Detox: Day One: I Am Dying

Someone kill me! This is awful and it hasn’t even been 24 hours yet!
I took my first set of pills (5) this morning and they began working within 30 minutes. My insides started to clench and gurgle and I began making trips to the bathroom every 10 minutes.
For breakfast I had two LARGE apples and roughly 2 liters of water. Add that to the 1.5 liters I took with my pills and it wasn’t long before I was swishing my way around the hostel. For breakfast I usually have a bowl of good cereal, a glass of milk and a mug of Milo (a chocolate flavored energy drink). The two LARGE apples were not enough and within 2 hours I was munching down on a carrot and slightly questioning my decision to detoxify. That has since turned into full blown regret. The headache set in around noon, along with the nausea and tears. None of these side affects has subsided yet and I am waiting for the hallucinations to start. I had to read the instruction booklet again to make sure I wasn’t dying.

The booklet says everyone will have a different experience. Some people won’t notice or feel any side affects (bastards) and others will go through hell. The side affects will vary depending on how toxic the person is. Well considering how awful I feel at the moment, someone should stick a nuclear waste hazard sticker on my ass.

My body, and I’m sure I am not alone, does not do well when it comes to with drawl. In fact, my body hates me and does not take kindly when I purposely deprive it of the things it loves. Right now, my body is saying this to me: ‘Oh, so we’re not having any sugar today, eh? Well then….HERE COMES THE PAIN!’

I made one of my friends promise me today should I ever become addicted to heroin, don’t put me into detox, just let me die happy because if I can’t handle a simple bowel cleansing I would never make it out of rehab alive. I give full credit to anyone who has ever had an addiction and gone through detox and survived. You are my hero, and I mean that sincerely.