Okay, so I was just wondering the other day if people who ever use crack really have a chance in hell to be completely recovered from addiction from it. I thought crack was one of the most highly addictive drugs out there. Do people ever really give up crack for good?

Boy you''re trying too hard.

I hanged out with 63 year old schizophrenic crackhead.When I was in psyche ward,it seemed like half of them in there were addicted to crack or some hardcore substance.

For recovery addicts.I have no idea.Guessing succesful rehab for crack addicts are really low.

I hang out with former crackheads every couple days and save some other personal problems they seem fine to me.

purplepolitician said:

I hang out with former crackheads every couple days and save some other personal problems they seem fine to me.

That's interesting...

SeventeenDayze said:

Okay, so I was just wondering the other day if people who ever use crack really have a chance in hell to be completely recovered from addiction from it. I thought crack was one of the most highly addictive drugs out there. Do people ever really give up crack for good?

I know a few people who used to smoke that shit and have been clean for 5, 10, 20 years so its definitely possible to gain long term sobriety from it. It's not easy though and most people have many, many, many slips before they get completely clean from it. It's a sad, sad life for a crack head.

JoeyC said:

SeventeenDayze said:

Okay, so I was just wondering the other day if people who ever use crack really have a chance in hell to be completely recovered from addiction from it. I thought crack was one of the most highly addictive drugs out there. Do people ever really give up crack for good?

I know a few people who used to smoke that shit and have been clean for 5, 10, 20 years so its definitely possible to gain long term sobriety from it. It's not easy though and most people have many, many, many slips before they get completely clean from it. It's a sad, sad life for a crack head.

Yeah that's kind of the perspective that I had but wasn't quite sure. I was always under the impression that it was one of the most difficult habits to kick.

I've known a few powder cocaine addicts and one known crackhead. Both have had backslides. The crackhead told me himself that it is very, very difficult to kick and that just the one hit got him addicted. When I asked him why he couldn't just stop, he said the craving for that feeling is everlasting. The very first hit is the most powerful and euphoric and that all hits after that do not compare to the very first. That's why they call it "Chasing the grey ghost," because that's exactly what it is, chasing something that you will never find again.

I remember years ago I was offered some crack. I am not into heavy drugs so I passes. Lawd, Jesus Thank You!! I had enough sense to say no. Anything that was white, powdery, or crystaline, I stayed away from. If it was green and leafy and natural, I was in!

Someone I know had been on crack for 14 years maybe. The drug just plain wreaked havoc on him, his family, his job, finances, just everything. He entered rehab a couple of times about two years ago, would come out and be clean for about a month or two. He then got really sick with a serious lung infection, which doctors thought was lung cancer at first. He was on meds for about five months. Within a week of finished the meds, he was getting high again.

What caused him to finally leave it all alone was a mental breakdown. It was bad. He's been clean now for 8 months. I asked him about it the other day. He said that he thinks about it from time to time, but only in the sense that it was something that he's done. The desire for it has left him.

Side note: Back in the '80s, I was a weed smoker, and was getting high with some guy I knew who also dabbled in crack. I asked him what the high felt like, and he said, "Adria, don't ever touch the stuff. If you did, you would fall in love with it." He's dead now from an overdose (heroin, not crack).

Addiction is a disease that never permanently disappears... That's why people who suffer from and are treated for addictive substances always state that they are in "recovery" because they can slide back into substance abuse. The road to recovery is a life=long process...

I saw a DVD my friend had downloaded called "When Crackheads Go Wild". It was sad and funny at the same time! They interviewed this one chick while she was getting fucked doggy style while smoking a crack pipe! It's a low budget documentary, but I laughed almost the whole time! Go check it out!

benjaminira said:

I saw a DVD my friend had downloaded called "When Crackheads Go Wild". It was sad and funny at the same time! They interviewed this one chick while she was getting fucked doggy style while smoking a crack pipe! It's a low budget documentary, but I laughed almost the whole time! Go check it out!

and this is the state of a large group of poor people in the fenced in areas of america.

I know quite a few former users and all have been cleaned for more than 20 years .. plus you dont really see crackheads like you use too back in the days

I have many friends who are recovering addicts, from substances ranging from crack to heroin to crystal meth. Regardless of the drug, recovery is possible - not easy, but possible. And yes, once an addict, always an addict, which is why it's vital to find a 12-step recovery group (in my case, Narcotics Anonymous) and attend regularly and diligently work the 12 steps.

On July 20, 2013, I will have 5 years clean from a crystal meth and pot addiction that nearly killed me and completely ruined my life. Today I have a better, more full life than I ever could have imagined, even before I started using.

So yes, it is possible - but it requires a lot of work.

SeventeenDayze said:

theblueangel said:

I have many friends who are recovering addicts, from substances ranging from crack to heroin to crystal meth. Regardless of the drug, recovery is possible - not easy, but possible. And yes, once an addict, always an addict, which is why it's vital to find a 12-step recovery group (in my case, Narcotics Anonymous) and attend regularly and diligently work the 12 steps.

On July 20, 2013, I will have 5 years clean from a crystal meth and pot addiction that nearly killed me and completely ruined my life. Today I have a better, more full life than I ever could have imagined, even before I started using.

So yes, it is possible - but it requires a lot of work.

I love you and am so proud of you.

SeventeenDayze said:

Okay, so I was just wondering the other day if people who ever use crack really have a chance in hell to be completely recovered from addiction from it. I thought crack was one of the most highly addictive drugs out there. Do people ever really give up crack for good?

Sure they do.

purplethunder3121 said:

Addiction is a disease that never permanently disappears... That's why people who suffer from and are treated for addictive substances always state that they are in "recovery" because they can slide back into substance abuse. The road to recovery is a life=long process...

I don't believe that. Just my personal experience.

theblueangel said:

I have many friends who are recovering addicts, from substances ranging from crack to heroin to crystal meth. Regardless of the drug, recovery is possible - not easy, but possible. And yes, once an addict, always an addict, which is why it's vital to find a 12-step recovery group (in my case, Narcotics Anonymous) and attend regularly and diligently work the 12 steps.

On July 20, 2013, I will have 5 years clean from a crystal meth and pot addiction that nearly killed me and completely ruined my life. Today I have a better, more full life than I ever could have imagined, even before I started using.

So yes, it is possible - but it requires a lot of work.

That didn't work for me. i stopped on my own. It was my vanity that made me stop.

No longer interested in using and no problem avoiding it. Others using it doesn't tempt me.

Being a CADC (Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor) for 10 years and a recovering addict 15 years, I have to work on my recovery EVERYDAY. Recovery from ANY drug is difficult because drugs change the chemistry of the brain thus creating a psychological and/or physical craving for it that is UNCONTROLLABLE.

I stole from my children, my mother, stores, the elderly whomever I thought could get the hanks off me just for a little while. But by the grace of GOD I hit my bottom, listening to “What do the lonely do at Christmas”. My family was upstairs in the main part of the house and I was confined to the basement, because I was a thief. My son who was then 7 asked me if I wanted something to eat and if I was going to be there when he woke up (Christmas day) All I could say was “I’ll try baby” because I knew if the cravings hit me I would be gone, Christmas or not, and he knew it to. He said “Alright momma, I love you” and locked the door behind himself, because he was taught the hard way that I was NOT to be trusted. I was at my Rock Bottom because the idea of blowing my brains all over the basement floor seemed like to only viable option because everyday I woke up wanting to die, but couldn’t.

The ONLY thing that kept me alive that LONGGGG night was knowing my son would find his mother’s dead body on the floor on Christmas morning would f*ck him up mentally and maybe land him in my position. WHEN I TELL YOU THAT WAS A LONGGGG NIGHT. The day came with a little clarity for me. I started attending 12-step meeting, got a sponsor, worked my steps and slowly my life regained some sense and became more manageable. I did some service work in homeless shelters and became a Candy Striper in a hospital for babies born addicted just to see the most innocent casualty. It was a long hard road to travel, but I have the trust and respect of my family again. They love me through it all.

JUST FOR TODAY IM SOBER. So sobriety id challenging, but being an addict is too. Please don’t be lead to believe being a “Crackhead” is easy. Just think about it and take off the glasses of judgment and ridicule.

I can honestly say that I have never used drugs, but I can understand why some people do. Life is hard-some need other ways to deal with it. For all those who have gotten help I know it wasn't easy and im glad u did.

nursev said:

Man its good to hear the sobriety, abstinence and recovery talk on the org. I like a few people on here used to drink and take drugs. Honestly i damn near did it all. From PCP to Ketamine, from coke(not smoke, needle or crack) to crank to LSD. I started young and did it for a lot of years. The thing about becoming dependent on a drug is most people don't wake up one day and decide to become addicted. What usually happens is they do it, then do it(x amount of times), then one day they wake up and realise that they can't stop doing it.

Anyway i haven't taken any illegal drugs(or marijuana) in over 10 years and haven't drunk any alcohol in almost 3 years.

What i would say to anyone that dabbles in hard drugs is you may think you're different and wont become dependent on whatever you're taking but if you're dabbling in hard drugs, the chances are high that the more you do the drug(or alcohol), the greater the chance that you will become physically and or psychologically dependent on it. The misery that comes with being dependent on a substances is not, let me repeat , is not no fuckin joke.

Real talk, taking hard drugs and drinking to excess is as dumb(if not dumber) as joining a gang or having random sex with high risk partners and not using a condom...


Just don't do it.

Yeah, I used to do crack in a crackhouse, so I was constantly in the company of crack users.
A rehab center got me off my habit, but in order to make my transition easier, they sent me here to this site.
B'cuz apparently, commiserating with you people is like talking to a bunch a crackheads, but without the high.

I gotta be honest with you people.....

I really miss that crackhouse.

I wonder how so many celebrities can smoke crack occasionally and then give it up easily without any obvious signs of addiction.

George Michael for instance openly admitted that he used to smoke crack sometimes but he doesn´t seem to be addicted to it, nor did he ruin his voice or general health.

Visionnaire said:

I gotta be honest with you people.....

I really miss that crackhouse.

Visionnaire said:

I gotta be honest with you people.....

I really miss that crackhouse.

There are millions out there, be my guest and find one!!

PinkCashmere74 said: