Interview · moment 5 of 20
Tim's Adderall Story and Comparing Withdrawal
from Alien School (with Jessa Reed) · #89
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4 minGuest
Tim shares his own Adderall snorting experience, they compare comedown symptoms, dentures, meth teeth rot, and losing touch with everyone from her old using life.
- 19:51Tim describes trying Adderall one night after someone gave it to him, calling it the greatest feeling he'd experienced.
- 20:23He asks about withdrawal differences between Adderall and meth, noting that with Adderall it felt more like wanting more rather than physical addiction.
- 20:35The guest explains meth withdrawal: full-time addicts involuntarily sleep for 17 hours once enough time passes, then feel crushed by gravity.
- 21:03Coming clean from meth took six weeks of constant sleep and horrible nightmares, including recurring dreams of falling from the ceiling with full-body twitches upon waking.
- 21:27Tim relates his own falling dream from a strange cottage at a winery in Cape May, New Jersey, waking up disoriented and twitching.
- 21:52The guest explains that Adderall and meth damage teeth not from smoking them directly but from lack of saliva in the mouth.
- 22:11His teeth fell out fast within the first few months, so he got dentures at 27 and freely talks about it without body image concerns.
- 22:45Tim notes he has no contact with anyone from his old life of drug use, and statistically it's remarkable how many of those friends are still alive.
- 23:25The guest recalls shooting up so much once that he fell asleep for two days, and says overdosing doesn't kill you unless you have a pre-existing heart condition.