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Date Posted: 17:32:48 04/20/06 Thu
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's message, "Violent Outbursts - what do you do" on 14:44:14 04/20/06 Thu
From Doug’s Crystal recovery site. Good Luck.
Tweakers
The most dangerous stage of meth abuse for abusers, medical personnel, and law enforcement officers is called "tweaking." A tweaker is an abuser who probably has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. Tweakers often behave or react violently and if a tweaker is using alcohol or another depressant, his negative feelings and associated dangers intensify. The tweaker craves more meth, but no dosage will help re-create the euphoric high, which causes frustration, and leads to unpredictably and potential for violence. A tweaker can appear normal: eyes can be clear, speech concise, and movements brisk. But a closer look will reveal the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky. These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker is using a depressant. Tweakers are often involved in domestic disputes and motor vehicle accidents. They may also be present at "raves" or parties and they may participate in spur-of-the-moment crimes, such as purse snatchings or assaults, to support their habit.
TWEAKING: (POLICE INFO. VERSION) The user is in their most dangerous state. They cannot get high anymore but haven’t quite crashed. Nothing they can do will take away the emptiness the binge has created. (The depletion of brain neurotransmitters.) Some tweakers will take depressants such as alcohol, GHB, or heroin to bring them down and help them crash. Tweakers experience feelings of uncontrolled frustration and may become violent. Tweakers tend to arm themselves and participate in crimes of opportunity.
TWEAKING: (USER PERSPECTIVE) This is a term used to explain the intensity of the users fixation on whatever he or she may be doing in the duration of the high. Anything that gets the users attention (fixing, cleaning, shopping, sex, etc.) Everything becomes a project that cannot be left alone. Your attention on the one thing you have become fixated on becomes very intense. This is probably why they first tried Meth for people with attention disorders. Ex: a tweaker will start out fixing something simple on a computer. Hours later the whole computer has been taken apart in little pieces. They cannot pull their attention towards something else. They are "tweaking out". This is not a stage in a meth users high. This is the high. This is not a violent stage.
6 Safety Tips for Approaching a Tweaker (from the police)
1. Keep a 7-10 ft. distance. Coming too close can be perceived as threatening.
2. Do not shine bright lights at him. The tweaker is already paranoid and if blinded by a bright light he is likely to run or become violent.
3. Slow your speech and lower the pitch of your voice. A tweaker already hears sounds at a fast pace and in a high pitch.
4. Slow your movements. This will decrease the odds that the tweaker will misinterpret your physical actions.
5. Keep your hands visible. If you place your hands where the tweaker cannot see them, he might feel threatened and could become violent.
6. Keep the tweaker talking. A tweaker who falls silent can be extremely dangerous. Silence often means that his paranoid thoughts have taken over reality, and anyone present can become part of the tweaker's paranoid delusions.
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