It doesn’t need to be entirely willpower. Opioid dependency can be dealt with by doing what they would do in rehab: slowly taper down the daily dose over many weeks.
Of course, that only works if you have access to a standardized, regulated supply of opioids. You can’t do it with street drugs of unknown purity.
Going cold turkey off potent opioids is a recipe for relapse, or at worst, death.
Still, the likelihood of dying from withdrawal is much, much lower than with benzos or alcohol: both of those can cause seizures in withdrawal.
Of course, that only works if you have access to a standardized, regulated supply of opioids. You can’t do it with street drugs of unknown purity.
Going cold turkey off potent opioids is a recipe for relapse, or at worst, death.
Still, the likelihood of dying from withdrawal is much, much lower than with benzos or alcohol: both of those can cause seizures in withdrawal.