Cold turkey- help me when I'm tempted

[rainbowdash17]

I'm about to go cold turkey from cocaine.
It's time to! Definitely
My weak points are when I'm tempted to buy some (usually evenings)

Can I message on here when I'm tempted for a pep talk on why I shouldn't & reassurance that it's ok?
I think it would really help me

Do you reckon we can do this?

Lemsip's pretty hardcore (for colds)

Glad you're feeling more on top of it tonight, flat no checking your purse tonight! I know what you mean about darkness falling.. great, another trigger to add to my frigging list; darkness.

Feeling ok today, been keeping busy. It's funny how some days the craving is much worse than others.
Watched Paw Patrol with DN and thought of you flat. Would be nice to have coke patrol wouldn't it? If there's trouble, call coke patrol they'll be there at the double (with warm blankets and soothing words)

Yell you're amazing. I can only imagine how hard it is.

Ha ha coke (Turkey) patrol sounds like a fabulous idea. Hope your cold gets better Serial. Though perhaps it's a blessing in disguise.

Get well soon, serial < put some lemsip in.

Mind you on a bad day, a load of dogs turning up in funny outfits driving trucks would be a bit disconcerting.

It would certainly get the PTA mums talking!

Cleaning how are you tonight?

Hi all

I don't know how I haven't seen this thread before on here but glad I have now

I have over a week not using cocaine. I wasn't using massive amounts before, more of a weekend user but getting the point where it was the thing that would make or break the night iyswim.

I feel in with a bad crowd of big coke users and enjoyed the scene but it was going downhill fast. I had a moment of clarity last weekend when we had all planned to go out for the night but were back in someone's flat by 11 just so we could openly use. The whole mood got dark and claustrophobic and I realised everyone was chatting the same shit they did week in week out. At the same time I had handed my phone over to someone else with my login details for my bank so I could transfer money for another gram.

I called a taxi, went home and had another awful Sunday of lying on the sofa feeling horrendous. I haven't been out or spoken to any of them since other than to just drop a text saying I wouldn't be out for a while (as in never). Luckily I have other groups of friends who never use so I can hang with them instead.

Feeling really positive about my decision, hope everyone else is doing well this evening.

Pta mum 1: I see she had that coke patrol out again last night round hers
Pta mum 2: tut, it's a bloody disgrace and it's not helping the parking situation round here

Hello Smudgy
Sounds like you've done amazingly well with a whole week clean and it also sounds like you've made your mind up you've had enough. Welcome to the thread.

Reporting for turkey patrol! Still sitting pretty on the surfboard over here. I've never felt so good. Only having 1 or 2 cigs a day too.

Welcome newcomers

Waving pom poms for you, cleaning

Hi everyone

Only read the first and last page but just wanted to give you a heads-up that I was sometimes using coke at parties in the 80's old gimmer and having acupuncture for an unrelated problem cleared me from wanting to take it - instantly!

After that session I could only think of the shit they cut it with that I would be sniffing up - yikes! Rat poison??! (not sure if that"s true!) but anyway, it put me off for life.

After that I also saw how self-absorbed people who do coke are - ugh. Dropped the lot of them.

Life is great now.

So, don't spend that money on that shit, get some acupuncture! It's the better deal, I promise!

That sounds miraculous.

Ilfy thanks for the acupuncture tip, I am open to all possibilities so may well give it a go. In my experience I would say 'coke makes people self absorbed' rather than 'coke users are self absorbed' a subtle but quite significant difference. As i hope our epic thread demonstrates those of us who use coke are generally pretty decent unselfabsorbed people when we are sober.

Smudgy welcome onboard, glad you found us. I can massively relate to the 'spending the day on the sofa, feeling horrendous feeling' ....I just wish I could bottle that feeling and bring it out every time I get a craving

It's been another tough one tonight, but I am now safely in bed.

Ah flat you should have said . You're inching closer to feeling less like this, if you see what I mean.

If all else fails, you can try sticking pins in yourself ( aka acupuncture ).
I'm a little sceptical of miracle cures but I guess it might be worth a go
You're doing really well, you'll get there x
Just watched Apple tree yard- ooh er missus.

Flat that's another day done!

The comedown, the guilt, the gnawing anxiety is so clear in my mind right now. I think I'm lucky that I had that revelation when I did. And also that I have groups who wouldn't dare touch coke that I can still hang with. I think when your main group are all users it's hard to walk away.

Morning all, reporting for patrol! Coffee and bagels this morning, then taking the little ones for hot chocolate before school. I ❤️ being sober. Was very close last night, but my DH was an unexpectedly amazing wing man. Hope you are all good?

flat - yes, you are right. I should have said that "makes them self-absorbed" and I agree most casual coke users are decent people except those who are nasty even without coke.

When I wrote that, I was thinking of two guys who actually dealt in the stuff, and having known them from before, where they were decent guys, they became pretty obsessed with all things coke. Not surprising if they were making money from it....

Cocaine can certainly bring out the worst in people, I'll agree with you there, fly. It's evil stuff and I think I speak for everyone on this thread, we all want it out of our lives.

Hot chocolate before school sounds lovely! It's so dark and damp here..
Really pleased your husband helped last night, flat, there are upsides to having a partner that's experienced everything you have and knows the score.

Well done all, another clean day under our belts!

Lost and ilfly thank you! I hate who I am on coke, I try to think of it as the drug not me, whilst still absolutely taking responsibility for how far it's managed to infiltrate my life,

Nice one flat!

Having a crap day but not gonna fall into the turkey laiden sea

Yy lost to wanting that shit out and gone for good!!

Have declined this weekends party invite.

Well done cleaning!, we will beat this. Sorry you are having a crap day, but stay 💪. In my experience Coke only ever makes things worse, not better in the long run