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Yes, that's correct. Some drugs -- including alcohol and opiates -- are physically addictive, which means that a round-the-clock user who suddenly stops taking the drug will get very, very sick, and can even die.

Death from opiate withdrawal is very rare, and usually only happens to users who are already in poor health (but still, it is a possibility that should not be ignored). Death from alcohol withdrawal is much more common. If someone you love has a severe alcohol addiction -- if their hands start to shake if they go 5 hours or more without a drink -- the worst thing you can do is take their alcohol away. Many people think that they are helping the alcoholic by flushing their alcohol down the toilet, but in fact, they are risking the alcoholic's life. If you take their alcohol away, and they cannot procure more (say, the liquor stores are closed, or they don't have any money), in less than 24 hours they can go into seizures and die. No severe alcoholic should ever attempt to quit without proper medical supervision.

There are medications available to minimize the withdrawal symptoms. For example, clonazepam is sometimes used to prevent seizures and minimize the shakes an alcoholic gets when he tries to quit. Suboxone or methadone are used for opiate addiction: Suboxone and methadone are opiates themselves, but they do not get you high. These medications replace the other opiate -- the heroin, morphine, Vicodin, oxycodone, etc. -- so the person can quit getting high without suffering painful withdrawal symptoms.

The only other way to get rid of the physical withdrawal symptoms that come from suddenly quitting opiates or alcohol, is to take more opiates or drink more alcohol. So, yes, the physical withdrawal symptoms will disappear if the person starts taking the drug again.

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