Hi new member here I do not feel like I have a grievous addiction but was taking cocaine quite often nearly every weekend or twice a week. I feel this is not the best person I could be and am trying to work on myself to be a better person and work more on my career. I have stopped from 3 days ago but I know the weekend is going to be tough as I will have a few drinks and would want to take more. Hopefully I manage to stay off it
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Welcome to the forum! Glad ur here 
Congratulations on ur 3 days. I see that ur planning on having drinks this weekend that could cause u to use cocaine. Would not drinking at all be an option? That was the urge to use cocaine wont be as strong.
I have come to understand (for myself) that i have to abstain from all drugs (including alcohol) in order to recover. My DOC was crack cocaine but anytime i put any substance into my body, it released that addiction all over again. Didnt matter honestly if it was my drug of choice or not. Just a thought
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That is very true i think im doing well not using one thing but as soon as i do one it escalates for all ,you are in the right place here ,its helping me intensely with my addictions .you can do do this we have your back love and strength sent your way
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You are 100% right. Not drinking would solve the problem for sure but at the same time I dont want to be that guy who cant have a drink unless it turns out in using.
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Thank you I appreciate your words
Hi maz and welcome, maybe don’t have a few drinks I know for a fact that doing so makes it much less likely that you use coke👍
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I think you’ll have to ask yourself eventually what you wanna be less. That guy or a coke fiend. I don’t know anyone who overcome a coke addiction and was able to keep drinking alcohol.
If the things are tightly associated to be point where one leads to the other, they’ll both have to go. Change people, places and things, as they say in the program.
Good luck!
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Me! Hi! It’s me! I quit coke for over a year and continued drinking. All it took was moving to a different country away from my dealer. That’s… probably not an option for everyone.
@Maz1 I get where you’re coming from, alchohol was always a prelude to doing coke. And the coke would make me drink more. And then there would be the blackouts, the comedowns, the wasted days. I didn’t really have a career or life goals to speak off until I got fully sober 8 months ago. It’s quite amazing how much my life changed for the better since. Alcohol is not doing you any favours.
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I understand where you’re coming from, as I’m in the same boat. I think the best option is to stop going out for drinks until you feel comfortable. It’s sucks, because once you go back out you’re gonna want it, but you have to fight it.
I wish I could have more to help you …and myself
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So the weekend has passed. Managed to have a few drinks but did not revert back to cocaine. Got a bit wasted on saturday with alcohol but all was well went home had an early night.
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Congratulations on a week substance free! I am glad you were able to keep your sobriety from cocaine last weekend. But please be careful. Trying to stay away from triggers is important (especially) in early sobriety. We are all only trying to give you some advice and help. Of course, this is your journey and you will make your own choices.
Oh, and welcome to TS I’m happy you’re here with us 
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Yes thank you and I appreciate everybody’s words of advice.
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