[welshsgj]

I need to stop taking cocaine and need to know the best way about it.

I’m 36 on Sunday and have been taking cocaine for about 15 years. I have 3 children and I am engaged living with my partner.

I take cocaine as much as I can when I have money, several times a week.

I have to stop, it’s got to the point where it’s now way out of hand.

I was looking to find out if people have been in similar situations and what I should do to kick the habit for good

[jamesz]

Hi Mate,

Im new to the forum but can totally resonate with your story!

You sound like a situation I was in several years ago and ill tell you the biggest problem I faced! I started making more and more money, which meant I was doing more and more drugs, this is not a position you want to find yourself in trust me. I wasted so many years and so much money on the drug it pains me still to think about it!

Here are a few things I try to do:

1. Come here and talk to people (just like this) speaking about it and sharing your story/feelings is a great way to help yourself and others.

2. Get rid of the phone numbers, not sure where you get your stuff from but if its a local dealer call your provider and block that number or delete it or do what you need to do.

3. Hard one – but necessary cut out the mates who use it, some people can take drugs casually and have a great time, some dont want help and that also fine, but if you think you have a problem you probably do and therefore you need to make some tough decisions! You dont need to tel everyone about your problem and thats why you are cutting them off, suggest other activities away from the bars/pubs. Take the kids out for the day or take a road trip! With money saved you will be able to afford it.

4. Make a schedule and stay busy! Idle hands are the devil’s workshop! If you have lots of spare time a great way to fill that space is going out getting a bag and getting up to no good! Keep yourself busy, go to the gym, plan ahead activities with the fiance and kids! They will absolutely love you for it!

5. Lastly I remind myself of what im actually like when im on it! You think your gods gift, funny, chatty, life and soul but the reality is usually stark contrast you just cant see it as your off you face! We have all seen mates on it and beg them to slow down or knock it on the head (yeah thats also you, you just dont realise it)

And finally this really resonated with me imagine your family and children on one side of a scale and the addiction on the other. Decide now which is more important! This image sticks in my mind every time I think about relapsing and I envisage my wife and kids high up in the air on this scale whilst the drugs are down in the gutter.

Wont be easy mate but you can do this! You are not the first person to get carried away with cocaine and you will not be the last, the UK right now is flooded with the stuff and its becoming normalised which is one of the hardest parts! Just remember blowing all your spare cash on coke is not normal mate no matter how many of your mates are doing it.

All the best

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