the majority of my group (between 16-19) have being doing coke for a month or so, just 3 of us have stayed away from it but now my dearest friend,we were all of my life together, talked to me about trying it. I dont want him to try it bc my brother was addicted to it and i know what its like i really dont know what to do. I also live in a town in south italy were mafia its an everyday thing and doing snow its something that can get you in trouble with them
All my friends are doing coke
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Do NOT do cocaine whatsoever. Every single person that’s done it before always regrets it and gets addicted. Never worth it. It will ruin your life beyond what you think.
You don’t have to do anything that you don’t want to. If anything, please please please stay away from it, especially since you’ve seen what it can do.
Unfortunately, you cannot stop others from doing what they want as much as we’d like to. My close friend ( who isn’t so close anymore but we still talk ) who I’ve known since I was 3 ( 20 now ) went down the route of following what her friends did and now actively does drugs and is mostly always on something. I wish she didn’t. But you don’t ever have to do anything just because others are also doing it. One time can be one too many to kill you. Protect yourself from their harm!
Yeah I wouldn’t suggest trying it, a lot of my friends do/have done it and just the other day my friend said to never try it because once you do it’s pretty much impossible never to do it again.
You’re so young. Don’t do it. Think about the person you want to become one day.
I don’t know if it’s a problem in Italy, but here in the United States there is a problem with fentanyl, which is a very powerful synthetic opioid. Sometimes people unknowingly buy cocaine mixed with fentanyl. It can kill you in minutes.
When you buy illegal drugs off the street you never know what you’re truly getting.
Tell your friend it’s a bad idea. Tell him the horrors you seen your brother go thru. Don’t dumb it down every horrible detail. If he still wants to, then just watch as all your friends go down the drain. I had a similar experience in my 20s. All my friends started fucking around with heroin and wanted me too. I had 2 junkie uncles, so I was all nope. They fucked with me about it. I quit hanging out with them 6 months later they were all junkies. Friendship is worth throwing your life away, young man.
Those ain’t your friends stay the fuck away from that shit
The way I describe cocaine is that it is so good that it will ruin your life. Only do it if you are prepared to ruin your life.
My dad does crack. It ruined his life and his relationship with his kids. Hes angered easily, people who get hooked are not easy to deal with.
Must be some pretty rich teens out there.
Dude I’m an addict please NEVER TRY MOLLY OR COCAINE PLEASE. I’m begging you it changed my entire life and all the moving parts within it
How old is he? If he’s a minor, could you let his parents know? Discretely, of course. You could also maybe arrange a meet up with him and your brother, then have your brother talk to you both about his experience with it.
Do ket instead
I hope you’ve shared your sadness and fears with your friend. This is extra scary for you because of your brother. Pls make sure if your friend does it, that you exit. Don’t watch, tell him in advance you don’t want to talk about it, etc. Ultimately his choice but you don’t need to witness it.
Do nothing. If asked, give your opinion. They will make their own choices, good & bad.
They’ll run out of money before long
I got hooked on it around that age. Praise the Lord I was able to have a moment of clarity three months in after repeatedly going to grocery stores and being unable to go in – apparently it’s a somewhat common occurrence for coke users to get really bad anxiety about being seen in public. Dunno what that was about but I also am predisposed to anxiety so probably why it got bad quick. I just realized “this ain’t me” and put it down. That’s a rare ability right there, everyone I’ve told that story says it’s a miracle. I was an (almost) everyday all day user at that point. All my friends were also doing it.
I don’t regret it but I don’t regret many things, truthfully. But I’m SO glad to be beyond that and would never recommend someone try it. EVER. Too dangerous to fuck with.
Honestly get the parents and police involved before those kids turn into junkies.
Aside from the risks— which the teenage brain tends to discount — it’s just a bad experience. There’s a brief high that feels exciting and fun, followed by craving to get back to that high (which can’t be done), followed by feeling bad and being unable to sleep for hours. Overall, the brief high isn’t worth the hours and hours of feeling bad and not being able to sleep.
Tell your friend no, and treat his/her encouragement like you would if he/she were telling you to jump out in front of a bus. No way!
Only smart thing to do is sell it to them.
Kidding! Don’t do drugs
Don’t do it, talk to your friend. If he wants to get into that world, stay away from him. It’s better to let them go.
stay away from that, and i encourage to tell your friends to get off. if you’ve seen the damage it’s done to someone close to you im sure you don’t wanna go through that or put anyone else through your addiction.
Then do Pepsi
The younger you start the faster you can start the whole regret and rehab phase. Wish I started when I was a youngin
I started doing coke in the late 80’s early 90’s. It was only a weekend thing and my bf and I got it from one guy. The worst that would happen was it would be cut with baby laxative and you’d have to poop shortly after (no problem with that!)
I wouldn’t do it now because very often it’s cut with really dangerous stuff like fentanyl and a bump can kill you…
Dont?
This is where you begin to get older and realize who your “friends” are. Separate yourself from those that do not choose to live in the same parallel reality as you.
(M, 33, USA) Ive done it periodically since age 17. Its fun, but I’ve seen it be destructive to some friends. If it makes you uncomfortable dont do it (it won’t be fun if you dont think it’ll be fun)
If you do ever decide to try just do a “bump” not a whole line and give it 15 minutes. Do it with people who you trust, who have hopefully tested it with a kit or just tested it on themselves.
I’ve had the same 8ball(3.5 grams) for over a year and its been enough for my bachelor party, 3 club nights, and a couple house parties. I never got addicted but anyone can very easily. Also don’t do it back to back days ever. That’s the beginning of an addiction.
My friend fucked up her nose from doing coke for only a couple of years. She failed college and had to drop out
Unfortunately you can’t make decisions for your friends. All you can do is give him your opinion but ultimately he’s going to decide.
Find new friends. Please, there is so much cool and fun things in the world. Simply just opt out from groups that do drugs. There is very little upside and tons of risks and problems with such lifestyle.
Cocaine is a terrible drug. I just love the smell of it.
Avoid all street drugs ..fent has made it a game of Russian roulette…that one bump worth a life?
Make new friends. It’s not worth doing. It has no benefits and will only lead to poor outcomes.
Y’all are way too young for this shit.
Jesus Christ. Take a break from your friends.
Edit to add: Isn’t cocaine expensive??!?! Damn.
Wait, doing coke can get you in trouble with the mafia?
Do not join them. It will ruin you. Your body will not thank you. You will destroy your brain and your body faster than you can blink. Stay away from it. It’s highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly addictive. Which means that once you have a taste of it you will never not have a taste of it. Get new friends.
I agree with the others, talk to your friend about it once and leave it alone. You don’t want to annoy them with it and badgering them may create the parent effect. Your parents tell you that you can’t do something and it makes you want to do it more. Tell them that you aren’t ever going to do, maybe they need a united front. Someone else to align with and stand strong. My friend was pretty heavy into it and he developed a deviated septum. Sounds gross as hell. I’m not sure if that’s what killed him, but I’m sure it didn’t help with his depression.
You can’t control what others do. You can share your concerns. You can ask them not to do it. Ultimately it is their decision.
And statistics mean nothing when you are the one who gets addicted.
That’s SO young. I’m in my late 30s, party a few times a year but even I have never touched coke. I have a few friends that do it when it’s available and it has no appeal to me. There are much safer and more fun drugs out there, and frankly teenage years seem far too young to be trying hard drugs.
Been there. Please get away from it and have no reservations encouraging the others to do so as well.
You just can’t mix with these people who have cut themselves off from their own souls and have it work out. They will corrode you and bring energy into your life that will just confuse and eat you up in the strangest ways. At least that’s my experience.
Cocaine is a terrible drug. You sound like a smart kid, stay away from that shit. If you feel your friends are pressuring others in the group, those are not your friends. Keep your distance and surround yourself with other people that can bring you higher.
PLEASE DO NOT do coke. Find better friends as well.
I’m now 28 and my friends still do coke and drink all the time after 10 years. Now I don’t have any friends and that’s okay 😂
I had this when i was younger. I stuck to my beer & they did their shit. Several went on to heroin, 2 killed themselves & 1 hasn’t got any teeth & his bones are fucked up. Not even sure he’s alive anymore & several others were just your average skeleton looking junkies when I left the country. My dad was in the military & when I was young, us kids were sent to the base cinema for a drug lecture. We were shown video & pictures of the most horrific shit that had happened to people on drugs. There was a whole cabinet of different drugs so we could see what they looked like (probably fake but who knows). I knew from that point drugs was a mugs game & sure enough, it is.