Rock bottom
For the last 2 years, been helping someone through regular talks who was truly totally destroyed. Talking fentanyl zombie street living, absolute physical and hormonal destruction, as low as one can get before dying basically.
He somehow did not manage to burn through all this resources and luckily a family member
locked him away a while in a room in their rural home while a nurse helped with the detox. He had some acces to internet and x, after which he found my account and we started talking
He has been doing almost 2 years of non-stop physical, mental, energetic work, and is well on track on being better than normal again
However, and that is the point of this post, certain cells, like braincells, certain nervous system cells, can never be replaced in the human body. It has proven extremely hard for him to shed the depressive feelings, and only after prolonged fasts did his body regenerate enough after which regular meditation and chi gong did the rest
Will still be a while though before he can re-join normal society, although i suspect he will start working in time helping other addicts, his real life experience and recovery is pretty extraordinary
I am all in favor of trying new things in life, but certain extreme drugs, like fentanyl, and others are obviously something you want to avoid simply due to the fact of the extreme damage it does to brain cells, nervous system cells, etc.
Still, reading his message recovering has been truly astonishing, and shows how resilient humans are and what amazing regenerative capabilities we have