Comments on: What You Need To Hear About Crack Cocaine http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/ news and info about homelessness and related issues in Greensboro, NC Sun, 20 May 2012 02:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: anonymous http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/comment-page-1/#comment-182550 anonymous Fri, 11 May 2012 19:42:10 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/#comment-182550 By the way im 13. By the way im 13.

]]> By: anonymous http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/comment-page-1/#comment-182549 anonymous Fri, 11 May 2012 19:41:19 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/#comment-182549 Hi, im afraid that my parents are doing cocaine. I know that my aunt , & grandma are drug dealers. Sadly I think my mom and dad do it behind my back. I've suspected this because my mom buys my grandmas pills from her and her and my father drink about 3 beers each every night. They always get paid but by the end of the week there money is all gone. They say and debt to me that they don't use it but im scared. I'm hurt by it. My mom won't eat until all three of her beers are gone and neither will my father my mother and father take Tylenol p.m and im wondering if this helps put them to sleep while they are on cocaine. Hi, im afraid that my parents are doing cocaine. I know that my aunt , & grandma are drug dealers. Sadly I think my mom and dad do it behind my back. I’ve suspected this because my mom buys my grandmas pills from her and her and my father drink about 3 beers each every night. They always get paid but by the end of the week there money is all gone. They say and debt to me that they don’t use it but im scared. I’m hurt by it. My mom won’t eat until all three of her beers are gone and neither will my father my mother and father take Tylenol p.m and im wondering if this helps put them to sleep while they are on cocaine.

]]> By: A Word To The Wise http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/comment-page-1/#comment-181614 A Word To The Wise Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:18:51 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/#comment-181614 This is a reply to eric Dec. 2011...... Hope its not too late. If you read Steves story you can see what women will do for crack and heroin. You are young and she is young, she was clean as far as you know.......This may be a battle lost, a setback, the war is not over. She should try again and not give up on this setback as many do. However you cannot hitch your wagon to an addic they have to quit, you can only support the person when they do and encourage them if they dont. This is a reply to eric Dec. 2011…… Hope its not too late. If you read Steves story you can see what women will do for crack and heroin. You are young and she is young, she was clean as far as you know…….This may be a battle lost, a setback, the war is not over. She should try again and not give up on this setback as many do. However you cannot hitch your wagon to an addic they have to quit, you can only support the person when they do and encourage them if they dont.

]]> By: eric http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/comment-page-1/#comment-181229 eric Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:48:49 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/#comment-181229 ive been with my girlfriend 8 months. when i met her she was 22 and i knew she had been addicted to crack and heroine. she had been clean for over 2 years when i met her. we had a great relationship and i really started to love her and she loved me. she ended up meeting this girl that was a gf of one of my friends that was a crackhead. so as i speak she has smoking crack for 5 weeks until i caught her. i told her she had to go and she tried commiting suicide because she didnt want me to leave her. i had to take her to the emergency room to get her stomach pumped. the thing that is most troubling to me is that she said when she went to pick up crack one day from her dealers house, he manipulated her into coming inside and ending up raping her....that is what she said.....of course i asked why she didnt go to cops or anything and she said bcuz she didnt have anyone else to get crack from....... hopefully someone can give me advice on handling this situation, of hopefully this story will help som1 else ive been with my girlfriend 8 months. when i met her she was 22 and i knew she had been addicted to crack and heroine. she had been clean for over 2 years when i met her. we had a great relationship and i really started to love her and she loved me. she ended up meeting this girl that was a gf of one of my friends that was a crackhead. so as i speak she has smoking crack for 5 weeks until i caught her. i told her she had to go and she tried commiting suicide because she didnt want me to leave her. i had to take her to the emergency room to get her stomach pumped. the thing that is most troubling to me is that she said when she went to pick up crack one day from her dealers house, he manipulated her into coming inside and ending up raping her….that is what she said…..of course i asked why she didnt go to cops or anything and she said bcuz she didnt have anyone else to get crack from……. hopefully someone can give me advice on handling this situation, of hopefully this story will help som1 else

]]> By: Madison http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/comment-page-1/#comment-181012 Madison Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:20:21 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/#comment-181012 my husband has done crack. I have caught him numerous times. I have asked that if he is going to do this, at least bring it home so I am not worried sick. Is there such a thing a a recreational crack user? my husband has done crack. I have caught him numerous times. I have asked that if he is going to do this, at least bring it home so I am not worried sick. Is there such a thing a a recreational crack user?

]]> By: Sullen http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/comment-page-1/#comment-179476 Sullen Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:53:32 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/#comment-179476 I've cut off all connections to my friend who's a heavy user..And my car used for driving her/our dealer around is broken down and not getting fixed any time soon..I think that's a sign that this is all going to end for me now. GOOD! I know myself and that's not me.. I've always been a strong person but now I question myself and ask am I strong enough to fight this demond? And then I see my children and say yes, yes I am strong enough to fight it..I'd do anything for my kids! I turn the cell phone off I ignore the doorbell and handed over all cash and cards...I distract myself with housework, crafts, video games and internet. I throw out all the evidence and paraphernalia to avoid thinking of it!..The hardest thing I've ever done is force myself to take control again..But it's just the begining and there is a long road ahead of me..One more year and I'll be in a new City and State with a new start..but first I have to get my life back before that day never comes for me and my family! I can and will do this! A stubborn person who's never listen to another persons advice a day in her life can only help herself but has to want to..I've always done what I wanted to do...I get angry when people tell me what to do..but for once in my life all I want is for someone to do something, help me, advise me, fix me..just tell me what to do.....and that's when everyone turns their backs on me, judges me and gets angry with me...it's up to me now and I can do this with or without them! Like with everything else in my life I want to prove them wrong!!! I’ve cut off all connections to my friend who’s a heavy user..And my car used for driving her/our dealer around is broken down and not getting fixed any time soon..I think that’s a sign that this is all going to end for me now. GOOD! I know myself and that’s not me.. I’ve always been a strong person but now I question myself and ask am I strong enough to fight this demond? And then I see my children and say yes, yes I am strong enough to fight it..I’d do anything for my kids! I turn the cell phone off I ignore the doorbell and handed over all cash and cards…I distract myself with housework, crafts, video games and internet. I throw out all the evidence and paraphernalia to avoid thinking of it!..The hardest thing I’ve ever done is force myself to take control again..But it’s just the begining and there is a long road ahead of me..One more year and I’ll be in a new City and State with a new start..but first I have to get my life back before that day never comes for me and my family! I can and will do this! A stubborn person who’s never listen to another persons advice a day in her life can only help herself but has to want to..I’ve always done what I wanted to do…I get angry when people tell me what to do..but for once in my life all I want is for someone to do something, help me, advise me, fix me..just tell me what to do…..and that’s when everyone turns their backs on me, judges me and gets angry with me…it’s up to me now and I can do this with or without them! Like with everything else in my life I want to prove them wrong!!!

]]> By: brokenhearted http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/comment-page-1/#comment-179466 brokenhearted Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:32:26 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/#comment-179466 Losing the man I love to addiction has been the most unimaginably horrible, painful thing. I'm still in love with the man I met, but he has disappeared. If this was a normal relationship and we'd broken up, I could eventually get over it and move on. But we're not broken up, he's just lost in his addiction. How do I get over that? He still says, "I love you, I want to be with you," but he's not here for me emotionally at all, and most of the time, I don't see him or hear from him because he's drinking and drugging. I can't imagine a future with a man who can't keep a job or a car or anything else because of addiction. (If you've ever been in a relationship with an addict, you know all about what comes with that.) It's as if the person I fell in love with is dead. He's just gone. But it's worse, really. If he actually had died (God forbid), I would at least be able to mourn that loss. Now, there's this person walking around with his body, his face, his voice -- but it's not him! How do I handle that? It's killing me. I constantly miss the man I fell in love with, and I look to who he is now for comfort, but even though it's the same arms and the same voice, it's not the same man, and there's no comfort there. And that just hurts so much that I don't know how I survive it. I'm torn between, "The man I fell in love with is gone -- he's never coming back", and "As long as his body is still breathing, the man I love is still in there somewhere, and he can get better and come back." It's hard to have hope. I believe in God; I'm a praying Christian. But I also know how chronic addiction damages the body and the brain. I'm torn between hope and reality. Hope has won so far, because I'm still with him -- if you can call where we are now "together". He does. I can't see a future for us, beyond the way it is now, which is no life at all. But I can't see a way out either. I've tried Al-Anon, therapy, prayer. He's tried AA, NA, multiple rehabs, prayer, therapy, medication and more. Still, we're back to the same place: I can't stop loving him. And he can't stop getting high. I love him. And by that, I mean that I love the man I fell in love with. I don't want anyone else. He may never be back. But I guess I'll still be here waiting. I'm not going to leave the person he is today. It's the closest thing I have to him. And there's nowhere else to go. My heart is broken. Losing the man I love to addiction has been the most unimaginably horrible, painful thing. I’m still in love with the man I met, but he has disappeared. If this was a normal relationship and we’d broken up, I could eventually get over it and move on. But we’re not broken up, he’s just lost in his addiction. How do I get over that?

He still says, “I love you, I want to be with you,” but he’s not here for me emotionally at all, and most of the time, I don’t see him or hear from him because he’s drinking and drugging. I can’t imagine a future with a man who can’t keep a job or a car or anything else because of addiction. (If you’ve ever been in a relationship with an addict, you know all about what comes with that.)

It’s as if the person I fell in love with is dead. He’s just gone. But it’s worse, really. If he actually had died (God forbid), I would at least be able to mourn that loss. Now, there’s this person walking around with his body, his face, his voice — but it’s not him! How do I handle that? It’s killing me. I constantly miss the man I fell in love with, and I look to who he is now for comfort, but even though it’s the same arms and the same voice, it’s not the same man, and there’s no comfort there. And that just hurts so much that I don’t know how I survive it.

I’m torn between, “The man I fell in love with is gone — he’s never coming back”, and “As long as his body is still breathing, the man I love is still in there somewhere, and he can get better and come back.” It’s hard to have hope. I believe in God; I’m a praying Christian. But I also know how chronic addiction damages the body and the brain. I’m torn between hope and reality. Hope has won so far, because I’m still with him — if you can call where we are now “together”. He does.

I can’t see a future for us, beyond the way it is now, which is no life at all. But I can’t see a way out either. I’ve tried Al-Anon, therapy, prayer. He’s tried AA, NA, multiple rehabs, prayer, therapy, medication and more. Still, we’re back to the same place: I can’t stop loving him. And he can’t stop getting high.

I love him. And by that, I mean that I love the man I fell in love with. I don’t want anyone else. He may never be back. But I guess I’ll still be here waiting. I’m not going to leave the person he is today. It’s the closest thing I have to him. And there’s nowhere else to go. My heart is broken.

]]> By: Tina http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/comment-page-1/#comment-179462 Tina Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:51:23 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/#comment-179462 I have been married for 12yrs. and I found out about my husbands addition when I was pregnat with my first boy. He had been smoking since he was 17. His g/f 8yrs older than he started him saying, if he wanted to stay there he had to smoke. This is what he says how true it is I don't know his g/f passed away 6yrs. into their relationship with their unborn child. That has been a problem for him and me since. I met him 2yrs after their death. When I found out the first time he told me he did it to get closer to her. That was very hard for me. He has smoked every 2mths since he has gone 3mths and the bindge ranges from 1-14 days. I tried everything I could possibly try to help him but nothing ever worked. I helped him get through his withdrawls, the sweats, shakes, muscle spasms, pain like he was dying. All I could do was hold him because it was his body fighting itself. This is the worst part of it to see him suffer. He was hurt and collected a very large sum of money in Jan. 2008 and was broke within 3mths. I had left him for 6mths. Feb 2008 - Aug. 2008. It was the worst time ever in my life. He wouldn't leave me alone I had a restraining order on him and he violated it many times, he went to jail and came out. He still came over and called and wanted me to hear him shoot himself. Long story short it was hell but I gave up tring to keep him away and took him back. He used 2wks later. Every time it's the same," I don't want this anymore, I scared myself lastnight I almost died, I'm done., I wish I would have died, I can't believe I did this why dosen't God help me to stop, I don't know why I left, I'm sorry, "and much more. I can tell him what he will say before he says it, it's an endless routine and he dosen't see it. I'm at a crossroad in my life and I'm very scared not only for my children and myself, how am I going to keep him away and not let my boys see him like that?, but for him as well, will the next hit kill him? I know I can't change him and I'm affraid he will not stop. Every time he goes out I'm worried and stressed that he will not come home because he is down a gravel road in the middle of nowhere and no one will find him. Or some dealer will shoot him and burn his body. I'm helpless when it comes to his addition the only comfort is that I leave him in God's hands. For all of you guys who want to know what to do for your b/f or g/f even sibling or child don't give them money, if they say they need food buy it for them, if they say they need gas put it for them. I know it's hard but it's the only way, I'm sorry. If you are in a new relationship and just found out get out before it's too late because they pull you in and feed off of your love & pitty for them. And for those of you who use Stop and get help PLEASE for your sake and your families. May God Bless You All I have been married for 12yrs. and I found out about my husbands addition when I was pregnat with my first boy. He had been smoking since he was 17. His g/f 8yrs older than he started him saying, if he wanted to stay there he had to smoke. This is what he says how true it is I don’t know his g/f passed away 6yrs. into their relationship with their unborn child. That has been a problem for him and me since. I met him 2yrs after their death. When I found out the first time he told me he did it to get closer to her. That was very hard for me. He has smoked every 2mths since he has gone 3mths and the bindge ranges from 1-14 days. I tried everything I could possibly try to help him but nothing ever worked. I helped him get through his withdrawls, the sweats, shakes, muscle spasms, pain like he was dying. All I could do was hold him because it was his body fighting itself. This is the worst part of it to see him suffer. He was hurt and collected a very large sum of money in Jan. 2008 and was broke within 3mths. I had left him for 6mths. Feb 2008 – Aug. 2008. It was the worst time ever in my life. He wouldn’t leave me alone I had a restraining order on him and he violated it many times, he went to jail and came out. He still came over and called and wanted me to hear him shoot himself. Long story short it was hell but I gave up tring to keep him away and took him back. He used 2wks later. Every time it’s the same,” I don’t want this anymore, I scared myself lastnight I almost died, I’m done., I wish I would have died, I can’t believe I did this why dosen’t God help me to stop, I don’t know why I left, I’m sorry, “and much more. I can tell him what he will say before he says it, it’s an endless routine and he dosen’t see it. I’m at a crossroad in my life and I’m very scared not only for my children and myself, how am I going to keep him away and not let my boys see him like that?, but for him as well, will the next hit kill him? I know I can’t change him and I’m affraid he will not stop. Every time he goes out I’m worried and stressed that he will not come home because he is down a gravel road in the middle of nowhere and no one will find him. Or some dealer will shoot him and burn his body. I’m helpless when it comes to his addition the only comfort is that I leave him in God’s hands. For all of you guys who want to know what to do for your b/f or g/f even sibling or child don’t give them money, if they say they need food buy it for them, if they say they need gas put it for them. I know it’s hard but it’s the only way, I’m sorry. If you are in a new relationship and just found out get out before it’s too late because they pull you in and feed off of your love & pitty for them. And for those of you who use Stop and get help PLEASE for your sake and your families. May God Bless You All

]]> By: Sullen http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/comment-page-1/#comment-179460 Sullen Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:25:31 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/06/26/what-you-need-to-hear-about-crack-cocaine/#comment-179460 I've been using Crack Cocaine for a few months now and it's really starting to drag me down an ugly misrable path that I know in my heart I don't want to take! It started a few months ago when me and a friend were using cocaine (her being an "ex" crack user) and she had me take her to her neighborhood carryout store two hrs before they opened claming she really needed ciggarettes..eve after I offered to share mine until they opened she would rather have waited in their parking lot that two hours..The when we got back to her house she showed me the stem and explained to me that it was just for smoking coke and it was easier on her to do it that way. I'm not stupid I knew what it was and what it was for..So I tried it, and for two weeks straight she had us going everywhere trying to find ways to make money, borrow money and of course trying to find more crack in between! It drove me nuts all I wanted to do was go home. Even though the high was nice once it was gone I was done. She was never done until she was completely out of sources and money. Well one night we picked up our dealer to ride around the corner to make our "transaction" and he said he could use me to make runs since I lived two streets over from him..I agreed! And in return he would supply me on the nights I would make runs... At first I cared less if he gave me any or not and it didn't feel like It had comtrol over me...but now It's like I wait on the phone calls all night every night, hoping he calls needing a ride..sometimes he calls two or three times a night and sometimes a few days go by.. I swore I'd never spend money on it unless I had a few bucks to throw in on some (prefferably coke only though) with my friend but this past two days I've spent a hundred dollars on crack not counting what he's gave me for running him. I feel like it's already taken control of me and I hate it more then ever..I'm up all hrs of the night waiting on a hone call that may or may not come through and I'm thinking about money and how much I could spend or have to spend on it.. I want help NOW an don't know where to turn..I feel lonly and lost without my friends but they are the whole reason I smoke crack, ciggarettes, and snort coke..before them I went to school, the gym, the spa and spent a lot of time with my kids and shopping and stuff..I used to judge people who used coke and crack and whatever else drugs..Now that I'm intheir shoes I pray to god nightly that somehow I get the strenght to quit! I’ve been using Crack Cocaine for a few months now and it’s really starting to drag me down an ugly misrable path that I know in my heart I don’t want to take! It started a few months ago when me and a friend were using cocaine (her being an “ex” crack user) and she had me take her to her neighborhood carryout store two hrs before they opened claming she really needed ciggarettes..eve after I offered to share mine until they opened she would rather have waited in their parking lot that two hours..The when we got back to her house she showed me the stem and explained to me that it was just for smoking coke and it was easier on her to do it that way. I’m not stupid I knew what it was and what it was for..So I tried it, and for two weeks straight she had us going everywhere trying to find ways to make money, borrow money and of course trying to find more crack in between! It drove me nuts all I wanted to do was go home. Even though the high was nice once it was gone I was done. She was never done until she was completely out of sources and money. Well one night we picked up our dealer to ride around the corner to make our “transaction” and he said he could use me to make runs since I lived two streets over from him..I agreed! And in return he would supply me on the nights I would make runs… At first I cared less if he gave me any or not and it didn’t feel like It had comtrol over me…but now It’s like I wait on the phone calls all night every night, hoping he calls needing a ride..sometimes he calls two or three times a night and sometimes a few days go by.. I swore I’d never spend money on it unless I had a few bucks to throw in on some (prefferably coke only though) with my friend but this past two days I’ve spent a hundred dollars on crack not counting what he’s gave me for running him. I feel like it’s already taken control of me and I hate it more then ever..I’m up all hrs of the night waiting on a hone call that may or may not come through and I’m thinking about money and how much I could spend or have to spend on it.. I want help NOW an don’t know where to turn..I feel lonly and lost without my friends but they are the whole reason I smoke crack, ciggarettes, and snort coke..before them I went to school, the gym, the spa and spent a lot of time with my kids and shopping and stuff..I used to judge people who used coke and crack and whatever else drugs..Now that I’m intheir shoes I pray to god nightly that somehow I get the strenght to quit!

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