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"Cold turkey" describes the abrupt cessation of a substance dependence and the resulting unpleasant experience, as opposed to gradually easing the process through reduction over time or by using replacement medication. The supposed advantage is, by not actively using supplemental methods, the addict avoids thinking about the habit and its temptation, and avoids further feeding the addiction. The supposed disadvantages related to the abuse of drugs such as alcohol and benzodiazepines are unbearable withdrawal symptoms from the total abstinence, which may cause tremendous stress on the heart and blood vessels (and, in a worst-case scenario, death). Heroin withdrawal shares many of these same symptoms, although deaths only occur in "rapid-detox" treatments alongside other administered medications, such as Naltrexone or Naloxone.〔Also, dieters who cheat on their nutrition plans for a long time and then want to get back on track can go "cold turkey" and start the next day completely fresh. "(All About Addiction )" by Adi Jaffe, Ph.D.〕 Sudden withdrawal from drugs such as alcohol, benzodiazepines, and barbiturates can be extremely dangerous, leading to potentially fatal seizures. For long-term alcoholics, going cold turkey can cause life-threatening delirium tremens, rendering this an inappropriate method for breaking an alcohol addiction. In the case of dependence upon certain drugs, including opiates such as heroin, going cold turkey may be extremely unpleasant but less dangerous.〔(Opiate withdrawal ). Medline Plus — NIH.〕 Life-threatening issues are unlikely unless one has a pre-existing medical condition. Smoking cessation methods advanced by J. Wayne McFarland and Elman J. Folkenburg (an M.D. and a pastor who wrote their Five Day Plan ca. 1959), Joel Spitzer and John R. Polito (smoking cessation educators)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.whyquit.com/ )〕 and Allen Carr (who founded Easyway during the early 1980s)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allencarrseasyway.com/ )〕 are cold turkey plans. ==In popular culture== Instances of the phrase's use in popular culture include: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「cold turkey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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