Drug Counselors Overdose at Addiction Facility

[mr_lebowski]

25. I've known a good number of users and addicts ... and couple who've OD'd and died ...

And BOTH people that OD'd and died, guess why it happened?

Cause they were clean, for like ... a while ... and didn't realize (which is a bit idiotic, I'd say) how dramatically lower their 'tolerance' would be the first time they 'used' again.

So they (apparently, I wasn't there) thought:

"Oh, hai, I'll just use the amount I did back when I'd been using every day for 2 years straight ... that should give me an AWESOME high, cause I've been clean for 2 months now!"

Then instead, they f-ing DIED. I don't mean to joke but that's just like ... a serious DERP. But that happens A LOT.

The 'tolerance' range for opioids is pretty f-ing extreme, that's a big part of the danger of these drugs.

To put it in perspective, there are people out there that could take a dose of opioids large enough to literally KILL 10 fully-grown (but opioid-naive) adult males ... and proceed to drive to work, and put in their 8 hours, without anyone having a clue they're loaded. This is because there's no practical limit to the bodies tolerance for opioids. As long as you go up slowly enough in your dosing, you can basically go up in your dosing 'infinitely'.

But you can't STOP for a period of time, and expect your tolerance to stay where it was ...before. People not realizing this simple fact ... kills people pretty often.