Addiction - Really just how bad is heroin withdrawl compared to...

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Swim is about to dabble in opiates tomorrow. So his mind has been exploring all things opiate. Swim is only going to use opiates about once a fortnight (quite seriously), but Swim wants to understand more about the addiction.

People say heroin withdrawal is "really bad" or "hell" but that's not much use to Swim. Swim needs a comparison.

Is heroin withdrawal worst than say cigarette withdrawal? If so, is it worst with physical pain? Or is it worst with psychological craving? or both?

People say heroin withdrawal is like the flu, but while the flu sucks- it isn't *that* bad. Is it worst than the flu?

Would people prefer the pain of say a broken arm, or to go though heroin withdrawal?

And one last thing, can anybody name something that is WORST than heroin withdrawal.. Swim doen't know for example, severe food poisoning or gastro?

Swim just wan't to figure it out, so that Swim can figure out how much he wants to avoid risking ever going through it.

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