How long do crack withdrawls last after you quit?

[potter01]

My boyfriend and I are both recovering crack heads. I find that I am having no problems, but my boyfriend seems to be suffering alot more then me. He constantly feels sick to his stomach and always has a headache. He also has flu like syptoms that only seem to get better for a short period of time. How long are these symptoms to go on and can he look forward to them ending soon?

[No1Be4Me]

I smoked crack everyday all day for 6 months at 17 years old. I quit after telling my dad I was a crack head and he moved me to New York where there was no crack at all. For 30 days straight I dreamed every night I was smoking the hard and would wake up with sweats and sort of high for 5-10 seconds. After that no more trouble for 28 years. I'm 45 now and started smoking the hard again. I don't know why but I do know I can quit and what to expect. I never had withdrawal but the dreams were intense. Best of luck to anyone hooked on the devil ****. I will be quiting very soon since money is running out...No1Be4Me

[razzy2011]

I am so sorry you have to go through this. First I have gone without crack for almost four year.
Those symptoms your bf is having is his brain and body recovering. All the short period of time inbetween feeling better and feeling sick will get better after time. His body is trying to retune it self. Let him ride it out he should be better in a couple of months or even sooner. Also after this has pass it will be a rebuilding time for both of you. It will be like starting over. I wish you both the best. I will pray for both of you. Look toward the Lord it was a real family at a protestant church that help me. It was April of 2010 was the last time i had anything to do with crack. Continue to stay free of it. I lost my career because of it. Whatever happens you stay on track dont look back keep going forward. When youf bf is 100 % you tell him the same thing. Look forward in your life dont look back. I will pray for both of you that you and him stay free of it.

[lightndarkworld]

I found myself here reading posts as I was looking for an answer to a ?. You are not a wasted life or space. There is a reason and purpose you are here and you just haven't found it yet. You have been looking to fill an emptiness and void in you only he was made to fill. And until you realize that and accept it, you will keep filling it with destructive, empty things. Your life will be wasted and painful.  His name is Jesus! You can't stop this alone, but with him, you can. If you will receive what he has done for you and make restitution with him, go after him, seek him, surrender to him, he will be a mighty help in this battle with you. You then can overcome. An added bonus, all the guilt, shame, regrets and reasons to hold your head down will be washed away and healing with come and you will be able to hold your head up high and walk with peace, joy, and integrity in this life no matter what your past is. Life will never be the same and neither will you.

[HelpMeStopThis]

I am a crack addict and dont know how to quit. Rehab wont take me because crack doesn't have the withdraws as alcohol or heroine  and such. I was going to an out patient program were we would just sit around and talk about crack and then I go home with a serious craving and be on the phone trying to score me some. I was living in a crack neighborhood for a while there, as my family owns a lot of land in this particular area and had nowhere else to go ..... I finally moved outta there and was able to stop for a lil bit (a few weeks) but just meet new users/deals in the area I am in now. Its not like I even enjoy the high anymore I just get super paranoid and find myself sitting in a closet with tears running down my face paranoid as a Mother F**ker *  I got the nickname Huckabuck as my body twitches/jerk like due to nerve damage I am guessing from the crack as I get nervous/paranoid and it really messes with my nerves. I would "huckabuck" so bad that the next day my body/muscles be in such pain. It's not enjoyable at all But the second I got a few bucks on me I gotta call the dope man. Im not working, havent worked in a few years I make money having sex by placing Ads on Craigslist and after making the money I feel so disgusted that I have to smoke to "feel better" I used to be a hard worker and tended bar for years so I am use to making good money semi fast But now my reputation is so bad if I can get a job it feels demeaning to me and Im just back to smoking just cause I hate my life/job. As I am typing all this Maybe I am just making excuses But the bottom line is Im a crackhead/***** and dont know how to make it stop. Having money is a big trigger and cant seem to give to my family fast enough to hold before I am on the phone calling the "man" I sometimes feel I am just a wasted life/space/nuisance and think the only way to end this is ending me ...which probably is what I am doing now with my use ....I just need some serious Help!!

[gizzy32]

I am so glad he's has quit, but staying clean from crack is extremely difficult. Reading that rehab don't think coke/crack addictions are a disease makes me angry cause i know that is sorta true here also, because there are no serious physical w/ds. It is so much easier for a person who takes 10 pills a day to get in rehab than a crack addict and it's a joke to me. Doing coke and crack is not even in the same catergory as someone that takes a few pills a day then w/d's and goes to detox. It's not fair and without offending people on here quitting crack is 1000000X harder than quitting vicodin and most other pills, yet they will take someone  for rehab trying to quit that but not crack or coke or speed.

Most of the drugs you mentioned, he won't w/d from. It's more of a crash for those days, but after intense cravings will come, with severe depression. I am a coke addict and if you would like to talk send me a message. Tell him to get himself to some N/A meetings and see if he would come on here for support, I would like to help. Good luck and hope to hear back from you. You can't put yourself through this all again because of HIS addiction so I hope he sticks to it this time. It's such a shame he can't get to rehab cause after reading this post he's gonna need all the help he can get cause crack is a monster to beat.

P.S. You can make your own post by going to top and posting question, you will get more feedback on your own post. take care

[skyy07]

my husband is a crack addict.. he has been using drugs weed, speed, coccaine, crack, LSD since he was 12 years on and off. he was never out of control until last feb 09 when he admitted to me that he needs help cuz he is heavily addicted to crack.  He smokes about 200 dollars worth a day.. He started smoking it september08 once to two times a week and developed into an everyday thing .. he became a different person of course, does not come for days, does not answer his cel phone, recently lost his job cuz he would do it on his lunch time and if he gets too high he does not go back to work anymore. The worst is that one day i left our son 13months old with him to just walk the dog and when i came back he was gone with the baby for 9 hours with his cel phone shut off. when he came back he admitted to me that he did not have the intentions to go get drugs with the baby but the cravings was too intense that he brought our son to the crack dealers and smoke it for 9 hours with our son in the back seat of his car.... i can not tell you the hell i went through sitting at home waiting for my son and him to come back.. I called 911 three times cuz i was so desperate and each time i called they blamed me for leaving my son to him when i knew that he is using drugs and that they can not do anything about it because as the father he has as much rights to our son as me... our savings almost gone.. our lose we will most likely lose since he lost his job and my salary wont be enough to pay all the bills... two days ago he ordered checks under my name got it mailed to a different address and wrote himself a check worth 3000 dollars... so i told him that i will work with the FBI's and get him for identity theft, fraud and grand theft and that he only has two choices now either he goes to rehab or go to jail... so yesterday he went to rehab he stayed there the whole day while they assessed him and evaluated him and then just for the insurance company to refuse to admit him into inpatient rehab cuz they said coccaine addiction is not a disease.. if it was alcohol and opiates we would be covered... so we went home checked out online private rehabs but unfortunatley they were all too expensive and they all want 75% cash out... 26,000 rehab for a month... detox was 1,300 a day for 5 days... we checked out governement funded rehabs but they have a waiting list of 4 months.. if we wait that long he would probably be dead or homeless...... so my question is this we decided that if he really wants to quit he's going to have to do it by himself..cold turkey.. well this is his plan he decided to give all his credit cards, checks, bank cards, car keys and cel phones to his mother to keep then we are just going to stay home for few days maybe 4 to 5 and he will go through the withdrawal.. he bought some detoxification stuff from GNC a lot of movies and a lot of playstation games and he said he is determined to do it.... we started yesterday afternoon at 5pm it is now 4:30pm the following day.. so it has been almost 24 hours now and so far so good.. he has been cleaning the house and keeping himself busy... after 4 to 5 days of detox here at home we have plans to go to a cruise so that he can relax and get some fresh air and sunshine plus where is he going to get crack if we are in the middle of the pacific ocean....any suggestions and comments???? pls help i am exhausted if this wont work i am running out of ideas....