How to Stop Cocaine Drug Addiction and Abuse

cocaine is a powerful drug. It is a stimulant that gives people the feeling of euphoria and has a very high tendency for abuse. Cocaine addiction doesn’t need constant or prolonged use to turn that ‘social’ cocaine binge into full-pledged cocaine dependency. Many of these ‘social’ cocaine users turn into cocaine dependents overnight. Unfortunately, the drug has the capacity to take the center of a user’s mind and life. Users have the tendency to maintain relationships only with people who can give them continuous access to cocaine. It is not surprising that cocaine use can destroy families, bring down small businesses, strains work relationships, and tore away friendships. Sometimes, cocaine user commits crimes just to continue to have access to the drug. Prostitution, murder, robbery, extortion, and kidnapping are normally carried out by addicts when they run out of money. When somebody told you that nothing good comes out of that white powder, better believe it.

Effects of Cocaine Dependency

Prolonged and continuous use of cocaine is lethal even in small dosage. Addiction, hallucinations, irritability, restlessness, and paranoia is often associated with cocaine use. Moreover, constant and repeated occurrence of anxiety, restlessness, paranoia, and hallucination could lead to full-blown paranoid psychosis in some cases, a case where human mind literally breaks from reality.

Cocaine is also known to cause cardiovascular impairments. Hypertension is common to cocaine users because cocaine is known to constrict blood vessels. It also disturbs heart rhythm and cause heart attacks. Cocaine could also cause irregular breathing, chest pain and respiratory failure. Frequent headaches, strokes, seizures leading to coma, abdominal pain, and nausea are results of continuous cocaine abuse. Death by any of the abovementioned cocaine effects is possible.

How to Stop Cocaine Addiction

Saying ‘no’ to cocaine is still the best way to stop cocaine addiction. You can’t have an addiction if you don’t need to have one. Engage in stress-releasing activities. Indulge on sports, find new activities and learn something new. The world offer limitless possibility to enjoy life. The feeling of euphoria is not exclusively experienced under the influence of cocaine.

Cocaine users who wish to stop using the drug should be proud because they have made a major step in getting their lives, things and persons they love back. There are plenty of ways and means to quit using cocaine. Quitting cocaine, however, is no mundane task. Doing it alone, however, is not the way to do it. Cocaine users should realize that they need help when quitting. Family members should know that they are the first set of people who can extend help to cocaine users. It would not be easy, but the predicaments that would result from staying addicted to that white powder are far more difficult than getting out of it.

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6 comments on “How to Stop Cocaine Drug Addiction and Abuse”

1. Jimmy skriver:
   May 31st, 2008 at 7:37 pm

   I’ve been living in denial of my wife who’s been doing cocaine behind my back for years. The lying, cheating, constant mind games she plays & mood swings etc, etc…I hate the sleazy bitch for what she put me thru & i have no sympathy for her anymore. My only concern is for my two beautiful young sons that are totally oblivious to her pathetic ways…She wont leave me, on the count of being shamed from family & relatives, all i can hope for now is that she dies so i can have my life back.

2. jaquie brown skriver:
   November 15th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

   that is horrible..what happened to supporting her through it? thats what marriage is..making her feel like crap about herself will make her use more!!

3. jessica skriver:
   July 26th, 2009 at 7:57 am

   Ummm your suppose to support your wife help her out your being the ass if you don’t help yu loved her at one point so help her true this, my boyfriend does iit he has been doing it for a year I just found out and I told him to stop its not gonna be easy but I know we can do this together you have to be there for them espically if there your wife think about it don’t be an ass show your kids wat a great remodel you are.

4. jessica skriver:
   October 26th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

   she is really just crying out for help. If she is doing it that much behind your back…she already knows that you know. Help her. That is all that she wants….that is all any of us every want. Love her. help her with rehab….obviously she needs your help.

5. christina skriver:
   November 1st, 2009 at 7:29 pm

   How are u supposed to tell your loved one that your going through this?

6. anonymus skriver:
   November 14th, 2009 at 7:59 pm

   am quitting it cold turkey but in the start i had some mood swings.. Irriatbility and all time sleepy feeling… Couldnt concentrate… i switched to xanax which is totally opposite thing but is helping me out…. No snorting.. No coke…
   7 days no coke but coping up .. I guess a few more weeks or a week will be good enough to stop the urge… Never contact the suppliers and never go back to those people who do this or u wont help with the craving. Start so brisk walk and try to sleep instead of awake all the time…

   One major thing is a rebound anxiety and severe depression but where there is a will there is a way.. Xanax and valium are helping me out and my bp is dropped to normal range too.. Also using disprin and beta blocker tinormin….

   But this coke is shit.. U keep on taking more and more and then nothing feels good when u dont do it and as its starts to wear off… U snort more ending up with sleepless nights… Loosing jobs.. Fucked up health and all the bad stuff.. The euporic feeling u have to find in sports, swimming, walk, jogging or safe sexual activity.

   I know its hard but do try… No use fucking ure self in this age… i started with mdma and ritalin and then to coke and it kept on increasing….

   U must throw away ure stuff.. Delete numbers and emails of these suppliers and just suffer for a few weeks to months.. Try some benzos to soothe u.. U wont be able to concntrate but i wont panic either….

   get rid of this shit asap… I has so many health problems due to this and my bp is sky rocketing all the time.. I am on two anti hypertensive meds, benzos and asprin.. Brisk walk… Other activities i used to enjoy like playing pool and snooker,,,

   sega or other games… What ever u felt good when u were not in all this shit…

   Eat fruits… Lots of water… When u feel low or dipressed,,, go to a gym… See people working out… Running on treadmills, music and all and start ureself too.. Or go to some shopping… Buy some stuff for ure self … The money u were wasting for buying coke can be used… Donate for good cause.. See people who are in problems due to all this.. U will still feel good that atleast u r still on ure foot and doing everything.. The depression wont last so many months… do lose hope,, remember will power is very good weapon. this is the time to use it,,

   Enough of lecture,,, u propably came here coz u wanted to quit so thorw ure stuff down the drain and change ure life style….

   Start with healthy things. Eat good.. U must be deprived of nutrients….
   Juices fruits, protein, fish..

   And yeah benzos are for short term. dont depend on them or u l be in another trouble. Out of frying pan into the fire…
   When u start feeling goood… Taper of the benzos and increase the physical activity and other positive ones…

   Life comes once.. Dont waste it,, drugs killl u and ure family will suffer a lot without you…

   I am quite hopeful that after this week and the next one without any stimilant… I ll be in a better position.. First fews days are the worst so be prepared and fight….. And never ever start the stuff again….

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