5. If you take another dose of the drug during the withdrawal period you will partially relieve that part of your distress which was caused by withdrawal. You will actually feel more confident and more relaxed than you did a moment before. That is not an illusion. But because you receive that actual pleasure or crutch whilst you are taking the drug, your brain is fooled into believing that the drug is providing a genuine pleasure or crutch, which confirms all the brainwashing.
