A Love Affair with Heroin

Can a drug be so powerful that you neglect your relationships, employment, and health to continue using? A love affair with heroin creates a false sense of security while stealing your life. Eventually, the relationship turns into a love/hate one and to stop using you have to enter a heroin drug rehab program.

China White Love Affair with Heroin

The synthetic drug fentanyl is sometimes sold as a pure form of heroin, referred to as China White among heroin addicts. This drug entices you by offering an intense euphoria. You begin to put heroin on the top of your list of priorities, but soon the obsession and compulsion take over. Your body quickly becomes dependent on heroin, requiring regular doses so you don’t go into painful withdrawal.

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Love Affair with Heroin Is Turbulent

The relationship with heroin is not a smooth one. Initially, you can be fooled into believing that using heroin solves all your problems. In reality, it contributes to your problems and often makes them worse. Heroin makes you feel good but this feeling is temporary. Eventually, you become dependent on heroin and have both physical and psychological symptoms from your heroin addiction.

Symptoms of Heroin Addiction Include:

Nodding off Sweating Absences from work Mood swings

Irritability Appearing tired regularly Red or glassy eyes Runny nose

When you have to deal with these symptoms, managing other areas of your life becomes difficult. Your friends and family argue with you and they may say things like “you are not paying attention” or “you are irritable.” Initially, you may not believe them but you do know that something is wrong. When you don’t use your regular dose of heroin, you begin to have withdrawal symptoms.

Heroin Withdrawal Symptoms Include:

Vomiting Nausea Diarrhea Runny nose

Muscle pain Insomnia Abdominal cramps Restlessness