How many of you have tried coke?

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I’ve never ever been into drugs. I won’t touch them. Mainly bc I have anxiety and ocd. But I’ve been out with my mates who love to do coke when we’re out, and I always say no, but last time I was genuinely tempted to just try a little bit.

If you’ve tried it what’s your experience. Worth it or nah?

No. My sinuses are quite dodgy enough.

@Lilllypad11 if nothing else stops you think about the fact that it might have been smuggled up someones bum at one point or another.
The crime involved is horrendous. The risk to your life is real. The time taken up by the police and nhs treating drug users is unconscionable.

I've never done any recreational drugs of any sort, not even a spliff and I've never smoked. I've been very drunk plenty of times over the years, but I've never been so drunk that I can't walk or speak or function at all.

These days I no longer pour a glass of wine every evening out of habit. I have one glass, maybe three times a week, with a meal. Even when I am socialising I rarely have more than two or three drinks. Once that slight buzz has kicked in, I am happy to stop. I have zero interest in getting slaughtered and I never want to have a hangover again as long as I live.

Reading this thread I am SO glad I've never been tempted by drugs or become a huge binge drinker. It's just not very dignified, is it?

I tried it a couple of times in my youth. To be honest I didn't feel like it did anything. Maybe I'm immune!

Yes many a time in the past. Tbh it's not a drug of my choice ... it makes people shouty and more confident also makes you drink more so not the best.

No, it’s not dignified but those with MH issues/undiagnosed neurodivergence/trauma can be more vulnerable to wanting to get obliterated, unfortunately. Yes it’s still a choice (at the very beginning at least), but not a choice made ‘in a vacuum’ as they say.

Took it for 2-3 years, 20 years ago, and at a conservative guess spent about £15-20k on it. I worked in TV, and there was soooo much of it being used. Have been to award events where you couldn’t even get in to have a wee, as the cubicles were full of groups having a line. I wasn’t addicted, and easily gave it up when I decided I wanted to. Just moved away from that circle of friends. As for all the pearl clutchers banging on about crime and exploitation. I trust you don’t own a mobile phone, or any diamonds (how many children had their hands chopped off so you could wear them on your finger?)

My (was) best friend started secretly doing coke with her boyfriend. It escalated to doing it all weekend, then on a comedown all Mon-Thurs so bad she was suicidal.

I do think she’s addicted and isn’t being honest with anyone about it. She’s also a work colleague and she seems all over the place.

Shes changed so much as a person too, I’m not actually sure who she is anymore.

@Hakunatomato , Yes, people who don't want other people murdered so they can have their hit of dangerous illegal drugs are 'pearl clutchers', FFS.

I've had it a few times. It seems to turn everyone quickly into asses. And I always get a sinus infection afterwards. It has zero appeal.

You didn't answer PG's question though?

Back in the day (early 90s) my friend was addicted. She went down to 5 1/2 stone, periods stopped, beautiful face full of cold sores etc.
It was grim. Thankfully she moved back in with her parents and sorted her shit out. Didn't touch it again.
It's vile. Don't do it to yourself 🌺

Seeing as you have adhd op it will give you the affect of taking your adhd meds.

Also be wary of what it's cut with.
Rat poison, dirty vallies, smack etc.
You are definitely not buying/taking pure coke.

Isn't it interesting how people will shuffle any moral justification onto other people rather than face the consequences of what they do? the 'well I bet what YOU do is just as evil so ner ner' defence.

Alternatively, people could just answer the question? I and virtually all of my peers do not take drugs like cocaine because we grew up and learnt about the harm caused. But it does bristle when you have people like a PP describing anyone who has tried coke as a "cunt" while blissfully unaware/choosing to ignore the damage caused by legal purchases.

But it does bristle when you have people like a PP describing anyone who has tried coke as a "cunt" while blissfully unaware/choosing to ignore the damage caused by legal purchases

Perhaps that person has seen first hand the damage coke causes. Is the damage caused by what are legal purchases equivalent or worse to the damage caused by the drug trade - which is (and this may not be an exhaustive list) - prostitution, people trafficking, murder, rape, extortion, violence, drug trafficking and political destabilisation? in some parts of Mexico the cartels rule and daily life for the populace is so unpleasant that they're flooding into the US.

I see your point about the damage caused by thing like phones (which frankly I'd rather do without). I just have no sympathy with people trying to excuse all of the above with 'well you're just as bad". I don't see much moral equivalence.

And if it does bristle for you, why is that?

I’be done lots of other stuff but never coke, some of my best friends took it for a while and the change in them was really sad - they became really self-centred, boring. Luckily they’ve all stopped now and gone back to their nice interesting selves though some had real problems getting off it. I wouldn’t recommend it.

Nah my ex started to take it socially after we split and he lost his home and job within a year - very few can keep it to just a casual take it or leave it drug

I've done it a fair few times, it was fun but I don't have an addictive personality and could take it or leave it. Given that you know you struggle with addiction anyway, I'd steer well clear!

@MrsDanversGlidesAgain I agree, I don't think "you're just as bad" is a very helpful comment. But a lot of legal purchases are harmful and I have seen people on this site point this out only to be met with snidey comments and aggression.

I have no skin in the game regarding cocaine, I don't take it. But it bristles for me when users are described as "cunts" when a great many people end up embroiled in drug use because of unresolved trauma.

when drugs are brought up on this forum, I find it really interesting how many MNers haven’t actually tried them and yet still have a very strong opinion on how they’ll make you feel / the effect they have

For most people, trying coke won’t become a habit. It’s something you do, actually makes you feel quite nice and confident and chatty and then no need for it until someone offers it to you again on another night out. It isn’t particularly easy to get addicted to because, 1) it’s expensive 2) most people don’t actually know drug dealers and 3) it certainly isn’t the kind of thing you’d take on a Monday before work

I personally did it quite a bit in my 20s, then grew up, had a family and now in my 30s I barely remember the last time I did it. But it was something to do on a night out, not an addiction. Nowadays, I wouldn’t like the doom and dread I get after drinking that would be compounded by Coke.

I would do mdma again as that’s actually a lovely feeling.

i feel like everytime there is a thread about drugs everyone talks about how addictive it is and that’s why you shouldn’t do it. Most people wouldn’t get addicted to it and it is just a social drug

(this is just about the feeling / effect, not to mention the moral issues which of course are questionable)

What’s your data for this? My experience is that most people can and do keep it casual

“Don’t look here! Look over there!”

Now, back to clutching pearls. Hang on, I don’t own any pearls. Ok, clutching my diamond ring (which I am completely comfortable with as my husband was born and grew up in one of those ‘blood diamond’ countries and knew he wanted to avoid all of that. Yes, you can get ethically sourced and lab grown diamonds.) Mobile phones? I change mobiles as infrequently as possible, not one of these who has 3 on the go at once and needs the latest one. But it is a regulated industry and consumers can choose which phones to buy, and with increased consumer and regulatory pressure will come better standards for workers. Unlike in the drug trade. While we are on it, are we going to say ‘hey, I take drugs, but what about exploitation of coffee and chocolate workers? They farm their beans in the same places that are controlled by a lot of the drug cartels. What about slave labour in the Dubai where you go on holiday? What about the child labour making your budget clothes? What about deforestation and water supply pollution by companies like Nestle and Coca Cola? What about, what about, what about…..???’

There is no justification for whataboutery in drug taking. You know, when you had over your money, that numerous criminals are involved in the chain that got it from a clearing in a jungle in Columbia to up your nose, and somewhere along the way someone probably died to get you that ‘bit of fun.’

So while I didn’t actually call any drug takers a cunt (I called them dicks) in the interests of not being sexist with my insults feel free to call yourself a cunt or a dick. Either one applies to anyone involving themselves in the drug trade, whether they be dealer or user.

It's one of those things we're it's fun, until you get old enough to realise all the pain and suffering other people have had to go through for it to arrive in your hand.

Same reason I can't buy iPhones or stuff from Primark anymore!