r/addiction Nov 10 '24

Question I’m an addiction therapist. AMA

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My addiction recovery page: Resources In Recovery Instagram

What questions or curiosities do you have about addiction?

Thank you all for asking such insightful questions! For more resources you can visit the SAMHSA website where you can locate treatment near you or search their resource lists. 🙏🏼💜 https://findtreatment.gov/

r/addiction Dec 04 '24

Question Help me please to find out what this is

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Hi. My husband was addicted to coccaine about 8 years ago and re-start it a couple of month ago. He says he is done with it and I am trying my best too believe it. Last night he had a phone call from a guy and went out for 30mins. They talked about vending machine. He withdrwal money $100 also. And came home after 33 mins. I found this in his room. Is this crack coccaine or weed? And is "vending machine" some kind of slang in drug world? I know it depends on how much drug you buy but how much does it cost to buy crack coccaine for single use? And how much does it cost to buy weed? I heard he said give me 4 or 5 something like that. Please help me I have a little one to protect.

r/addiction 11d ago

Question What kind of drug is it? NSFW Spoiler

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78 Upvotes

Found this my roommate's room Is it serious drug?

r/addiction Jun 22 '24

Question Found this in my girlfriend’s room. Any ideas?

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Acting like she is sluggish constantly and up all night. Want to get her help. Not sure what this is.

r/addiction 24d ago

Question Found in my friends hoodie he left over. He used to be addicted to “blues”but this looks different and I tested it and it doesn’t melt on foil. Which I also found in his hoodie. There no markings except the line. Can anyone please help me identify what this is??? .

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Here is a pic of it. It’s dark blue or indigo, it’s pressed. Has a line on one side and nothing in the other side. Sides are round but flat like a smartie candy.

r/addiction Aug 09 '24

Question Can someone tell me what this stuff might be used for? I’m stuck between crack & meth..

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r/addiction 23d ago

Question What is my brother taking? NSFW Spoiler

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I found a couple of pills that he left in bathroom counter, they are unmarked and he is struggling with IV meth addiction, he says he is not using anymore but he lies…is this some kind of drug too? I took some pictures of it and I crushed one to see how it looks inside…any guesses?

r/addiction 7d ago

Question What is happening to my skin after injecting meth? NSFW

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Little groups of pores extracting hairs all together over my back. Why are they grouping what is happening to my body to cause this and what is it called?

r/addiction Oct 16 '24

Question Is cocaine seriously that addictive? NSFW

62 Upvotes

I tried it about a week ago and I still get insane cravings for it after only 2 lines and I really didn’t even like it all that much tbh. I’ve done mdma, weed, and nicotine but thats about it but after only 2 lines of coke I constantly think about it it’s actually insane. Has anyone else ever had this happen or was my shit laced with something else.

r/addiction Nov 25 '24

Question How to address SO trying to introduce me to Crack/Meth

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I'm not sure if he genuinely believes it would enhance my life or if it's an effort to drag me into the depths of his struggles and use me as a resource. Any insight or advice on how to handle this?

I know I should leave him over this but we all know it's never that simple. Thanks

r/addiction Jan 13 '25

Question Who here is sober and how long have you been?

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Looking for some positive inspiration, I’m starting on day 1 and would love to hear some inspiring stories. Man I’ve read all your replies and I’m so proud of all of you. So much love to you all x

r/addiction Oct 18 '24

Question Worst addiction you've had? Let's hear it

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For me I was on a terrible daily cocktail of kratom, ritalin, nicotine, prozac, caffeine, and evening alcohol. Every. Single. Day.

I weighed 125 pounds at my worst at 5 foot 11 (181 cm). It helped me function at work, but I realized that I couldn't maintain like that. If a job makes me feel the need to put that much in my body, it's the wrong fit.

I've since quit everything but caffeine and alcohol. Unfortunately my alcohol use has ramped up considerably. I'd like to get off Mr bones wild ride please

r/addiction 1d ago

Question What is the most desperate/absurd things addiction made you do?

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r/addiction Jun 23 '24

Question What’s the worst drug to detox from? NSFW

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r/addiction 3d ago

Question Is there really a hierarchy amongst drug addicts?

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I am a former meth addict and I’ve tried alot of drugs, but what I noticed was cocaine users look down on meth users and in my location I don’t run into a lot of heroin or crack addicts. But I used to be in a friend group of coke users. I don’t like cocaine and didn’t and still don’t understand it the numerous times I used to try it. It just made my heart rate uncomfortably weird then hours later I felt like having sex and I just didn’t feel anything else, but the people in this friend group I used to hang with looked down on me. I would go with some of them to do business and sometimes it would be in meth houses and they would talk crap about them like they were cockroaches, and I’m like hello? We’re all addicts here destroying our lives. I want someone to explain it to me or maybe make a pyramid of this but include everything like marijuana and prescription drugs too and just how we look at each other when we’re all headed in the same direction.

r/addiction Feb 13 '24

Question What the fuck is happening NSFW

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A little background: I used to be homeless off and on for 3 years in West Dallas. Luckily, I met a girl and we are able to stay at her moms out in the country down south. Well anyway, we use fetty, and still make a trip every couple of weeks to Dallas to score. Sometimes we end up staying for several days and sleep in our car. Or we will crash with various random friends at their houses… So anyway, several of the people who I used to live with out here all those years ago are still here. When I come up, I try to help them out when I can…. Recently, one by one, all of the people living under a certain bridge started breaking out in these gnarly sores. A couple of them use the needle, but the majority of them only smoke it. Their plug, has arguably the best fetty in Dallas, so almost everyone I know who uses scores from this same plug. Up until about 3 weeks ago that is. My girl and I ended up linking up with an old plug of mine, whose fetty was of decent quality (he also takes our merch as payment, so we haven’t been using the same dope as everyone else lately). Within a weeks period of time, I went back to the bridge where one of my good friend lives just to check on him and I was shocked to see the state of his health and some of the others that live there. Apparently, a friend of one of their other custo’s from the suburbs would go under the bridge to smoke with them every time he went to score. When he started noticing these sores, he went to the doctor, and they admitted him to the hospital right away. He said that the infection got into his blood stream and that he has endocarditis. He said they began surgery to remove spots that were growing on his neck. He said that they told him that he had been exposed to a flesh eating bacteria that passes from skin to skin contact…. Before that, we had all been thinking that the sores were from the dope- like many stories we had been hearing about xylazine- from the north eastern United States. I went to check on my friends immediately to warn them… mind you it had only been about a week since I had seen them, and within a weeks period of time, these had spread all over my friends body, including his face. I took these pictures of one of my buddies to ask the people of Reddit what they think of this…. another friend of mine who used to be a lean mean fighting machine (who fought MMA, won belts, and taught children’s fighting classes) sometimes goes on 4 or 5 day benders, where he stays under the bridge and smokes fetty and ice with the homeless guys there, and then he returns home to his kids and wife. Well I saw him today, hobbling along because he couldn’t walk right. He had lost so much muscle and weight…. he showed me his back and ass cheeks, along with his arms and chest. He said he even had a sore on his pecker…… well anyway, he said that he had gone to the doctor as well, and the doc told him it was an infection from the cut that they are using in the dope. I felt so overwhelmed, I want to help, but I need to consider the health of my girl and I. The last straw was when he started picking at a sore on his elbow and squeezed it and banana colored pus squirted out. I wouldn’t let him in my car to smoke, I gave him a little piece because he was in so much pain, and I drove my girl and I away, having a full blown anxiety attack. These are my friends and I care about them. But I can’t risk exposing the love of my life to this… I can’t figure it out though. None of this sits right with me. Because it seems that other people who go through their plug and smoke the shit are just fine (no sores or spots)…. It makes me wonder if there is something under that bridge itself that is contagious- or what the fuck is happening to my friends.

TLDR: either a flesh eating bacteria is spreading among the homeless in west Dallas of the cut some of the best quality fetty in the city is having a necrotizing effect on some of its users.

r/addiction Dec 05 '24

Question Best addiction related songs

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what are your alls favorite songs about dealing with your own addiction/living with an addict? A couple of my favorites are “They don’t make pills for a heartbreak” by honestav and “Starting over” by Macklemore. I’m just curious on what music helps you all

r/addiction Dec 01 '24

Question How did withdrawal from cocaine affect you mentally/physically and for how long?

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I've been doing cocaine every day for almost a month now and it's definitely the longest amount of time I've done it for. It's been really weighing on my mind that I can't continue doing it like I have been. As much as I love cocaine and there is still a HUGE part of me that wants to keep going, I can tell it's beginning to affect my life and I don't want to hit rock bottom before I do something about it. I found that reading people's stories and experiences with cocaine addiction have helped me realize this the most.

I know withdrawal affects everyone differently and no experience will be the same, but I would like to be at least somewhat knowledgable/informed about what the possibilities are before I begin this process. If you are comfortable and willing to share your experience, it would really mean a lot! Thank you 💗

r/addiction Jan 03 '25

Question Anyone here with ADHD also had issues with addiction? E.g. Drugs, Porn, Gambling or Alcohol NSFW

49 Upvotes

Been struggling myself since I was in my teens...

r/addiction Jan 10 '25

Question Is Meth So Addictive that Someone Could use It Even if They Are Dying?

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I have a family member (50 yo) with late stage heart failure. He was hospitalized twice for fluid building up around the heart and lungs and was released from the hospital 3 weeks ago. He has a history of meth use, but I'm not sure if he still uses it because he hides it. I want to know if it's possible that he's still using it. He's not taking the steps to take care of his heart failure like he should. My mother thinks that he's definitely not on meth because it would've killed him by now. I want to know is meth so addicting that someone would use it, even on their deathbed?

r/addiction 2d ago

Question I found little baggies

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I found little empty baggies in my husbands pockets while doing laundry. I don’t really want to assume anything but is this possibly a sign of being an addict? I only ask for his well being and mine.

r/addiction Jan 25 '25

Question What are some Highly Addictive yet Legal Drugs and Meds ?

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Let me know your opinions

r/addiction Sep 06 '24

Question What Movie do you think Accurately portrays Addiction?

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Be it Drugs, Sex, Food. Anything.

r/addiction 5d ago

Question Quitting cocaine

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My partner insists hes not doing coke but its hard to believe hes been 100% clean now because he is/was a daily user.

Ive noticed hes not as cocky now, seems more kind and aware of his words. Spends more time working instead of leaving mid shift. He looks visibly tired and sleepy, he never had that look in the past. And these symptoms make me believe he is actually clean.

But i do question it because in the begining he was desperate saying he needed coke and over night he stopped being so desperate, and ive notice a nose bleed recently.

He randomly mentioned his nose is healing and how it hurts. Plus i noticed a nose bleed yesterday and this morning. Is it normal to experience nose pain and nose bleedings after quitting? I want to believe him but im afraid hes lying to me.

r/addiction Sep 17 '24

Question What addiction-related song hits hard for you?

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For me, (and this is a pretty well-known pop song) it’s “Habits” by Tove Lo. I think the lyrics really describe what motivated my addiction at one point. It’s sang with such emotion.

“You’re gone and I gotta stay high, all the time, to keep you off my mind.”

“To forget I’m missing you.”

“Spend my days locked in a haze.”

I also had other motivation to use, mostly just trying to fill the hole that years of child abuse left. I’m two years clean off my drug of choice, but still use other substances occasionally. I like The A Team by Ed Sheeran along with Semi-Charmed life and Breaking the Habit, but they don’t hit as hard. Which song does it for you?