I thought I'd share this in the TDS section since it definitely fits.
For three months I shared a place with a guy I really liked and seemed like a cool dude. However I didnt know about his history with crack. That history being that he had 5 trips to rehab and continually found himself deep into it despite going clean for a few months at a time.
It all started last christmas. We had a lot of time off work. And he received a lot of extra money from his folks as a "congrats for not being fucked up" type thing. Well we're in Peru. And if you like the white stuff, Peru's a great country to be in. We started going at it almost every other day during a two week break. I was pretty normal, just blowing the powder. We had a "I buy you fly" arrangement where he paid and I went out and picked it up, given that I spoke spanish and was more comfortable with communication.
We didnt spend a lot of time together on it despite sharing an apartment. He seemed to isolate himself a lot. I never realized he was smoking it until he offered me a crack hit about a week into the two week binge. And I tried it. And while it was pretty thrilling, I have to say I immediately saw the bad side of it, and after about 30 minutes of it, never touched it again. I've kept the stuff in my nose since then.
Work was to start towards the beginning of January. And he wasn't showing up to work. During these few days, he was hallucinating conversations. He would call me telling me the police were below the window speaking in English (in a not so great area of Peru mind you, where we'd be the only english speakers in the entire district, and the police are borderline retarded) looking for him. He went so far as to flush what he had left. He started stealing my money, although at least he confessed it when I'd get home and paid me back the 3 times.
He lost his great job, which was about to give him a one year contract with green card because he simply wasnt coming to class. He stopped caring, and kept smoking. To the point where my grass pipe which he used exploded from overheating. He probably spent about $400 on it in 2 weeks, or in measurements probably 100 grams. Although I probably snorted 30 ish of those 100 . Still smoking 70 grams in two weeks is pretty wild and insane. I will say he was a hell of a fast cook with the spoon and lighter but definitely whatever he bought here in peru wasn't the most efficient. And I know the money doesnt sound high but here the stuff's cheap, and that was the equivalent of 3/5ths of a months pay. If we weren't nearly broke from paying rent and such he'd have done more. It was that "gift money" that got him going. Before I saw things go downhill I did pitch in about $40 for my share although he was typically splitting a lot to me simply for picking it up and making the phone calls.
He got to a few points where he nearly fought with neighbors simply because they misunderstood his horrible spanish, which wasnt any better on crack. He attempted to hit on / seduce our landlady, sell a neighbors bike, and at one point simply started selling anything he owned for crack money. He slept probably one day a week for those two weeks. And he would scream in his sleep when he finally went out. I bought him xanax and valium (OTC here) and even 5mg of xanax and 20mg of valium didnt put him down for a while. He'd wake up in two hours. He was really at a point I didnt know existed.
Fortunately for him, he has an inheritance controlled by his folks (due to his "condition') and that covered damages and payments. I was lucky not to lose a dime in the end. His folks talked to me directly, we worked things out. Got him on the straight and narrow. Now he's working in a different part of the country although with the same type of work. He actually makes more than I do and works less ironically. He's been sober for about 6 months, not even touching a beer as he tends to associate all types of "fun" together. We spend time together every other month and I can drink in front of him without a problem. Although I can see he's already itching to go back to his ways.
My overall point, avoid smoking the white stuff. I've snorted a hell of a lot. Actually just hit some for the first time in 4 months tonight. But the point is, that I can wait 4 months and not really ever NEED it, but just have a slight desire. Its still mildly addictive in the moment, but not long term. I will say these last few weeks I've wanted to touch cocaine, but not to the point where I went looking for it. I let it come to me tonight at a bar and I knew it would. But I saw from one smoke the power it has.
I think everybody is different and some people are more easily addicted than others, but regardless avoid smoking crack. I've seen the dark side of it as up close and personal as it can get without actually being the victim. So whatever you do, if you really wanna play with the stuff, which is fine, just keep it in the nose. Thats my story.
puedo tranducir a espanol si alguien desea, lo hablo y siempre me gusta propagar informacion a todos que lo quieren.
For three months I shared a place with a guy I really liked and seemed like a cool dude. However I didnt know about his history with crack. That history being that he had 5 trips to rehab and continually found himself deep into it despite going clean for a few months at a time.
It all started last christmas. We had a lot of time off work. And he received a lot of extra money from his folks as a "congrats for not being fucked up" type thing. Well we're in Peru. And if you like the white stuff, Peru's a great country to be in. We started going at it almost every other day during a two week break. I was pretty normal, just blowing the powder. We had a "I buy you fly" arrangement where he paid and I went out and picked it up, given that I spoke spanish and was more comfortable with communication.
We didnt spend a lot of time together on it despite sharing an apartment. He seemed to isolate himself a lot. I never realized he was smoking it until he offered me a crack hit about a week into the two week binge. And I tried it. And while it was pretty thrilling, I have to say I immediately saw the bad side of it, and after about 30 minutes of it, never touched it again. I've kept the stuff in my nose since then.
Work was to start towards the beginning of January. And he wasn't showing up to work. During these few days, he was hallucinating conversations. He would call me telling me the police were below the window speaking in English (in a not so great area of Peru mind you, where we'd be the only english speakers in the entire district, and the police are borderline retarded) looking for him. He went so far as to flush what he had left. He started stealing my money, although at least he confessed it when I'd get home and paid me back the 3 times.
He lost his great job, which was about to give him a one year contract with green card because he simply wasnt coming to class. He stopped caring, and kept smoking. To the point where my grass pipe which he used exploded from overheating. He probably spent about $400 on it in 2 weeks, or in measurements probably 100 grams. Although I probably snorted 30 ish of those 100 . Still smoking 70 grams in two weeks is pretty wild and insane. I will say he was a hell of a fast cook with the spoon and lighter but definitely whatever he bought here in peru wasn't the most efficient. And I know the money doesnt sound high but here the stuff's cheap, and that was the equivalent of 3/5ths of a months pay. If we weren't nearly broke from paying rent and such he'd have done more. It was that "gift money" that got him going. Before I saw things go downhill I did pitch in about $40 for my share although he was typically splitting a lot to me simply for picking it up and making the phone calls.
He got to a few points where he nearly fought with neighbors simply because they misunderstood his horrible spanish, which wasnt any better on crack. He attempted to hit on / seduce our landlady, sell a neighbors bike, and at one point simply started selling anything he owned for crack money. He slept probably one day a week for those two weeks. And he would scream in his sleep when he finally went out. I bought him xanax and valium (OTC here) and even 5mg of xanax and 20mg of valium didnt put him down for a while. He'd wake up in two hours. He was really at a point I didnt know existed.
Fortunately for him, he has an inheritance controlled by his folks (due to his "condition') and that covered damages and payments. I was lucky not to lose a dime in the end. His folks talked to me directly, we worked things out. Got him on the straight and narrow. Now he's working in a different part of the country although with the same type of work. He actually makes more than I do and works less ironically. He's been sober for about 6 months, not even touching a beer as he tends to associate all types of "fun" together. We spend time together every other month and I can drink in front of him without a problem. Although I can see he's already itching to go back to his ways.
My overall point, avoid smoking the white stuff. I've snorted a hell of a lot. Actually just hit some for the first time in 4 months tonight. But the point is, that I can wait 4 months and not really ever NEED it, but just have a slight desire. Its still mildly addictive in the moment, but not long term. I will say these last few weeks I've wanted to touch cocaine, but not to the point where I went looking for it. I let it come to me tonight at a bar and I knew it would. But I saw from one smoke the power it has.
I think everybody is different and some people are more easily addicted than others, but regardless avoid smoking crack. I've seen the dark side of it as up close and personal as it can get without actually being the victim. So whatever you do, if you really wanna play with the stuff, which is fine, just keep it in the nose. Thats my story.
puedo tranducir a espanol si alguien desea, lo hablo y siempre me gusta propagar informacion a todos que lo quieren.
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