Farmgal4 said: I have a really hard time believing that Mike is clean and here's why: Opiate addiction is hard as hell to kick. Even after the initial detox there's something called PAWS (Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome) that you have to go thru for up to 18 months after you quit using. I won't go into what PAWS entails here, but you can Google it if you're interested. I'm here to tell you that PAWS is no piece of cake. I not only had PAWS for over a year, but I also had major opiate cravings during that time, as well. When I say cravings I mean that I wanted to shoot up opiates from the minute I woke up until I was finally able to go to sleep at night, all day every day. Looking back, I really don't know how I stayed clean during that period. Praying constantly, going to at least one NA/AA meeting a day and the memory of how awful detox was is the only thing that kept me from using again. I went to rehab in 2000 for cocaine addiction and kicking coke was a piece of cake compared to kicking opiates. I'm really, really skeptical of Mike's claim of being clean.
I have to agree. I have been there.
