I may have quit #kratom for good, but it's gonna be quite a while before I forget to occasionally miss its remarkably durable effectiveness at keeping minor physical & mental discomfort suppressed.

I used it for a while when I first quit illicit #drugs since it massively quelled #opioid withdrawal, acting on the same receptors:

It's like the diet version of an opioid painkiller.

I slowly tapered off it until I didn't use it at all over roughly a year, and it used to be a lot more niche.

Now people are getting addicted to it in mass since it's a pain killer with extra effects, the #fda is eying it, and I'm glad I stopped.

#writing #mentalhealth #addiction