Just found out a friend has a 6-800 quid month coke habit

[stevekingchef]

HIguys


Well just chatting to my friend ,he has a huge problem.

I'm not sure how to approach this matter.


He can't afford it,it's doing him harm,


Now the question is what to do to help him sort it out?


Steve

[bazza]

Become his dealer. The problem will sort itself eventually and you'll be considerably better off.
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[GaZ]

Share the load?

Spend some of it on hookers?

Coke and hookers, that's the best I've got...

GaZ

[GhostRider]

What, is he getting it on tick then? Because you can't be doing 600-800 a month without somehow paying for it.

Alas, in these cases, he won't listen until he gets the beat down of his life from his dealer, stabbed, or his family start paying the price for his indulgences, some thing happened with a friend who got fond of crack, they'll nod and agree with what you are saying, but sure enough next day they'll be at it again.

I guess its like any addiction, he has to decide for himself that he wants to stop, and put his foot forward first.

He knows he's fucking up, let him figure it out.

Don't lend him any money.

GhostRider
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[boboking]

This....

https://www.amodelrecommends.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/diet_coke_2_23.jpg

Seriously though try here, lots of expert advice & facility to deal with the problem:

https://www.talktofrank.com/worried-about-a-friend

[Ollie1995]

Try and ease him onto more casual drugs?
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[charlie74]

if he has no dependants just grass him up to the fuzz

sounds harsh, but might give him time the kick to the nads he needs

for a habit like that, talking isnt going to reach him, so anything short of an intervention isnt going to do much till he hits the TOTAL bottom, and thats not a place i wish on anyone

[GhostRider]

[stevekingchef]

He works pays for all his bits,it's couple grams here couple grams there adds up very quickly,

He owes know one money ,he just needs to stop


Sign of depression are lurking ,sees a few lines as a way to cheer himself up,mainly self pity I think.

I'm gonna chat to him tomorrow when he sober


Cheers guys


Steve

[haroman666]

Tell him that he'd feel more awesome, for longer if he bought MDMA. That way he saves on cash as he'd get ~6 hours out of the equivalent amount of coke that would do 30 mins. Better value for money. Every little helps.
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[HJM]

Eh, some pretty terrible advice that has been pointed out by GhostRider.

I also have to +1 GhostRider again...(licking his a$$ or what?!) the only way he is going to get off this, is if something terrible happens, something that makes him wake up and smell the fuvking coffee.

I made a post a while ago about my mum, she struggles with an addiction which she is yet to overcome, but the only way she snaps out of her 'phases' (times when she drinks a couple bottles of vodka and wine a day) is when the sh!t hits the fan and she is forced to.

Hope your mate sorts this out, wish you all the best. Talking to someone with an addiction is not easy, expect lying.....lots of lying.


HJM.
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[killa]

That’s an awful lot of coke.
To actually find anything decent is difficult nowadays unless you spend a lot. I had a mate who got really into it, every occasion I saw him he was wired…one day he told me that he cut it right down, now he’s on a clean path with a wife and a good job. I could ask him how he got through it.

As for getting him off it, I think I would take two different angles. First off, tell him with absolute sincerity that you’d like him to stop because he looks a bit daft doing it so often. He should only do some at parties and special occasions perhaps…not anytime he wants to. You could add in that you’d prefer not to see him until he grows up and learns to control his habit. Use the guilt/embarrassment perhaps.
The second, more extreme option would be to tell a family member. I’m not an expert so this might not be advisable, the thing is, IMO I’d drop that shit like a hot rock if anyone in my family got involved.
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[shereen]

Truth is you probably cant do anything to help your mate apart from being his mate.

Talk to him, suggest rehab, but he wont stop unless he wants to.
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[t121anf]

How much coke do you get for £600-800 a month?

It sounds a lot but I usually see drugs as expensive so that won't be much surely?

<NB I have no idea about drugs>

[Ste]

If he's clever then he'll be buying by the ounce.

[GhostRider]

[Wonko The Sane]

would a lads weekend away do any good?

find somewhere to go and just have a laugh and a good time together keeping him distracted from wanting to take a hit.
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[GhostRider]

[smegballs]

[Tungtvann]

£80 a gram?! The recession even affects the drug prices!

[CaNsA]

Dunno if this helps you but....

I loved a few lines, but I was never a coke fiend.
https://i.imgur.com/Ejfy0ZJ.jpg

I loved it at the weekends with a few bottles of vodka and a a few mates.
We had a great time. Bloody awesome it was.

I cant do it anymore though for 2 reasons.
1, my missus would fuck off if i did
2, the thought of it makes me retch, which is weird.

But that craving for a line will always surface every now and again.
I can see why it is so addictive.

There are usually 2 parts to an addiction.
Along with the addictiveness of the chosen vice there has to be another reason why your mate is hammering it.

He needs to sort that bit out, then he can deal with the addiction.

[smegballs]

[Tungtvann]

One of the reasons I wouldn't touch the stuff (aside from the job and drugs testing of course). Complete waste of money! It's always cut by the time you get it anyway, I think I read that it was always down to 30-40% anyway, even before all this 60 and 80 quid a gram shit happened. Even the 80 quid stuff is still probably about 40% at best.