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Sunday 29 March 2015

Alcohol research - The Sleeper Effect: Can Addictions Be Completely Overcome?


The Yale Journal of Medicine and Law, 2009

Years after a heroin addiction, a completely rehabilitated 38 year old man begins to feel the urge to shoot a needle again. The feelings of im­mortality, the sense of being atop the world, and the illusion that anything is possible all crowd his conscience. He craves the euphoria and the days when he could escape the stress of the working world. Everything be­gins to remind him of those days, from the shoddy, deserted street of his local dealer to the red brick building where he used to hide his needles. His mind begins to feel impaired, his vision swirls, and his cravings deepen. He doesn’t understand why he feels this way—he was done, the drug was out of his system, he was healthy again. Weeks later, he relapses and doctors are shocked. The last time he felt like this was over 18 years ago. The withdrawal stages had passed. Was the drug not re­moved from his memory and his brain?”


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