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Also you say you are going into the Navy? I don't think you are ready to serve in a defense position till you sort this out. I tell you this from my heart with nothing but good intentions only.
Magick & Power 2 U,
Peace and Light on U,
Wizard
cocaine speeds you up. that's what it does. i don't know where the line is marked for a technical overdose, but the fact that you were scared (and about to call an ambulance) says something, and shouldn't be covered up by 'remedies'.
you did too much that night. i've experienced the same thing only a few times. but those few times made me realize i was messing with something i didn't want to mess with - my life.
nobody's perfect, and i'm certainly no angel, but go easy on yourself. a heart can age pretty quickly on that ****. the cat
Tell me, what is it that makes you suddenly decide to do cocaine once a month? Is it a friend you only see once in a while? Please believe me when I tell you that coke is death. Coke is death. Coke is death. Get it? It's the most evil, addictive and destructive substance ever made and should be eradicated from the Earth. It addicts from the very first exposure and gradually destroys the part of your brain responsible for allowing you to feel pleasure. It plain burns it out. It is a man-made horror.
I'm convinced that if you get help with your alcoholism, and I would suggest at least an outpatient rehab to go with 90 AA meetings in 90 days, you're coke episodes will end and you just might have a chance at a distinguished career in the Navy. Not too shabby an achievement! Think about what I've said, please.
You are far too young to risk loosing the rest of your life for an occasional thrill; it's just not worth it!
When i was 20, ha, i thought i was invincable, it's hard to think that you can actually die at such a young age, but it can and will happen if you don't take steps to help yourself.
I've felt the same thing you experienced, and it scared the **** out of me. A few times with coke a long time ago, and with crack a few years back!
Coke is especially dangerous because it stays with you forever in your mind once you do it enough. It attaches in the brain in some way, and even five-years later, something as little as a 100 dollar bill or something along those lines will trigger a craving. Please get out before it is too late. Do you want to get married someday, do you want children, well if you do, think ahead and know that it will all be a dream if you continue this path, believe me, it will only get worse. You will be surprised at the support your mom will give you if you just fess up and tell her what you are going through. I live in fear that one day my child or children will end up addicts like their mom and dad. They have a strong genetic force against them, and believe me, i'm going to watch them like a hawk. If they were ever to be in the trouble you are in, i would only hope to god that they would confide in me so i could help them get help they need. It would rip a hole in my mom's soul if ever something were to happen to you. It's hard realizing this without being a mother yourself, but a mother's love is like no other. A big part of her would die if you were to die!!! Do you want this for her?
You need to find the root of your destructive behavior, it's there or else you wouldn't even be messing with that stuff. We all have our problems, and as your life continues and you get older, they only become worse. If you can't deal with life now at your age, then you are going to get into some big messes down the line and destroy others in your path. I was so different at the age of 20 than i am now. I know enough to understand the destruction, there's no fun in it! Quit while you're ahead, don't get to the point where a drug takes ownership of your soul! Please seek some help somewhere. I know Miami is full of treatment centers, outpatient, inpatient, counselors, anything and everything is available there for you!
You can't continue to play around with this, because it will take hold of you quicker than you realize! Get help before it's too late!!!! Prayers for you!
Lv Jenny
Also keep in mind that the Navy is not a solution to a potential addiction. Remember the movie "The Wizard of Oz?" There's no place like home--meaning, the answer to your problems are in your own backyard. You can move away from home, you can join the Navy, you can change your group of friends or switch jobs--but the underlying problems will always be there. Until you get to the root of your unhappiness, and discover what is compelling you to use drugs, then you will always be chasing that high. Even if you're in the Navy, if you really want drugs--you'll find them. I'm not saying that you shouldn't join the Navy or remove some of the triggers in your life, like friends who use or being around a big club scene (ie, Miami). But recovery involves the use of many strategies. You need to look inward and find out what is making you use. Now this is no easy task. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't recommend attempting to do this yourself. Enlist the help of others, both professional and personal. Do you have a family doctor who you could confide in? Maybe get a referral for a counselor or a psychiatrist? And how about your mom, or another family member who could provide some support for you. Not just confessing that you use drugs, but someone who could honestly help you explore the reasons why you feel unhappy sometimes and go on drug binges. Because let's face it--that's what you're doing. You're not using alcohol socially or casually. Something is compelling you to keep going past the normal limit--something is making you drink and snort to the point where your body and your mind freak out and send messages to you that you're in danger. Depression? Anxiety? Who knows...but you can find out.
Remember those three stages--awareness, acceptance and action. You're aware. And as everyone is saying, now is the time to accept and act. Before you get in any deeper, and before something awful happens. Get some help, be brave--and you will get some answers.
And for goodness sake, forget about this remedy to reverse the effects of too much coke. It doesn't exist, unless you're in the emergency room at 2am with a team of doctors desperately trying to revive you. Not to mention, if you mix too many substances, you could wind up dead or a vegetable. It's dangerous enough to mix cocaine and alcohol...if you toss another substance into that mixture, at worst you could be in one hell of a mess. And at best, you'll be dealing with yet another addiction. Ouch.
Sincerely, Milo
What I can tell you is that I have personally talked to many, many doctors about Ultram and they ARE aware that Ultram is addictive even though it technically is not a narcotic. Some have called it a synthetic codeine. I know there are rehabs out there that are aware of ultram. Remember, rehabs take in people who usually take any kind of high they can get. Believe me, the rehab docs and councelors, etc. are aware of Ultram. If you've been calling rehabs and they don't have a clue about Ultram, you're calling some pretty lame rehabs. Keep trying. In the meantime, don't go off the Ultram cold turkey. That's a very dangerous way to handle this problem.
Hang in there and let us know what happens. I know there is help out there.
angelica
How've ya been???? Long time no chat, mate??? lol
Power & Magick 2 U,
luv,
Wizard
Too funny.......
Cin: quit your day job! lmao J. J.
"Get out while you still have time......" lmao
Love you guys (< look, you guys)
Angelica (:
Went cold turkey 5 days ago.
U are young get help NOW....
My dad just had a heart transplant if that doesn't wake up a coke head what will?
U have a whole life ahead of u.
Get help
D
-lovelife, live strong, be happy.
i am not in a state of denial, nor addicted although what I have to say is rather contradicting.
I am not familiar with the limits of overdose, nor the substantial amount you can do before.... you get my drift.
I am here today to explain the situation and deeply asking help in support as that is what I need to remain the person I once was. I have been through this process before and it finally pushed me to get help from some good friends... we can go into all of this later as I would like to tell my story and get your deep answer instead of "sounds like your addicted." because that is not what im looking for. I am a good guy to get along with no matter while on it or off...i've never been abusive while on it or even in my system.... the answers im seeking for are the effects im having while being on it, "coming down", etc....
I was rather frightened as I blacked out w/out really realizing it multiple times and woke up I believe hours or minutes later in the same position, but remember waking up for a brief milisecond (as my multi blackout)... I blacked out while going to my second job, at the stop light I accellerated, and almost hit the curb... luckily for me I vowed to quit for 2 days to atleast come down....
to get back on point, my eyes are twiching and lighting in general will dim/brightem etc... makes me think a car is turning and comin down the street.. maybe the light is flickering im not sure? i dont have any heart pain, just lost a lot o weight in which I want to gain again...
im leaving it at this as im not sure whom will see and i will go into more detail and symptoms
You are post on a very old post . If you scroll all the way up to the top and look to your left you will see where it says "post a question". Post your info there that way everyone will see it ....
avis
Greatgreebo
Please all of you - get off drugs.
Here is the perfect remedy: Dont ever do cocaine again. Even if you "trust your friend or dealer" you NEVER KNOW what you are getting. It may be stronger than the time before. This happened to me before... my "friends" left me for dead. The coke was ALOT stronger than I had done before. I knew that I could do several lines and be OK. Not this time.. It was very pure.
My friends didnt want to get in trouble. I passed out, and was lucky to be found by someone else. All my "friends" ran.
Dont do this again. Anyone who allows you to do cocaine is no friend. An you are not a friend to allow someone else to do it.
You WILL die from this stuff. It happens EVERY DAY.
Get your life together. There is no such thing as "recreational drug use". It never ends up that way.
If I could change anything in my life I would go back to the first time my friend racked a line and knock it to the floor
I know you and my friend can stop I only hope you look at this post
just stop please, it is a terrifiying thing
Denise
please repost it on a new post "Post A Question" and if you want help, alot of folks here have helped each other off the tram's, as well as are dealing with a loved one's addiction.
if you want help... please repost.
good luck sweety,
mj
whenever i think about it, my heart races, my lungs gasp, i think fast, my brain trys to consume and much more.
and ive recently only been doing it every two weeks, buying 1/8 to 1/4 oz. waste of money. knowing that i still did it anyways. thats not what you want. avoid regretful mistakes. love everything, make the best!