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Glory's Sun · 03-03-2009, 02:16 PM

I used to be an addict.. coke was my drug of choice.. I had an extremely expensive habit and was doing way more than what your boyfriend is using.. but guess what? It started out with a line or two a day to get me through that crappy part of the work day or just because I wanted to feel numb. It didn't take long before I was unsatisfied with the one or two lines.. I wanted at least an eightball a day. Yeah..I was fucked up.

At first it didn't affect my friendships or work or family.. but as I got deeper into the powder, things just sort of spun out of control. If a friend wasn't down with my habit I would ignore him/her.. if they were cool I'd hang out but only long enough to keep them as a friend and then go score another gram or whatever I wanted. I never lost a job because of the stuff, but I'm sure my performance was less than stellar.

Now the vicodin. I have vicodin and oxy and everything else they make for pain because the doc prescribes it to me. I only take it when I have to take it because I know what happens. One will work for a little while, then it will be two.. then it will be 5 and you've gone and fucked up your liver from all the acetaminophin and then you're looking for money because you have to find some pills to reduce your detox like side effects. No thanks.

I'm assuming that he wants the vicoden to help with the comedown after his coke has worn off. That's not a very smart thing to do .. but it's at least slightly better than using both of them at the same time.

SO here's my advice: If you (collective you) can't keep a drug recreational and your personality changes..then it's time to stop..and assess yourself. You may have thought you didn't have an addictive nature..but you may find out the opposite is true. SO you need to build a support system and get away from an enabler. If you are an enabler.. you need to take the bull by the horns and get the shit out of the other persons face.. don't give them money.. don't do anything that will allow them to slip back into the spiral. I can promise you.. no matter if you are just starting out or you've used for years..eventually it will spiral in one way or another.

03-03-2009, 02:16 PM	#18 (permalink)
Glory's Sun Registered User	I used to be an addict.. coke was my drug of choice.. I had an extremely expensive habit and was doing way more than what your boyfriend is using.. but guess what? It started out with a line or two a day to get me through that crappy part of the work day or just because I wanted to feel numb. It didn't take long before I was unsatisfied with the one or two lines.. I wanted at least an eightball a day. Yeah..I was fucked up. At first it didn't affect my friendships or work or family.. but as I got deeper into the powder, things just sort of spun out of control. If a friend wasn't down with my habit I would ignore him/her.. if they were cool I'd hang out but only long enough to keep them as a friend and then go score another gram or whatever I wanted. I never lost a job because of the stuff, but I'm sure my performance was less than stellar. Now the vicodin. I have vicodin and oxy and everything else they make for pain because the doc prescribes it to me. I only take it when I have to take it because I know what happens. One will work for a little while, then it will be two.. then it will be 5 and you've gone and fucked up your liver from all the acetaminophin and then you're looking for money because you have to find some pills to reduce your detox like side effects. No thanks. I'm assuming that he wants the vicoden to help with the comedown after his coke has worn off. That's not a very smart thing to do .. but it's at least slightly better than using both of them at the same time. SO here's my advice: If you (collective you) can't keep a drug recreational and your personality changes..then it's time to stop..and assess yourself. You may have thought you didn't have an addictive nature..but you may find out the opposite is true. SO you need to build a support system and get away from an enabler. If you are an enabler.. you need to take the bull by the horns and get the shit out of the other persons face.. don't give them money.. don't do anything that will allow them to slip back into the spiral. I can promise you.. no matter if you are just starting out or you've used for years..eventually it will spiral in one way or another.