She detoxed at Narconon while wearing a Catapres patch, applied by an ER. Back in November, my AD was in 3 rehabs in 11 days. You're more than welcome to pm me if you have any questions. I feel strong in my recovery, but I know that if I am having a bad day, I have to be even more careful and work harder on my recovery, because the voices of my addiction will try to lure me back. I work, pay bills, spend a lot of time on SR and with other people who are supportive of me, and I stay away from anyone doing crack. I have gained back the trust of people who know me, but it is totally because of my actions.nothing I said. I can't, to this day, believe that I thought the life I was living was acceptable. I hate crack and the type of person I became when I was on it.

He's been in prison before, 1 year treatment, and he is still smoking.thus the 'X'. My XABF told me it was the most progressively addictive drug there is. I, too, have never met an 'occasional' crack smoker.I tried, and before long, I was smoking it more and more often. I didn't do treatment or rehab, but initially was locked up for almost 6 months, and that gave me enough clean time to realize how much I'd screwed up my life. That is part of why I post here on the F&F.I was a huge codie and trying to fix everyone else only left me frustrated, and that led me to crack. In 12 days, I will have a year clean, but have been working at my recovery so it is totally different. I relapsed for a little over a week, and finally realized that I don't want to do that anymore (hit botttom again, really hard). I had over a year clean, but wasn't working at recovery. Hope this helps, crack addiction is ugly no matter how you paint it. I would tend to ignore any sites connected with them. Narconon is a program sponsored by the Church of Scientology and their reputation is questionable at best. You can read lots of information by Googling 'Cocaine Addiction', just be careful because Narconon has many sites that 'guarantee' a cure and it just isn't so. Lots of people beat this addiction, some don't. Yet if the person is willing to do what they need to do to get off crack and stay off, their odds improve significantly. Their actions are the only indication that I would believe, if they say they plan to get clean. I've yet to meet a 'casual' crack user, it just doesn't work that way. If they are only mildly interested in getting away from it, my guess is that they are hoping to get away 'with' it. The Salvation Army program is free, so cost should not be a factor in their decision to get clean. What might be a typical length of time that a crack addict can stay away from it if they are only mildly interested in getting away from it? A week? Month? Year?Ĭan a crack addict EVER be trusted? Even if they get sober and are able to stay so for a year.does anyone know the percentages on relapse possiblities?Ĭrack addiction is one of the hardest to kick and recovery for a crack addict often means long term rehab followed by a closely followed program of sobriety, NA, CA are often helpful. If an addict is truely serious about getting sober is it possible to tell they are serious about it? Anyone know any good resource links for learning about this drug?

How to beat crack addiction