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Da Nile
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Symptom management: insomnia
Hi again my friends! Back with another uplifting report on MORE of the fun symptoms that you get to deal…
Symptom management: the sweats
You are nauseous and barely keeping down your pedialyte and yet somehow you have enough water in your body to…
A moment in recovery — Real Life
Some serious Withdrawal Warrior status!! At my husband’s Vivitrol shot this morning, the Physicians Assistant (who we love by the…
How long is it going to last?
The short and unsatisfying answer to this question is…not forever. The even less satisfying second part to that answer is…
How many times do you want to fall in?
Autobiography in 5 Chaptersby Portia Nelson Chapter 1. I walk down the street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I fall in.…
Symptom management: Restless legs
Even if it isn’t something you have to battle in the rest of your life, most Withdrawal Warriors have had…
Symptom management: Diarrhea
Let's talk straight here. If you are going to be tapering or going cold turkey off of any kind of…
Reframing withdrawal
Withdrawal kinda feels like you are dying. You ache everywhere, you are shitting yourself, sneezing, tearing up and your mind…
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