What You Need To Hear About Crack Cocaine
Posted on June 26th, 2007 in substance abuse
Cardwell C. Nuckols, Ph.D.
There are audio gaps in a few places (present in the original recording) and the recording ends a few moments before Nuckols’ talk did. Those flaws aside, this audio recording is an excellent resource for revealing truth about crack cocaine and crack addiction.
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>> See also, “The 7 Stages of Crack Cocaine Use”
March 26th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
I made the audio recording from a video recorded by a friend who attended the talk. The video was poor quality and cut out in parts, so what I posted is all there is, unfortunately. There’s lots of research about crack addiction, and I hope to get more online about that soon.
March 26th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
i would have liked to hear the rest of the recording. i think the man is very insightful and information on this drug, what to expect, weather there is any hope for an addict, is very difficult to find on the internet. there is SO little actual information about crack cocaine addicts in terms of solutions that actually are effective in helping them remain sober, what works, what doesnt, that it can be as frustrating as it is to understand the addict’s behavior and in making decisions that are actually benificial to all involved and not enabling.
thank you for posting this. if there is a way to find the rest of the recording, id be very interested in hearing it.
December 31st, 2009 at 11:17 pm
If you’ve known them clean and sober, then it’s especially hard to walk away, because you know the person they really are inside, and you keep hoping that clean and sober person will stay and the addict will disappear forever. It’s a helpless and hopeless feeling to love someone who keeps disappearing on you, only to be replaced by a stranger who doesn’t know you and only cares about a drug. I wish I had an answer. Some people I know have gotten clean and stayed clean. Others, including some closest to me, are still caught up in that endless cycle. I hate it. I hate addiction. I hate watching people I love drown, close to shore, surrounded by lifeguards. But it’s real.