I’m a recreational drug user AMA

[alltheleavesarebrwn]

As the title says

Perhaps OP isn't a coke addict, but is an alcoholic? 🤭

Oh no. I have a constant runny nose due to non-allergic rhinitis through Thyroid issues.

I don't even drink at Christmas I wonder how many people think I'm a coke head 🤣

Addictions are often interconnected.

It's rather sad. At her age I enjoyed and valued my life.

No I don’t and I said in that response I have not used it weekly all that time. When I’m using it regularly there’s a week or 2 between uses. That doesn’t mean I constantly use it. There’s times I go months without it.

if I was addicted I’d want it all the time. I don’t. I don’t crave it at all.

Considering I don’t drink every day, you’re incorrect.

Ha ha ha 😂...sorry I've caused you to have paranoia...and that's without using cocaine 😉. Have you tried a nasal rinse?

Do you worry about having a cardiac arrest?

You do though, you crave it when you’re drunk don’t you? Otherwise why are you taking it when you drink? It’s not a kneejerk reaction. You have to message the dealer, get out cash, meet the dealer, take it, you’d be £200 better off every month if you stopped. £2.4K a year. Think what you could do with that.

Yes, in all seriousness, you're absolutely right. I imagine it might be a case of both alcohol and coke dependency that keeps OP coming back - possibly a poor form of stress management, or harmful coping mechanism.

What's very sad is the dismissal of the huge and utterly horrendous amounts of harm caused by the cocaine industry.

You say you’re not addicted and don’t crave it. If someone said to you “I’ll give you £2.4K a year every year if you never have coke again” what would you do?

Do your friends know? Do they also partake? Do you do it on nights out or at home?

People can be addicted to alcohol (or dependent, if you'd prefer) without drinking every day, you know. If you're drinking to excess and doing coke on a regular basis, as I said in another comment, it could well be a coping mechanism or poor form of stress management that's turned into a dependency. Worth thinking about.

This and would add that in my job I have heard of vulnerable people being raped, exploited, stolen from or encouraged to steal as a means of getting them embroiled in organised crime and tortured. Actually tortured, this is happening in nice towns and villages near you.

How much do you actually know about the drug you are using and its long term effects? Did you know that if you are combining cocaine with alcohol it then merges into a substance called Cocaethylene?

Do you not feel uneasy about a drug dealer knowing where you live? I would never allow a drug dealer in my home. Also, do you have children?

Ah but @alltheleavesarebrwn isnt a regular drug addict, she’s a cool drug addict….

I actually think OP is very naive, to think that shenis safe from contaminated or 'cut' drugs because she is a regular. You are nothing more than a £50 note to that person.

A drug dealer does not have morals or a code of ethics. He does not value you or your life. He is selling you literal poison to your body. And he will be involved in other crimes. Most likely violent or sexual.

He is not your friend or a trusted source. He is not a pharmacist or a GP.

He is a criminal and his objective is to get as many people as he can addicted to have a regular income.

And his profit margin is more important than your safety so I can guarantee you are not getting some Tony Montana in a hot tub type coke in England from a scroat in a Gymking track suit. You are getting something that will be cut and laced with cheap fillers, that are just good enough to keep you addicted.

I know you probably thought you were really cool starting this thread. Cool and controversial.

But its honestly just sad. Take that £50 a week and do something positive before you have a reaction or incident that you cannot come back from.

TW
the reason I was drawn to this thread is because a relative of mine was doing this. It was as recreational as you in the beginning, it led to ending their life. Bank statements later showed £40 withdrawals every few weeks, then frequency increased to once a week. Look after yourself.

100%!

This makes no sense. Unless they’re literally making it in front of you, it could still be anything. I’m sorry, but drug dealers (no matter how well you know them) aren’t exactly the most trustworthy members of society, are they?

Is it delivered by a vulnerable teenage boy who's been dragged and intimidated into it?

OK, have you ever heard of tea, biscuits and a good book?

Yes this is the problem

Affluent drug users smear themselves with a trowel full of superiority, then moan when some scrote burgles them or robs their sons, or moan about rising knife crime and how little the police are doing.

Fucking hypocrites.

OP you must be ashamed of this habit, I take it when your friends and colleagues talk about knife crime you don't say 'Yes sorry about that, I just like feeling young again every now and then'.

Selfish. Shame on you.

<gets back off my soapbox and prepares to go back to work this afternoon and continue investigating the recent stabbings on my division>

Have you considered the health complications? Such as the damage it may cause to your body? Have you had your heart checked? I know someone who had a heart attack due to cocaine use. Bleeds on the brain and gastro issues can also be affected.

What feelings are you trying to hide from? I assume you’re using it as a form of escapism? Do you ever worry about drugs being laced with anything else? I’ve heard that a lot of people in the US are dying because they take pills that have been laced with Fentanyl.