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In addition to the very real biological basis for difficult tapering and withdrawal, there is also the psychological aspect. As you begin to wean your physical body off of the substance, your mind begins to feel threatened by the conscious reality that you are in fact, reducing the substance that you know helps you in many ways. It is a battle of the mind versus the body, but if you do it slow enough and with a caring and skilled practitioner, it is possible.