Somehow I never knew this before. Thanks Judy.
On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 7:51 AM, "authfri...@yahoo.com" <authfri...@yahoo.com> wrote: With heroin, it's worse than just chemical or psychological. Heroin use permanently changes the physical structure of the brain. Once a person has become addicted, even if they stop using and stay clean for decades (as Hoffman did), they still have the brain of an addict and are thus at very, very high risk of relapse at any time. << Drug users need to be helped on the physiological level as well as psychological. These addictions, even behavior ones like gambling, have strong chemical bases. >>