The painful process of doing without drugs after having been addicted is called:

addiction

sedation

psychosomatic

withdrawal

D. withdrawal

Explanation:

When you suddenly stop using drugs after you have previously become reliant on them, your body goes into a state of withdrawal. This is where it is still craving the drug, but you are not giving it what it wants.

I studied drug abuse extensively in ENG102.

Withdrawal

Explanation:

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