# Heroin Overdose & medical recovery

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroin-overdose-medical-recovery/290819>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 19, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroin-overdose-medical-recovery/290819 "2005-02-19T00:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroin-overdose-medical-recovery/290819/21 "2005-02-19T21:48:03Z")

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> [@InvidiousCourgette](#):
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> Thank you for the explanation. I have dabbled with heroin. I will never do so again. I have a problem now with alcohol. It is something I hope I can overcome.

Best of luck. If you ever decide you want what we sober alcoholics have, and are willing to go to any length to get it, give a shout out. I speak of course of a number of mutual help groups out there.

QtM, secularist, humanist, and oh so very, very grateful for my sobriety.  
ODAAT

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