Cocaine quick coke query

[deximate]

In a week or so I will be in possession of (approx.) an 8ball of cocaine. I have no idea what the quality will be like; to be honest, I haven't even done coke - let alone IVed coke - in at least 5 years. I've kept up with my needle skills, courtesy of the occasional heroin purchase (i'm on 150 mg of methadone, so it's basically pointless, but I like playing with syringes, sick as that may be) so I'm not worried about having a problem in that area, even though my veins are about as crappy as they come. In fact, I'm pretty relaxed about the whole thing... I did have one question, tho - - in preparation for this (almost certainly) brief and (hopefully) isolated encounter with an old friend, I figured I'd skip the crappyass needles available at the local drugstore, and buy a bag or two of decent points and plenty of clean mixer online... so i was doing that, and then, all of a sudden, I just couldn't remember whether bacteriostatic water or sodium chloride was the way to go with cocaine. I always used water with dope (the salt shot thing might be a myth/might have basis in reality but hell if I'm taking the chance), but I just can't remember which is correct for coke. i checked the internet and - surprise, surprise - found info supporting and/or warning against both, once on the same damn website. I figure I can't go wrong with bacteriostatic water (hell, I'm already ahead of the hard ups who will use toilet water if desperate enough... a lot of us have known a few of those people and, most of those of us have also seen horrible shit happen to those people, usually sooner rather than later), but since this is a special - ONE TIME (keep repeating it...) - occasion, I thought I'd go the extra mile and make the effort to make sure before I hit the purchase button.

Though I prefer to forget that time in my life happened, cocaine destroyed me once (and then again. and again. and...) Even though I started shooting dope when I was 15, and didn't even try injecting coke til my early 20s, dope never went through every part of my life and systematically destroyed before burning every last bridge (just in case I ever tried to retrieve the smallest fragment of my life pre-coke) the way IV cocaine did. I didn't stop when I developed cellulitis, I ignored the nightly seizures, I even did my best to downplay the stroke I ended up having... I love heroin, and I've done some fucked up stuff to make sure I got my fix when I needed it, but it's almost like coke actually wants to do it's damndest to kill you, whereas dope is just dope. Doesn't care either way. I guess you're wondering right about now why in the name of god would I go near this stuff again...

simple. to me, i have yet to find anything on earth that can equal a perfect shot of cocaine. (And I made sure to wall away the bulk of my savings, so even if I want more, well, tough shit...)

thanks in advance for any help, one way or the other

 

[sekio]

bacteriostatic water is what you want

if you've had trouble with cocaine in the past you'd be a fool to start doing it again.

 

[phatass]

^^ agreed, don't let it ruin your lif again, you explicitly say ow much it damaged you... get something else instead, once you get the 8ball, you'll likely fall right back into regular us, or at least the way you usd to do before...

Why do you want to be self destructive? are you depressed or sumn...?

 

[Smoky]

I'm really glad to read this.

It destroyed me too, 8 years ago!
I have not had cocaine in years, and am 1/2 month off heroin. My mind has been thinking of using some cocaine as I am draaaagggginnnnng hard from opiate withdrawal. Since reading this I am remembering what it was like… I couldn't even sleep without using crack/ or cocaine, and needed it every 5 minutes to try to go back to sleep, and was under a bridge having seizures… Mixing with benzos to sleep, alcohol, opiates … ssris/snris, antipsychotics, gabapentins for nerve pain, somas for muscle spasms ... bourbon on and on, but the stimulants 'always' came first though… Oy!

Sekio is right … Don't do it!

 

[Fight Club]

You can use either sterile saline or bacteriostatic water. I've used both - either one works great. More importantly, make sure you are very well hydrated, use each point once, and have a sitter if at all possible. Get some BD 1cc 1/2 inch 30s. Have at it.

It will be great - just like old times. And then you will want to do it again, but only one more time. Then you will do it but only once a month, then once a week, then every time you get enough money to buy a ball or quarter. You'll do this until something bad happens.

Sure you want to do this? How about tossing the pins, forget the ball and try something new and healthy that you have never done before.

Either way,

Be safe. Have fun.

FC