Apart from dying and/or getting caught, does anyone have recurring fears, thoughts or occurrences when they smoke crack?
Are your fears justified or irrational & what, if anything, do you do to combat them?
I often smell things that could indicate danger like gas & a freshly damp smell (not like a long-term damp problem, more like a fresh leak) to the point where I have to check the gas taps haven't accidentally been turned on the cooker & nearly every fucking time go round the house inspecting all the radiators & the airing cupboard with a torch, convinced there's a leak
After I've washed up with ammonia & used kitchen roll to absorb it, then put the tissue in the bin, I often worry that it's going to ignite in the bin while it's still hot & sometimes check for ages afterwards
When I had money to waste on it, I smoked it in a lot of places & situations where the risk of getting caught was high & a lot was wasted & not enjoyed in the haste & fear of discovery. Exhaling into a train toilet & flushing it immediately or blowing my smoke into a kitchen roll tube with socks stuffed in each end in a v risky place, was never an enjoyable, relaxing or productive experience
I like to smoke at home, on my own, when I have no commitments or interruptions. There are some people I can relax & smoke with, but in my home I end up shushing them when they're talking too loud with the window open
When I've been with friends at their homes & have had coke, with no intention of smoking it, deliberately not brought any equipment or pipe with me, I've usually ended up feeling snorting is a waste & asked if I can wash some up & give them lines.
My friends are amazingly accepting & non-judgemental about my preferences, however it's funny the amount of them who 'don't smoke crack' that suddenly lose interest in the lines you've offered them, and want a pipe when some is washed up, & then act like they've never smoked one before & ask for instruction on every aspect of smoking the pipe you give them
-where do I put my hands? what bit do I put the lighter on? when do I suck? etc etc & I end up being the crack monitor, watching people wave the pipe around, not get what to do & it's usually not worth it anyway, as I've done a hasty bicarb cook in the microwave & made a really shit pipe from limited materials - not a relaxing or enjoyable experience, yet still I have repeated this scenario several times
It took me spunking thousands of pounds, & to no longer be able to afford grams of coke at a time, to learn my biggest crack lesson -
Less is most definitely more for me in that, if I have a large amount of crack, whatever my intentions & plans & commitments, I will not stop until it's all gone
I have repeated this mistake over & over & over again, many times thinking this time will be different & fucking myself over with lack of sleep & inability to meet obligations the following day & basically being enveloped by THE FEAR & unable to function publicly or even speak on the phone & not even enjoying the pipes past a certain point
Now, I literally buy a quarter g at a time (occasionally 3/8ths & never more than half) when I can afford it & have a window of relaxed opportunity
It's been a revelation on the functioning & recovery front
A quarter usually produces 4 generous pipes & as long as I do it in the early eve, the paranoia never gets too intense & recedes quickly when done & I can easily sleep before midnight & be fine the next day (I much prefer smoking it in the afternoon or early eve anyway - it's too quiet late at night & too many noises!)
Obviously, I'd rather not smoke crack at all, & hopefully one day I won't, but in the meantime, my small, short episodes are enjoyable & don't disrupt my life too much