Teen children of alcoholics are more likely to experience depressive symptoms by being perfectionist in their endeavors, hoarding, staying by themselves, and being excessively self-conscious.
Heroin addiction withdrawal symptoms are some of the nastiest an addict can experience compared to addiction withdrawal from any other drug.
Long term abuse of alcohol has been found to damage the frontal lobes of the brain.
One option that is sometimes used to avoid opiate withdrawal is to replace the individual's drug of choice with methadone, a long-acting, cross-tolerant opiate that does not normally produce a "high."