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10 Most Common Heroin Withdrawal Symptoms

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Heroin withdrawal often involves 3 stages of symptoms that unfold over a rough time-frame that spans hours to days since the last instance of drug use. The first stage of symptoms typically appears up to 6-12 hours after the last heroin dose. Second stage symptoms can appear 8-24 hours after the last dose, and third stage symptoms may appear up to 3 days after the last dose. Symptoms are usually at their worst 24-48 hours after first appearing but may continue for several days.  Below, we describe typical heroin withdrawal symptoms that a heroin addict experiences if they do not use methadone or Suboxone to help minimize the symptoms.

Although each individual may experience a unique set of symptoms while going through heroin withdrawal, a few characteristic physiological and psychological occurrences are seen. Below are some of the most commonly experienced symptoms.

Stage 1 – Heroin Withdrawal

• Cravings. Heroin-dependent …

10 Most Common Heroin Withdrawal Symptoms

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Heroin withdrawal often involves 3 stages of symptoms that unfold over a rough time frame that spans hours to days since the last instance of drug use. The first stage of opiate withdrawal symptoms typically appears up to 6-12 hours after the last heroin dose. Second stage symptoms can appear 8-24 hours after the last dose, and third stage symptoms may appear up to 3 days after the last dose. Symptoms are usually at their worst 24-48 hours after first appearing but may continue for several days.

Although each individual may experience a unique set of symptoms while going through heroin withdrawal, a few characteristic physiologic and psychological occurrences can be seen. Below are some of the most commonly experienced symptoms.

Stage 1 – Heroin Withdrawal

• Cravings. Heroin-dependent individuals have acclimated to a persistent presence of drug in their system. As such, those in the midst of an acute withdrawal may …

Turned Down By Drug Rehabs and Treatment Hotlines? There’s a Solution!

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Our community is inundated with emails and phone calls by men and women without money and without insurance claiming that nobody will help them overcome their addiction. They’ve made dozens of phone calls and contacted a multitude of drug rehab facilities all to be turned down because they don’t have money or the right private PPO insurance policy. There is something these men and women simply don’t understand. Forget for now, whether it’s right or wrong for drug rehab facilities and/or organizations that claim to help people find addiction treatment to turn people away without money or insurance. Instead, consider the reality that there are actually more affordable and even free ways to conquer heroin and drug addiction without needing to attend an elite, private addiction treatment center and a plethora of cash.

Drug Rehab Facilities are Great But…

Private addiction treatment centers, drug rehab facilities and detox …

Joann’s Personal Experience with Suboxone and Methadone

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The safety and efficacy of medicine assisted treatment (MAT) is often heavily debated among individuals in the online recovery community.  Some are strong proponents of it while others are vehemently against it, claiming its use is just “trading one addiction for another”.  So we’ve asked one of our bloggers, Joann Miller to share her personal experience with methadone and Suboxone and to provide us with her opinion of both.  Note that the below is just one person’s experience and is not meant to dismiss or discredit anyone else’s.

I often wonder if maintenance drugs saved me from heroin addiction. My story is a little different from most of the stories I have heard. I guess all of our stories are different when it comes down to it but here is a bit of mine. Fifteen years of my twenty-year addiction to opiates was spent on either Methadone or

Dangers of “SpeedBalling” Heroin and Cocaine – And Other Drugs

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“SpeedBalling” is a term that may be familiar to many drug addicts, especially those who experimented with multiple drugs.  And while the term itself may sound like something out of a sports or video game like baseball or even bowling, it actually refers to mixing one drug with another or piggybacking them – typically a depressant and a stimulant.  One of the most popular combinations is heroin and cocaine.  Many heroin addicts have tried combining cocaine with heroin to get the stimulating “happy” and ecstatic feelings of euphoria associated with cocaine combined with the warming, relaxing feelings of heroin.  Traditional SpeedBalling refers to injecting both cocaine and heroin at once but now also refers to snorting them together.  And while the ultimate automatic effect is a pleasurable feeling of euphoria with heroin actually making the quick “crash” of cocaine and craving for more easier to bare, the synergistic effect of using both drugs together can also create more …

Codependent Relationships and Drug Addiction, “I’d Die For You”

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What does it mean to be “codependent” and does it exist in the world of active drug addiction and alcoholism?  It’s no secret that many drug and/or heroin addicts don’t like to use alone.  In fact, 80% of drug addicts use with a friend or someone they at least consider one.  But what happens when an addict/alcoholic gets into a romantic relationship with another addict/alcoholic?  These relationships are downright toxic and can become deadly real fast.

It’s a known fact that people are drawn to others they can identify with.  Getting involved in a relationship with another individual that uses and is addicted to heroin or other drugs typically creates feelings of identity and significantly reduces feelings of loneliness.  They say that misery loves company and this is clearly no different.  This “trap” is enticing and alluring because an addicted individual no longer has to feel alone.

Addicted couples share the mutual …

What It’s Like To Be Addicted – A Poem by Chanda Lynn

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Below, Chanda Lynn, Editor of Heroin News and writer/blogger for Kill The Heroin Epidemic Nationwide shares one of her popular poems with this online recovery community.

What It’s Like To be Addicted

It’s like blissfully driving 100 mph but you’re about to hit a tree,

It’s like being imprisoned by the very thing that sets you free,

It’s like trying to fix your problems by creating another one,

It’s like laying naked in a fire pit, thinking you’re basking in the sun.

It’s like being so desperate to escape, but repeating the same cycle,

Only to end up in the same place where you started, spent and tired

It’s like trying to lift an anchor, when you’re miles deep underwater,

It’s like trying to kill a 10 foot gargoyle, with only a flyswatter.

It’s like being a slave to the northern star in the sky,

It’s like being chained to the very wings that give you flight

It’s like spinning around in …

In Memory of Steven Carter – Taken Suddenly by Heroin Addiction

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This is Steven A. Carter. He would have been 22 years old if he were still with us. There are many tragic stories like his, that so desperately need to be shared in order to understand how to better treat addiction and save lives.  Sadly, Steven lost his life to a heroin overdose in 2014.  But nobody wants to be remembered for their disease or how they died.  Instead, their lives should be celebrated and the person they were in their prime should be remembered and cherished.  In this article, Chanda Lynn shares her memory of Steven Carter after interviewing his mother, Sharon.   Below is Steven Carter’s story.

Steven loved fitness and going to Virginia Beach on vacation with his family. I remember playing football with him, he was always so athletic and bright. He also happened to run much faster than I ever could. He attended Jamestown Community College doing …

What is Kratom? Can it Help Ease Heroin/Opiate Withdrawals?

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Kratom is a highly controversial non-regulated drug that is used for anything from making tea to treating chronic pain.  It’s even suggested that it may help and alleviate heroin/opioid withdrawal.  But does it really work?  Why hasn’t it been approved by the FDA?  And why is the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) trying to make it illegal in the United States?

What is Kratom?

Kratom is a tree originating from Southeast Asia. It has been used for years for relieving chronic pain, anxiety and as a form of expression from natives of Southeast Asia. It’s leaves can even be chewed or dried, ground and made into a tea. Many people use Kratom in place of their pain medications, anxiety medications and anti-depressants. Kratom contains active alkaloids, like mitragynine which is an opioid agonist that has an affinity for the opioid receptors in the brain – though Kratom itself is not an opioid.

Kratom is part …

Endocarditis – The Silent Killer of Intravenous Heroin Users

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When many heroin users and addicts use heroin intravenously, we might think of the common diseases that can be contracted .  This includes Hepatitis C and HIV. But have you ever heard of contracting Endocarditis from using heroin intravenously? It can be deadly, and there’s a catch – a heroin addict doesn’t even need to share needles to contract this disease.  Moreover, an intravenous heroin user can also contract it from using a brand new needle. So what is endocarditis and why is it so dangerous?

Why is Endocarditis So Dangerous?

Endocarditis is the inflammation of the hearts inner lining caused by bacteria. For instance, if you are reusing the same needle, there is bacteria that grows on the needle. Once the contaminated needle enters a vein, the bacteria goes right into the bloodstream and makes its way to the heart. Another way people contract endocarditis is from bacteria on the skin. Even if you are using a clean …

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