Recovering Heroin Addict Starting Over — at Age 21
Recovering heroin addict starting over — at age 21
About a month after his release from a court-ordered, 8½-month residential treatment program, Lewis, then 17, reverted to his old ways. “I just gave in when I got out,” he … Lewis completed rehab and started taking methadone. But after six months, he …
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Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction
There is a mental aspect to any addiction, but with opiates there is also a physical withdrawal that is unbearable. There is an ongoing misconception that methadone treatment just hooks the addict on a new drug. This is false. Technically, it's a drug …
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