Crack’s bad reputation

[chillinwill]

Originally Posted by cnsns2ccl2

Swim knows a guy she was seeing who was snorting cocaine daily. She didn't notice any major differences with him except that he was definitely addicted. He said it irritated the fuck out of his nose so he switched to smoking crack. Once he started smoking crack is when he seemed to fall apart. This was the point where his personality got really sketchy, he started stealing from swim, he appeared not to be too concerned with personal hygiene. Swimrealizes that this is just one person she is viewing, but crack does seem to be worse than cocaine. Possibly because by smoking it one is able to take higher doses??

Swim has a question, said guy says he stopped but swim doesn't exactly believe him becauseome things just do not add up like the fact that he got paid and two days later has no money at all. Do crack addicts lie about stopping? If so why? Is it to get money or to get someone to trust you?

well i think SWIY's friend is caught up in his crack addiction and denying that he is addicted to it....by denying his addiction, he thinks he can make others think that he isn't using anymore and everything is perfectly fine even though it isn't

SWIM has this exact kind of behavior when he was doing heroin and would lie to others as well as to himself in order to not believe what was going on around him and his situation....SWIM thinks that SWIY's friend is lying because they do want to have your trust but they know SWIY doesn't approve of their using

[Burnt]

Swimrealizes that this is just one person she is viewing, but crack does seem to be worse than cocaine. Possibly because by smoking it one is able to take higher doses??

yea you can get more higher doses into the blood and brain faster thats the only real difference. its the same chemical when it gets to the brain. the difference is how it gets to the brain and in what amounts. this will affect its addictive potential because of the tendency for even higher highs and lower lows. anyway sorry to hear about SWIYs friend.

[LimbFromLimb91]

I've said this before, but one of my best friends is addicted to crack, gets straight A's at his private college (Cornerstone University [in Michigan]), has an extremely hot girlfriend, awesome car (with some killer Sub woofers), and is pursuing a career in psychology..

In SWIM's opinion, Matt (the dude i'm referring to), is living proof of this forum's subject matter. SWIM has never touched crack, and never will since SWIM thinks Coke is the most overrated drug on the planet (SWIM is constantly asking himself WHY he never has a fun experience on coke, even in a comfortable setting where his friends are having the time of their life). Fucked up brain chemistry perhaps?

[beena]

SWIM also got her university degree whilst maintaining a crack-cocaine habit, but when it came to holding down a full-time job, getting up at 6am every morning, etc, SWIM couldn't do it. There are some functionable addicts but they are few and far in between......plus the nature of addiction is that the problem/habit will get worse and drug use is more likely to increase than decrease.

[Fight Club]

Sometimes NIK thinks we put the chicken before the egg. Consider the possibility that powder cocaine users seek out crack and experiment with IV use in search of the rush that snorted powder cocaine can't provide. That, in turn leads to addiction, not necessarily crack vs. powder.

Crackhead lying? Only when his/her lips are moving!

FC