former adict has questions….?

Question by Max: former adict has questions….?
i am a heroin/crack cocaine adict but ive been clean for 8 months,but used for years and years,
but the damage is done
i have horrible lung damage and severe memory problems and a touch of brain damage
i smoked heroin on alluminum foil, and crack out of a glass pipe
i was wondering if the damage i haved done to my body is permanent or reversable
and is there any thing i can do, or medication i can take to help restore my brain or at least make it more suseptible to gaining/retaining new information
my doctor said my lungs will be as good as they can get in 15+ years but im not as worried about lungs
and is there any long term or delayed effects of abusing such drugs, for example ive heard that drug addicts who smoke off of foil are much more likey to get alzheimers

any information or insight will be much apreciated,

max

Best answer:

Answer by e w
Congratulations on your sobriety.

Doctors can only give an approximation about recovering from the damage of substance abuse, and everyone is different. The brain is incredibly complex, and while some brain damage is permanent, the brain can adapt, sort of like rewiring itself.

It’s difficult to abstain from substance abuse, once you have been addicted, but you are aware of some of the consequences. Think of them every time you’re tempted to relapse—and you will be tempted.

From what I understand, most Alzheimer’s victims are not former addicts, though.

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