[ladyamalthea]

All I know to mention is that my sister, who is a 20 year-old recovering heroin addict, still has terrible memory problems. I honestly don't know how long she's been sober, or if she's slipped any, because I make a point to not follow every single detail of her behavior for my own sanity. I don't even know if that is PAWS, as you put it, or if it is just her brain being so scrambled from all the drugs that it will take longer to heal... or maybe those two go hand in hand??? But yes, from what I've seen, memory loss is normal, and according to my parents, her doctors have told her that it will improve with time, but she has to be patient.