Im told by the doctor they will go away in time because the brain will fully heal.
addiction doesn't go away, the brain never FULLY heals...all recovering addicts are exactly ONE bad decision away from returning to using. that's why addict and alcoholics with multiple decades of recovery can still relapse. addiction is ALWAYS there, inside of us. there is no cure. as long as we never use again, we have a reprieve. that's it, a reprieve.
unless the addict fully recognizes and respects their nemesis, ADDICTION, they will never get that reprieve. play with fire, you will get burned. if we do not protect our sobriety, recovery, every day, in all ways, we leave ourselves open to the resurgence of the demon. it's never far away, it lurks in the bushes. get a little too reminiscent remembering the good old days...let daily life stuff build up too much and get the F*ck its, thinking again that ONE couldn't hurt, I deserve, nothing bad will happen, I have control of this.....and Thunder comes flying out of chute #3.