Professor White and the line dancing surfers eat cold turkey

[serialtester]

Welcome to the surfboard!

Testing testing 1, 2 yes your thread works, serial

Ahem, welcome to our new thread, open to anyone struggling with kicking cocaine. We offer support, a shoulder to cry on and other stuff. Whether going cold turkey, cutting down or just someone whose life is affected, all welcome.

We'll all try to surf the urges together.

Bloody well said Lost.

I thought I sounded a bit like an annoying ITV advert but at least it explains what it's all about

Well this is like hiring a big hall out for a party and two people turning up

They're all being cool and fashionably late.

Third person comes running in to empty hall, with some nibbles, a couple of bottles of vino and two grams of cocaine hidden in their bra

Bloody well done serial for the technical sorting and lost I LOVE your intro, it's perfect!!

Flat, I'm going to have to ask you to remove your bra. Again, it's an ecumenical matter.

Ah you found us, Flat. Please remove your bra (joking)

Well I'm officially entering the Danger Zone but managing ok on the surfboard tonight.
serial is our IT support department.

Glad to see you are still surfing the urges ladies!
Hope everyone is being kind to themselves.

Costa!!!!! Welcome welcome, do pull up a seat

The waters are choppy tonight.

Welcome Costa!

How have you been getting on Costa?

Yes choppy waters tonight. Determined not to write off my weekend like last week though. It's all still fresh in my mind like a bad dream

Testing my name change!

Phew it worked!

Can I join in? I have read the entire first thread and I'm inspired by how supportive you all are.

Wow witty! Thank you!
Lost, whatever happens you'll do ok. I have the arm bands ready.

I'm blowing up my arm bands and having a nice lager.

Welcome to the thread witty Have you been struggling yourself?

Now for the hard bit - my story. I had never taken any drugs until about a year ago - never even smoked a cigarette (a paragon of virtue!). Then my OH introduced me to cocaine about a year ago. It's now got to the stage we're taking it every weekend - sometimes one night, sometimes both.
During the week I'm always resolute, thinking I'm not doing it this weekend but then he comes round and puts some out and I just cave. He doesn't even ask - I'll come into the room and it's just there.
But I'm scared of the side effects and I hate feeling down and paranoid all week.

It's nothing to be ashamed of witty it sounds like you want to change.

I'm a bit jealous of you walking into random rooms in your house and finding lines out . I'm not sure I could resist that. Maybe speak to OH and try to tell him how you honestly feel about it?

It does soon start to take over, I understand that. What starts as an occasional treat seems to quickly turn to counting down the days til Friday every week, or in my case telling myself Thursday is technically the start of the weekend

Oh god, someone setting up lines would be my dream and nightmare! It takes hold so, so quickly and the addict brain completely override's common sense. Have an arm band witty!!

I'm 5 weeks (nearly) clean, but I dream about it and at random times "smell" it.

I have tried saying I don't want it but he'll say "it's just a little one" or " don't be daft" and that's it - my resolve goes out the window. I have no will power whatsoever!

Just checking in, hi and welcome witty
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Serial*, sometimes i can taste it at the back of my throat, or at least I think I can. That's game over for me, no will power at all.

I'm feeling positive today, almost back to my usual self!

Just read this because I was intrigued by the headline! (Marketers dream me!)

Never taken drugs myself unless you count smoking a spliff once at 15 and fessing up to your mam immediately because you didn't like the taste!

I just wanted to say that I think this is lovely that you are offering support to each other and for those of you that are going/getting clean well bloody good on you!

Much love to all. x