Cocaine Addiction: Cocaine Facts

Question: Cocaine... addiction.?

(Posted by: Sarah B on 2009-05-13 13:14:04)

Ive been using cocaine daily for the past 6 months. at one point i stopped and had withdrawls for a week. i cried at the littest thing, and flipped out in anger at stupid shit. then i went back to it after a week of being fine. im going to stop now. (im stopping for my amazing boyfriend. i cant lose him) and i do crave it. but i doesnt get to me. my friend just did it right next to me and i didnt need it. ill be fine. plus im too broke anyway, and im too goodhearted to steal. i just need to know if these past 6 months are going to have affected the rest of my life? the whole time i was using, it didnt change my schoolwork or anything. didnt lose any friends... never had any health problems. i guess the bad thing is that i DO NOT see what the problem is.... and i dont want to have a heart attack for myself to realize. whats so bad about it??? because im totally fine... and how do u know when ur ODing??? and people who want to post "answers " bitching at me for doing it, please just save it. i dont care what you think, and you dont even know me so please help me out or dont leave BS on here. im totally aware of what ive gotten myself into.

Posted by: Slackeyed on 2009-05-13, 13:17:50

You're hooked for sure. It will be exceedingly hard for you to break this addiction on your own. You really need to seek counseling/ rehab.

Posted by: Heather P on 2009-05-13, 13:23:15

No, the past 6 months are probably not going to affect your life, you are very strong to have stopped w/ no help!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! you should be proud of yourself and anyone that says any different can kiss both our asses!! lol but doing coke for a long time does have a really really bad affect on you and since you stopped you shouldn't start back up, cuz it may not be as easy to stop the next time!! it is bad...don't forget that, but 6 months is not long enough to have an effect (or one that you can notice anyways) i seen on a show about it that the moment coke hits ur heart, it severely damages it, so think about that.

Posted by: Pico on 2009-05-13, 13:25:24

Well, it's bad for a lot of reasons. One is you don't know what it's cut with, sometimes it's even cut with meth and you have to know why meth is bad. Long term use causes damage to the brain and the central nervous system. When you OD, you can have a heart attack, stroke, seizure or sudden death may occur for a random reason. The other issue is eventually people turn to smoking it because snorting it isn't satisfying anymore. You would then be a crackhead. I'm not giving you s**t for using it. I've done it, most of my friends have done it and I do know people who have used it regularly for years. 6 months isn't that long of a time and it's great that you stopped before it got too out of hand.

Posted by: Crafty on 2009-05-13, 13:30:47

So, you are too goodhearted to steal, but don't care what others think. Take a closer look at that Sarah. The addict fails to recognize a problem. Addiction is more powerful than you think. I won't bitch at you, and l won't leave BS on here, but it is only a matter of time before you will be back at it again unless you choose to do something about it, just stopping is not enough.

Posted by: Frankie V on 2009-05-13, 13:35:26

6 months isn't that long. The longer you use, you'll probably need more and more, which is expensive as fuck. If you use for more than a short period of time (6 months is short), then you'll start to see problems develop. I've seen it happen to a few of my friends. Also, go here - > erowid.org/ experiences/ exp.cgi?A= Search &S1= 13 &S2= -3 &S3= -3 &C1= 29 &S4= -1 &GenderSelect= -1 &Context= -1 &DoseMethodID= -1 &Title= &AuthorSearch= &A1= -1 &Lang= &Group= -1 &Str= if you want to know what coke ODing feels like and how you know you're ODing. It's a really great website.