Psychotic symptoms that are consistent with methamphetamine may linger for months or years after someone who has been addicted to the drug stops using it.
The use of methadone is sometimes associated with the debilitating bone and joint pain that is often experienced during opioid withdrawal.
Alcoholics continue to work and socialize reasonably well, their deteriorating physical condition may go unrecognized by others until severe damage develops - or until they are hospitalized for other reasons and suddenly experience alcohol withdrawal symp
When an individual consumes alcohol, 80% of it goes to the small intestine and is absorbed directly into the blood stream.