ugh.. i quit cold turkey about 9(??) years ago.. something like that.. after smoking for about 7 or 8... and it was so f*n hard... I would sit and cry cause I didn't want to smoke... and that was just a cigarette.. after quitting smoking and feeling how addicted I was just to a cigarette.. I got a very small taste of how a drug addict must feel... and I can't imagine the strength of the addiction when it comes to something like heroin... I used to think they were weak, horrible people throwing away thier lives and family for drugs... After quitting smoking.. instead of hating addicts, I feel sorry for them more than anything now.. I know its like mountains to molehills.. but I can understand...

Good for you for quitting, and as I am a former smoker I can totally relate to what you are saying. I still cant totally understand how anyone can let a drug like that take total control over them. Maybe its something that I will never understand. I know that my friend loved his family so much, but the drug took over his life. It is just a sad situation all the way around.

well I can't totally understand what happens in the brain either without experiencing it first hand.. which is not going to happen... and thats what happens.. the drug takes over... Id like to discuss it further but I gotta run.. got a final in about 30 mins...