Comments on: What You Need To Hear About Crack Cocaine

By: Cara Michele

Cara Michele — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:08:25 +0000

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.

By: lilibeth

lilibeth — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:49:59 +0000

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.

By: Cara Michele

Cara Michele — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:17:23 +0000

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.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:27:44 +0000

I got involved with a CH nearly a year and a half ago and he has been in and out of rehab and jail. I stood by thinking it would give him strength and all it did is tear me down because it didnt work and when he relapsed it was my fault. I have been split up for a few months and at first I was doing fine but now he is calling again and says he is in a rehab and found God this time. It is a more extensive program that is for 90 days but he can stay for up to 7 months but of course he doesnt want to stay that long and wants to come back in my home after 90 days. I dont think that will happen he has lied, cheated, and stolen from me and my kids. I am going to go to councelling and found a website that helps. It may help you, crackreality.com has a lot of info and support. I am in my early 40′s and would never had even thought of going out with someone like this, but didnt know until after I fell in love with him. Now I have split up several times and each time I think it is for good and I just have a issue moving on and I am still sick over him and cry alot. I try to date but cant. It is crazy how a crack addict can effect your life so much. But, I guess we are just as addicted to them as they are to drugs and we have to find out why and I guess the crying spells are just our own way of having a relapse.