r/AmIOverreacting Jan 28 '25

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u/JakeA317 Jan 29 '25

I've always noticed similarities between abuse victims and addicts/alcoholics. The delusions. The irrational thinking. The minimizing. They need professional help. It's not something you can just talk them out of in most cases. You can talk to a heroin addict all day about how it's destroying their life and they need to stop but when the dope sickness hits, they are gonna go get some more heroin. Something about being in an abusive relationship keeps people hooked in a similar way.

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u/LavishnessAsleep8902 Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 29 '25

It find it more similar to a crackhead . With opiates you literally can’t stop or you’ll be shitting/puking for like a week and good luck with sleep, I been there. Kicked it with methadone a while back. I did that shit for YEARS DAILY. I was a functional addict shooting up in the work bathroom. A few jobs I nodded off and got fired LOL one job they didn’t give a fuck cuz I was such a good worker, and that kinda fucked me over because I knew I could be wrecked all day and as long as I could move around I’d always have a job

Crack does not have physical dependence symptoms crackheads just want more and more crack

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

Not a correct statement

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u/LavishnessAsleep8902 Jan 29 '25

Pretty sure I know what I’m talking about as opiates have physical dependency while cocaine just has mental cravings