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Q: Looking For a Better Answer
asked by: lostsoul9999 on April 10th, 2006
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Well here goes. I didn't start doing coke untill I was around 27 or so. Now I am 32 and in the last 3yrs I have done coke every day mostly minus maybe 3 months total time. I try to get away, but always seem to easily go right back. The main problem I seem to have is trying to go out and drink without it. I am so used to having coke make me so much better to drive when I get drunk I forget what it was like before I started doing it. I don't even want to drink hardly at all without it because of how good both of them feel together. I know the main problem is I hang out with people who all pretty much do it too. Even the days when I try to relax and stay clean I seem to get wrapped back in. I def do way better than I used to do with it. I went from pretty much 6-7 days a week, and now mostly 2-3 times a week. I think sometimes because I got so used to drinking and doing coke I don't know how to do either without it. I don't even enjoy it at all without booze. I just need to figure out somehow to get away from it as much as I can. I did very well with it for a long time in limiting the amount I would do, and not letting it affect me as hard as others. I dont get the hard "crash" most people get. I just really love how I feel when doing both coke and alcohol, which seems to be the main problem. Well, first time poster here, and just maybe wanted to hear from someone in my shoes. Just really getting tired of seeing the sun come up every weekend.
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Songwriter105
replied on April 10th, 2006
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Hey man...I had a very very close friend of mine have his life cut drastically short partly due to his coke addiction. And the one main, and sole thing that I really need to share, is the importance of having someone you love, and can trust at your side.

If you are truly serious about kicking the habit, talk to your doctor firstly, then i'd suggest a counsellor or support group. I know a lot of this sounds, "sissy" and "weird" but man...Your life is worth a lot more than an hour of pride a night.

Keep checking in...It'll take you a long long time to be fully free...And the withdrawls are gonna be hell...I've seen it, I know...But you really need someone to depend on during that time.


Keep us informed yeah? I really hope you succeed, and wish you the best.
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shadowalker164
replied on April 10th, 2006
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I may have this wrong, but it seems you are looking for a way to contune snorting/smoking coke, and continue drinking and to get away with it.

Good luck at that.

In a year or two from now, you are going to call what is going on in your life right now the good old days. If you think things are tough now, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

It is never going to willingly let you go. It is going to run you through the meat grinder until you no longer say things like “i don't even want to drink hardly at all without it because of how good both of them feel together.” one day you will be at the jumping off point. You will no longer be able to imagine how you can go on one more day like you are living, and you won’t be able to imagine life without the very thing that is killing you.

Only then will you be in a position to do something concrete about your addiction. That brand of desperation is a gift for people like us.

Richard
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lostsoul9999
replied on April 10th, 2006
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Well guys I really appreciate the input. I think I am ready to try and get away from this evil beast which I see only towards a path to an early grave. I want to know what its like to feel healthy again, and take my career to where it needs to be. I just have to stay away from it and the people who have it all the time. I know the love of a good woman would def be a plus. I gotta just get back to the gym, and direct my energy in a different way. I will keep you updated of my progress. I never managed to ever stick to my guns before in my life. Maybe this is the one true test I need to get accomplished.
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shadowalker164
replied on April 10th, 2006
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9999, just one last follow up. If just saying so, if just saying “i quit” worked well, we would be hard pressed to find an active coke head, drunk, or junky anywhere. But the fact is there are millions of coke heads, alcoholics and heroin addicts dieing as we speak, with the words “o quit” echoing in their ears. We have all said those words many times before, and we always went back out.

Like I said before, this thing won’t let go of you easily, you won’t let go of it easily either. Somewhere in the back of your mind you know this is true. My advice at this point is seek out other recovering coke heads, guys who used like you and are clean today, and ask them how they did it.

Trying to quit solo is without a doubt the hardest way to do it.

Richard

p.S. The love of a good woman, as wonderful as that is, isn’t worth a damn against what you are facing.
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Dr Lx
replied on April 24th, 2006
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Might be an idea to stay away from all your friends who are still doing coke for a while?

Cocaine has a very strong hold on the mind and it is very easy to be tempted especially if other people are doing it right next to you.

Why don't you book a holiday somewhere. Clear your mind and take the first step to a new life without cocaine?

Hope this helps.
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