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Old 02-19-2019, 08:46 AM
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WhoDeyPI
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Originally Posted by Andante View Post
PAWS (Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome) is just a catch-all term for a collection of withdrawal-like symptoms which persist or recur beyond the normal period for acute withdrawal. Not everyone experiences it. If you're 6 months in and haven't noticed anything, then it's probably safe to say you have nothing to worry about, except perhaps a case of self-induced PAWS caused by researching it too much!

There's one go-to article regarding PAWS that's often linked. While it doesn't fit my personal experience of PAWS all that well, it covers the essentials:

https://digital-dharma.net/post-acut...r-immediately/

Oops, I see the article was already linked while I was laboriously typing out my post. Oh well!

Well done on your sober time!
Self-induced PAWS for sure, haha. I've been asking Siri, Googling it nonstop, and I finally just decided to suck it up and show my ignorance on this board like a muppet.
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