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Of the common legal drugs, benzos are by far the most dangerous to quit.

And you get addicted in like a week.

Be very careful.

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There was a tea bar in my neighborhood that would put kratom in one of the teas.

It didn't make me feel particularly euphoric, but I did find myself craving it the next day. Shit is fucking weird and scary.

It isn't a terribly difficult drug to quit but it is addictive. Some people use it to wean themselves off of opoids.

> Of the common legal drugs, benzos are by far the most dangerous to quit.

Not sure if that's right. Alcohol withdraw can actually kill you.

Benzo withdrawal can as well.

Oh, I didn't know.

And again, you get to that state in as little as a week.

Alcohol takes much longer.

There does seem to be some genetic variability at play here. I've known people who were able to quit a benzo cold turkey after taking it for significantly longer than a week.

By the time you've developed alcohol dependence you've most likely gained more than a few comorbidities. That doesn't happen in a week.

Which comorbidities? I am just curious.

Liver disease. Heart disease. Etc.

This looks like a nice bullet point list, easy to digest.

https://musiccityinterventions.com/comorbidities-associated-...

They're the same withdrawal... Benzos are just far more potent, so the dependence can happen MUCH faster, in like days.

I took it for two months for sleep and had no issues quitting it besides a few nights of taking longer to fall asleep.

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