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free-basing
With the use of cocaine came the unavoidable encounter with free-basing. I have done it 4 times during this last stages of my cocaine use ( which I am proud to say, I have not sniffed a line today, as I am indeed quitting ).
Thus it is out of curiousity that I post this question: Is it true that free-basing is so much better than sniffing coke, as what you get to inhale is coke in its purest form? Granted the gram of powder you have shrinks proprortionately once cooked, and makes coke use even more expensive than it already is. Oh, and so much work too, totally impractical and waaay to conspicuous to be used in clubs..But this guy who introduced me to free-basing justifies the use by saying that am doing my body a huge favour, as opposed to sniffing coke. Is this true?
Thus it is out of curiousity that I post this question: Is it true that free-basing is so much better than sniffing coke, as what you get to inhale is coke in its purest form? Granted the gram of powder you have shrinks proprortionately once cooked, and makes coke use even more expensive than it already is. Oh, and so much work too, totally impractical and waaay to conspicuous to be used in clubs..But this guy who introduced me to free-basing justifies the use by saying that am doing my body a huge favour, as opposed to sniffing coke. Is this true?
sounds to me like your so-called 'friend' wants you to get hooked on crack, because if you do, you'll be like a cash-cow to him. You'd make him rich. I was hooked the very first time I tried it. I got a SSI back check for 1700.. the next day it was all gone, and I was having my little brother help me search the carpets. (he was 9!) but me and my 'friends' had a great fkn time chasing the monkey all night. Oh yeah and coming down for the first time, wow, nothing like it my friend. Talk about want to slit your wrist! I hate crack, I hate what it did to me, and I hate what I have to live with for the rest of my life because of it. crack is the Soul robbing tool used by satan to destroy all that was good in a person. So very sad :(
It's always a good idea to reflect on our mistakes and learn from them. Hopefully, this will server as a lesson that will thwart any other similar actions. Here's to a drug free life! Cheers...
No, no no! Michael you got it wrong! I was merely trying to get an opinion on my past and very limited brush with free-basing. When I was using cocaine I was not exactly braodcasting it to everyone, thus limited my queries and the resulting honest answer I was hoping to get ( even my physicians and personal trainer wont give me anything concrete,,as I have mentioned ). As all these are in my past, I am now indulging myself the privilege of viewing, re-viewing, analyzing my past actions. I am realizing how close I am to possibly losing it all. Including my beating heart.
Crack is made from coke. The stuff you're talking about is Meth and is a cheap version of coke. Smoking cocaine has virtually the same effect as crack, only at a higher price. I thought you weren't addicted. Why are you looking for a way to justify something that you already know is bad for you?
Free-basing each time I tried it ( 4x ) ...can't recall, really. I only knew I was drinking heavily each time that I did it. And with alcohol, I black out, that's why I quit it, too.
What is Crack? I am confused!! Isn't CRACK that cheap amphetamine thingie that was featured in some documentaries? Isn't crack the one that gets manufactured in kitchens then blows the hapless cook? Isnt crack called poor man's cocaine? I know this one is really evil. I saw this on tv, never tried it. But the one I tried was 'purified' cocaine,or so I was told.
The free-basing I knew from my limited experience is waaay too pricey! Makes my 4 grams of coke turns into the size of microscopic thingies after the cook mix it with soda powder, a drop of water onto a spoon, then heated. Then it turns into little granules of white salt-looking granules.
The free-basing I knew from my limited experience is waaay too pricey! Makes my 4 grams of coke turns into the size of microscopic thingies after the cook mix it with soda powder, a drop of water onto a spoon, then heated. Then it turns into little granules of white salt-looking granules.
I agree with johnnykelly...my ex BF is a crackhead (unfortunately) and I have never met a more manipulative man in my life. As with any drug, in the begining you have a great time, however, before you realize it you are addicted.
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It sounds to me like you really want to use crack (that's what it it...not freebasing...CRACK!) and you are looking for us to say "yeah crack is sooo much better than snorting coke"...not gonna happen!
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My ex USED to be a very charasmatic man who was making over $250 K a year, and now he has nothing and I do mean nothing. No job, no girlfriend who would've loved him forever, no home (he lives with his parents) plus he is facing the prospect of going to jail for the next 4 yrs. Why is he going to jail? Back in April I caught him smoking crack, he knew I would leave him so he held me captive and he beat the hell out of me. He went to jail. I STUPIDLY took him back and in Oct. I realized he was taking my debit card and stealing from me, I had him arrested again. He broke probation among other things and now he's been charged with 4 felonies.
Another thing you need to know is how painful addiction is for the people who love you (you use and you WILL become addicted). I loved this man so very much and all I can do is pray that he gets his life together before he dies of a heart attack or some junkie dealer hurts him because he owes. And he always owes...why? Because once you run out of crack you crash real bad and you will do anything for another hit! Anything! I have seen this man do and say things to get high that I really did not know who he was anymore.
Please be smart and do not do it!!!!!
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It sounds to me like you really want to use crack (that's what it it...not freebasing...CRACK!) and you are looking for us to say "yeah crack is sooo much better than snorting coke"...not gonna happen!
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My ex USED to be a very charasmatic man who was making over $250 K a year, and now he has nothing and I do mean nothing. No job, no girlfriend who would've loved him forever, no home (he lives with his parents) plus he is facing the prospect of going to jail for the next 4 yrs. Why is he going to jail? Back in April I caught him smoking crack, he knew I would leave him so he held me captive and he beat the hell out of me. He went to jail. I STUPIDLY took him back and in Oct. I realized he was taking my debit card and stealing from me, I had him arrested again. He broke probation among other things and now he's been charged with 4 felonies.
Another thing you need to know is how painful addiction is for the people who love you (you use and you WILL become addicted). I loved this man so very much and all I can do is pray that he gets his life together before he dies of a heart attack or some junkie dealer hurts him because he owes. And he always owes...why? Because once you run out of crack you crash real bad and you will do anything for another hit! Anything! I have seen this man do and say things to get high that I really did not know who he was anymore.
Please be smart and do not do it!!!!!
Crack use as in free base is the fastest way to heartache and pain.Theres not one thing good about cocaine in any form. AS for coke addicts, no offence crackheads are dispicable. Liars, cheets and thieves.Of any drug you dont see the degree of depravation that crack addiction brings.Ishtar tell your friend to hit the road. Hes a LOSER!!!! Your trying to change your life. That means people,pklaces and things. goodluck john
It may be true that you deliver fewer impurities when smoking. However, it is absolutely untrue that you are doing your body a favor. It's the fast (and powerful) delivery to your brain that is the problem -crack adds a new demension to the concept of addiction. Keep smoking that stuff and before you know it you won't be worried about how to do it in a club, you'll be smoking it in a closet all by yourself -- running to peek through the blinds after every hit to see if anybody's coming.
Here's part of a good piece from cocaine-dot-org:
“As a rule of thumb, it is profoundly unwise to take crack-cocaine. The brain has evolved a truly vicious set of negative feedback mechanisms. Their functional effect is to stop us from being truly happy for long. Nature is cruelly parsimonious with pleasure. The initial short-lived euphoria of a reinforcer as uniquely powerful as crack will be followed by a "crash". This involves anxiety, anhedonia, depression, irritability, extreme fatigue and possibly paranoia. Physical health may deteriorate. An intense craving for more cocaine develops. In heavy users, stereotyped compulsive and repetitive patterns of behaviour may occur. So may tactile hallucinations of insects crawling underneath the skin ("formication"). Severe depressive conditions may follow; agitated delirium; and also a syndrome sometimes known as toxic paranoid psychosis. The neural after-effects of chronic cocaine use include changes in monoamine metabolites and uptake transporters. There is down-regulation of dopamine D2 receptors to compensate for their drug-induced overstimulation. Thus the brain's capacity to experience pleasure is diminished.”
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Here's part of a good piece from cocaine-dot-org:
“As a rule of thumb, it is profoundly unwise to take crack-cocaine. The brain has evolved a truly vicious set of negative feedback mechanisms. Their functional effect is to stop us from being truly happy for long. Nature is cruelly parsimonious with pleasure. The initial short-lived euphoria of a reinforcer as uniquely powerful as crack will be followed by a "crash". This involves anxiety, anhedonia, depression, irritability, extreme fatigue and possibly paranoia. Physical health may deteriorate. An intense craving for more cocaine develops. In heavy users, stereotyped compulsive and repetitive patterns of behaviour may occur. So may tactile hallucinations of insects crawling underneath the skin ("formication"). Severe depressive conditions may follow; agitated delirium; and also a syndrome sometimes known as toxic paranoid psychosis. The neural after-effects of chronic cocaine use include changes in monoamine metabolites and uptake transporters. There is down-regulation of dopamine D2 receptors to compensate for their drug-induced overstimulation. Thus the brain's capacity to experience pleasure is diminished.”
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No it is not true at all. A drug is a drug no matter how it's consumed. Some of us use needles, other smoke it, some swallow it, and some snort it. It doesn't matter how the drug it put into your body. It is still a drug and is still harmful. Don't look for ways to justify abuse or you'll convince yourself that it's ok. Before you know it you'll be in a hospital with paddles on your chest and electricity surging through you. Not a pleasant thought is it!
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