What Is It Like to Go Through Cold Turkey for Drug Addiction?
Question by saifali_1993: What is it like to go through cold turkey for drug addiction?
I would like detail in relation to the mental and physical pain that people go through. And personal experiences to do with thoughts and feelings at the time. The way you moved, walked, talked, as much detail as possible. What made you take this drastic decision? did it work? How did it feel?
Im supposed to play a drug addict putting himself through cold turkey for an Drama exam monologue. PLEASE help! 🙂
Thanks ^^
Best answer:
Answer by Nic.nine
Going cold turkey on what drug? They’re all different. I’m going to go with heroin as it’s the most commonly associated with the phrase “cold turkey”.
The withdrawals from heroin is like having the worst flu initially. You begin to sweat, you hands will shake uncontrollably, your mouth will feel dry, you’ll feel hot and cold flushes. Then the stomach pains. Your stomach will feel as though it is trying to rip itself off from your body. The symptoms depend also on how heavy you used, it will also dictate the time after the withdrawal will start. If you body has been used to regular high doses, then the pain will be much worse and the symptoms will start quicker. Your muscles and bones ache, you can’t sleep and, as you body tries to flush out the heroin, you’ll become violently sick, throwing up and getting diarrhea. Mentally you’ll become depressed, tearful and angry at the fact you “need” the heroin and can’t get it, and often paranoid that everyone around you wants you to fail or die. You will also feel like you might die.
My friend decided to quit for her son and because she became HIV positive through heroin use. It became so bad her veins collapsed and the heroin didn’t make her feel better anymore, it made her feel like everybody else, but she wasn’t like them, she was an addict. She would cry and become angry to the point of screaming and breaking down because she wanted to stop the pains in her whole body and the terrible sweats and terror she felt. Quitting heroin is a lonely experience, even if you do it with somebody, because you think no one is going through the pain you are. She tried to substitute with other drugs but she knew she had to do this alone because it would be worth it to say she did to her son and the pride she’d feel.
I never used heroin, wasn’t my drug of choice.
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