's a good point.
But is a heroin addict addicted to the endorphins or the heroin? Does a runner have to increase the distance in order to produce the same level of endorphins?
Is it the anticipation of the injection that becomes the high
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: Grenade
Did you ever see the movie "The People vs Larry Flint"?
One of the scenes that stood out to me was the scene where Flint is seen after surgery undergone to get rid of the pain from an assassination attempt that left him paralyzed. Courtney Love's character starts offering him pills and he turns them down. She says she doesn't believe him. He answers that he was taking them for the pain and since he no longer felt pain he didn't need them.
On the alcoholism front, I have just read a book called "The end of my addiction" by Olivier Ameisen. In it he talks about his life and the increasing dependency on alcohol and how nothing seemed to keep him from relapsing until he found out about baclophen, a muscle relaxer used to treat muscle spasticity.
His theory is that anxiety is, in some cases, the real root of alcoholism.
Now, in regards to the story in the OP, if these bio-markers relate to anxiety disorders then there might be something there.
As for the advice about the anti-parasitic approach. I don't want to say there isn't something there but I'm inclined to think it might only work for a few. People are treated with valium and xanax to keep alcohol withdrawal symptoms controlled. These are not anti-parasitic.
Also, how would this response to a lack of an anti-parasitic medication cause delirium tremens and seizures?
The one thing that did pop into my mind is: What if an alcohol resistant parasite took hold and caused the craving? But, that is way out there.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: vethumanbeing
Is it the anticipation of the injection that becomes the high
No.