So I’ve decided to download this app to motivate me to stop taking cocaine.
I’ve took it recreationally since I was about 17/18 and started experiencing anxiety and slight paranoia about two years ago. My friendship group take it when we go out or have a few drinks, the issue is when I have a drink I crave it.
My life is getting in order but I had negative thoughts on the weekend and it’s never going to go away so I’ve decided I no longer want to take it.
Has anyone got any tips what helped them do it? I think a break will do me good as I honestly don’t think I’ve gone longer than two weeks without it for years now.
This app helps me through my journey of staying sober. My drug of choice is alcohol. I often come on here to just read the different threads… you’ll see how much you can relate to a lot of them. It’s super helpful for me. Also when I’ve needed to vent or ask advice. It keeps me accountable in a way to check in often. This community is awesome you’ll learn that quickly. Tons of resources and people genuinely wanting to help or relate to you and your journey. You’ll meet some people you vibe really good with and some not so much and that’s ok… most important thing is you’ve acknowledged your dependency and want to make a change. Stay strong and remember one day at a time.
@ELY83 has over two years sober, there will be plenty of others too
If you use the search bar and type cocaine you can see who else is active on the forum and also read about experiences of people who aren’t active any more. Although just reading around, you will probably find you relate to lots of people regardless of their substance/ addiction.
Here are some good links to get started with:
Good for you for taking the first step! The start of every journey begins with one.
Hello and welcome i was a binge drinker and coke user back in the day !!! I couldn’t drink without using it all went hand in hand ! When i got into recovery i had to cut off my so called using mates to give myself the best chance to be free … they still sit in the same old mates kitchen weekend in weekend out sniffing and drinking and I couldn’t think of anything worse to do with my life !!! Keep reading and connecting on here were all here to help eachother through our journey.
Hey! Glad you’re here. Cocaine and alcohol were my two big issues. First…delete every connect and every friend of a connect from your phone. Does that feel severe? It has to be… I stopped hanging out with a significant number of people when I got sober. In hindsight…they were ALL drug buddies. The friends I have now are truly friends. It helped me in the beginning to write down every detail I could remember about my last hangover. Falling asleep with the birds chirping. A sick snotty nose, the sleep that isn’t really sleep. The shakiness, throwing up, the depression and paranoia etc etc…leave nothing out. Then I also wrote every reason I could think to get sober. No matter how small, how shallow or trivial. I read these two things all the way through…over and over every time a craving hit. I can say, without a doubt…that two and a half years after the fact, it is the single greatest decision I ever made. NA, SMART Recovery and Refuge Recovery are all fantastic resources for people in recovery as well. Recovery became the centerpiece of my life. I made a full paradigm shift. Full stop. This is hopefully at least a start to help you on your way. I’m here and checking the app multiple times a day if you want to reach out in this thread or directly by message. Once again…
Sounds something quite similar to my friendship circle. The only issue is I grew up with them all since I was 11 years old, they’re all fantastic and use it recreationally but for my personally it’s got way more than that and probably abuse it when I take it now.
It all started as a social thing but for me the effects of doing it have had a shot negative impact on my mental health. The issue is my mates are all fantastic and I grew up with them for a young age so I need to persevere I think whilst they still go about doing it as I don’t want to lose them as friends.
I’ve deleted every number I have for the cocaine which I’ve not done before so hopefully a small step, the drinking definitely makes me yearn for it so I’m thinking of have laying off the drink for a couple of weeks just to help with staying off it!
Again, thanks so much for the response I really appreciate it.
Glad to hear you’ve deleted your contacts. Oh I also forgot to say that I came on here all the g-damn time , especially in the beginning. Knowing that there were other people out there making these paradigm shifts…acknowledging that they had issues, it made me feel not alone. You’re not alone. There’s a whole bunch of people here who are choosing life over oblivion. Really glad you’re here.
If they are real friends, you won’t. Seriously taking a break from going out/ meeting up for a couple of months won’t make a difference to people who really matter. Lockdown has proved this!
Different for me cos I live 200 miles away from my school friends now so I didn’t see them regularly anyway at the point I quit drinking, but still catch up with them all a few times a year (usually). But we still have an amazing time even though most of us met and bonded through partying and some of them still party hard. I didn’t start socialising with them again until I felt confident with it.
If the friendships fall apart without drink and drugs that really says something about those friendships. And that’s ok! If that is the case, you will make new connections that are meaningful and that will be the right thing. Or it could be something that strengthens your friendships. Who knows? That’s why we take it one day at a time.
Change and the unknown is scary, but to be fair so is all the shit that comes with a cocaine habit. Of course nothing is ever certain, but the risk and unknown of sobriety is likely to end up a better path than the progression of your addiction.
There is a saying “nothing changes if nothing changes” - it all starts with us, how we are willing to look at ourselves and what we are willing to do to get and stay sober.
I understand that u been friends forever I miss some of my old mates at times cos they are good people but I just couldn’t be part of the circle anymore they could all function the next day while I’d be hanging and beating myself up struggling with my mental health!!! I had to grow up at some point !!!
and type cocaine you can see who else is active on the forum and also read about experiences of people who aren’t active any more. Although just reading around, you will probably find you relate to lots of people regardless of their substance/ addiction.