Cocaine Addiction: Cocaine Facts

Question: Help! how do i stop my friend before she gets a cocaine addiction?!?

(Posted by: Ashlee K on 2008-10-20 19:59:54)

My friend started doing coke July 2008, since then she's done it about 10 times, So it really hasn't become too big of a problem... YET. the only advice I can find is people saying let her hit rock bottom and stuff like that. shes only 16 and shes only been doing it for a few months and I don't want to see her go through that. Is there something I can do before she gets too bad and really has a bad addiction? she says she doesn't have a problem and can stop whenever she wants. she gets mad whenever I tell her to stop. me and my friend really want her to. she's not in denial.. she relizes its affecting her relationships ( lost a friend), and she knows how bad it is. what can i tell her? and what should I do?? also her parents found some coke in her room and now she goes to meetings for coke addicts, but she said she didn't feel like she belonged there and it didn't help whatso ever(everyone was in there 30's+ and totally brain dead) ALSO ( don't beat me up about this:( .. but we're kinda stoner buddies. does she have to quit weed to quit coke? because I would be willing to stop smoking weed(with her) completely. how do I stop my friend before she gets a cocaine addiction?!? thanks guys!

Posted by: Mary & Mike on 2008-10-20, 20:15:09

Yeah, the weed has to stop as well. There are not only chemicals in the pot but the toxins are ten times that of cigaretts. Cocaine is a sneaky lady....be wary. If she thinks the people in that meeting were brain dead, remind her that they were like her once. There but for the grace of God go you or I. When coke is turned into hydrochloride it is often 'washed' with gasoline. I could go on forever. While realizing that it is a treat for the brain at early stages, it soon begins eating away at it, not disimilar from sniffing glue. Be afraid, be very afraid. Check with the powers that be at UCLA if you don't believe me. You are a compassionate person to want to help your friend, but you must start by cleaning up. Then, tell her parents, let them read what you wrote here, they can say they found it by accident but it really does not matter. She must stop immediately. Even if she were arrested I would not look at it as a bad thing, I would call it RESCUED. She will thank you years from now, I'm sure. Go all the way with it kid, don't half-step...do what you have to! ONE STAR for your benevolence 8 ) Be strong, Mean Mike.

Posted by: donna_luvs_pc on 2008-10-20, 20:09:19

She needs to find a new addiction... like a new sport, a new hobby, ... maybe she is bored of life because she has no dreams left... in which case she needs to enrich her brain with new stories .... maybe she has some hidden anger which she does not want to talk about... tie her to a tree and make her read Dalai Lama's book "Art of Happiness " and if she asks for cocaine tickle her to death :))) ....(You didn't hear it from me ;) ...