Withdrawal is like when you have a jar full of cookies, and every time you take a cookie out, the jar has fewer cookies. If you keep taking cookies, soon there won’t be any left. So, withdrawal means taking something out, like taking money out of a bank account or toys out of a toy box, until there’s less or none left.
Another way to think about withdrawal is like when you have a favorite toy and you give it to a friend to play with. You don’t have the toy with you anymore, so you feel a bit different without it. This is similar to how people might feel when they stop using something they are used to, like stopping a game or leaving a fun place.
Imagine you have a big box of crayons. When you take a crayon out to draw, you are withdrawing the crayon from the box. If you keep taking crayons out, the box will become empty. Withdrawal is about taking things away or out, and noticing the change it makes.