Is my body destroyed..? can it be reversed?!
Question:
Is my body destroyed..? can it be reversed?
im 21 and i've been doing drugs since i was 16..drinking 2-3 times a week, cocaine, ecstasy, 2-3 times a month, pills 2-4 times a month...im checking myself into rehab soon because i want to stop but how would my health be affected later on?
Answers:
you will have long term effects later on in life and withdrawal can be really full on. best of luck with that
be encouraged though - the human body has an amazing capacity for regeneration. like with smoking you can be pouring that tar all the way in smoking heaps and 10 years after you stop there isn't a huge amount of difference between your lungs and someone else's (depending on how long the person had smoked - this example could go either way of course - sometimes there is a genetic susceptibility and one cigarette could cause cancer)
your liver will regenerate well and while you may not ever have as good health as you could have if you didn't do anything, you have caught this early and i commend you for that. put in the hard yards now sort things out talk them through, get the support you need - rehab is a great first step- and the future looks very bright
best of luck and keep on keeping on!