The Dark Truth About Cocaine That Nobody Tells You

[@EricBZink]

Ericbzink.com for more! Therapy plays a huge role in recovery and life in general adhdonline.com/ericzink/ to get tested for ADHD, Anxiety, Depression and more, along with getting connected to psychiatrists and psychologists in your area.

[@erichschimmer7729]

Happy New Year,Eric ( coolest name 😊). 8:22 i once read what a Baser ( before crack came) wrote " freebasing hits you hard. The Freebase godess is often touched but never held!" Quite fitting IMHO.Glad you made it out. Keep 💪

[@Reallifenewz]

Folks say don’t do drugs but there are drug stores on every corner in every city. If you have a working brain you will realize. Stems from unhappiness. The providers are funded by axe payers. Part of the plan

[@Phoenix-tq8lt]

As an addict who’s taken every drug from fentanyl to crystal meth and crack cocaine combined plus a lot more to the crossroads of death I can say all of them are completely devastating and if you’ve quit any drug, even weed you deserve a medal and have a home at NA.

[@Kennedy_matt]

Amazing video.. It’s crazy how many people go through so much traumas from this abusive drugs. Cocaine addiction actually destroyed my life, i suffered severe depression and mental disorder, not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment changed my life for better. I can proudly say i'm totally clean for 6 years and still counting. Always look to nature for solution to tough problems, Shrooms are phenomenal.

[@Harris_jones]

I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.

[@gusna82266]

Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them

[@Janet-t3z-q7z]

Yes sure of mycologist Pedroshrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, addiction. Shrooms can really help break the spell. Whatever spell you may be under.

[@HxuxjXixid]

Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.

[@Iiisslogan-co6np]

Where do I reach this dude? If possible can I find him on Google

[@djcoolman8978]

God bless ya man. Been struggling a lot recently with wanting to relapse. I felt like I had the thoughts under control but it still creeps in daily. It’s a daily thing knowing how easy it is to pick up a bag. Your videos help me recenter my thinking and help straighten out my thoughts process. You’re seriously amazing for sharing your story.

[@Menstral]

Autodelete

[@cxxmax]

That lifestyle is disgusting brother

[@Signaman-z9d]

On that level theres no substitute to this narcotic. Your flogging a dead horse trying to recreate simlar feelings in a normal setting, you cant. You have to go back over to the dark side to do that. The void left stopping has to be filled with new experiences one's that when called on can overcome the temptation to use. That one word has so many connections associated to it.✌️

[@patrickzabron3622]

You are better than that, I hope you find that with a life of recovery you will start to enjoy being just “yourself” i too was an alcoholic and cocaine addict, blessed to say I’ve been clean for 6.5yrs and hope you too will see how beautiful life is when you are your true self.

[@bradblackwell5526]

I was addicted to shooting cocaine intravenously. There is nothing more debilitating for a human. It took me 10 years of abstinence before it didn't consume every thought that I had. TEN YEARS OF NOT DOING THAT DRUG TO NOT WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT DREAMING ABOUT IT. TEN YEARS BEFORE MY MIND WAS NOT CONSTANTLY PLOTTING MY NEXT BINGE. It made me something undescribable. It made me into such a monster that I was so disgusted and disappointed with myself that I quit. TEN YEARS OF MY LIFE not including all the time I spent in active addiction.

[@Babyfaceg_]

Thanks I’m leaving alcohol, marijuana, and vapes/nicotine in 2024. Cheers to everyone who’s on a sobriety journey you got this!

[@mickbeeee]

Good luck Ive stopped doing everything 3 yrs ago - go swimming 3 x a week and walk every other day = I feel great now and dont need anything other than positive healthy stuff

[@danielcarroll5667]

14 years clean and I'm telling you it's worth it , brutally tough but worth it...

[@dextermorgan1]

That's great but can I offer some unsolicited advice? Don't try to stop all of that at one time. You're setting yourself up for failure. Come up with a stop date for each one and stick to it. I have learned this through many, many stents in rehab and Recovery centers. Please listen to what I'm telling you, and learn from my mistakes. It's very doable, but you have to have the right mindset and know what you're doing before you start. Good luck. You can do it.

[@johnboykin3128]

​@@dextermorgan1everyone is different but good intentions

[@Babyfaceg_]

@ thanks for the great advice!

[@caryd67]

I tried coke twice in my life. Back around 1989 or so.. I was at a house party, and a line appeared in front of my face. I looked around, everyone was having a good time, and I just went for it. Didn’t feel a thing. At $180 a gram, I thought these people were nuts. Probably six months went by, and a very similar situation.. at a party, “here Cary, try a line.” So I did. And that time, I definitely realized why people were doing this stuff. I felt like the funniest, fastest guy at the party, and in that moment I immediately decided that I would never touch coke again. It was too good, and I just knew it would probably ruin my life. All these years later, I kept my promise. Stick with the green, kids. Nothing powdery.

[@jenfentress7636]

Even with the green-if your life begins to go downhill-cut the green too.

[@EmptyCarPark009]

Stick with the green ??? What sort of bloody advice is that , to kids ?? No kids , say no to all drugs and stay away from idiots who are associated with them . Good luck ❤

[@crand20033]

@@EmptyCarPark009 Marijuana can ruin your life too.

[@jenfentress7636]

@@EmptyCarPark009 Oregon & Washington State both have had fentynal as an “unsaid bonus” in weed. Of course now you don’t read that in “local papers”.

[@bumblebootwiddletoes5185]

​@@EmptyCarPark009"kids" is a term used by older adults when speaking to younger adults

[@LaDawnHunter]

My brother died of a cocaine overdose. I’ve always wondered what the attraction was for him. Thank you, this helped me understand why he always said “it’s okay, it’s safe, I’m in control”.

[@dublinsfaircity]

The attraction was getting a good buzz off it. Its really not that hard to understand.

[@heatheregger8808]

It is helpful to see how easy people can slip into addiction. Thank you. I appreciate the warning.

[@onerider808]

A coke addict in Amsterdam once told me “coke is the devil”. If he wasn’t right, he wasn’t far from wrong.

[@gypsonny2]

We were in Vegas last year doing bumps on Fremont. We ran into some young men and hit it off. It was one of their 21st birthdays. We let it slip we had a bag and qpuld share a little. Birthday boya brother said his bro hadnt done it before. I told the young homie "respectfully, this isnt for you tonight." Its his first day being a full adult and I'm never gping to be the one to give your first hit. That shit will take you down

[@dublinsfaircity]

Was he right or wrong stop the baloney

[@DunDMT]

Coke turns you into the devil, hence one of the nicknames for it being “Devils Dandruff” 😈. My problem with it is, using it along with porn and masturbation, even when i was with my ex, for hours on end by myself i would watch and edge to adult material. I recently went 6 months without but, fell back into relapse again just before Christmas, now i’m doing my best to stop myself spiralling out of control, physically/mentally financially and spiritually speaking. 🙏🏻

[@nikkiturnup1688]

Yes drugs are the devil it ruins your life families & relationships

[@Francesmurphy-h5c]

Lol​@@dublinsfaircity

[@Flowstate88888]

All of my addictive behaviours were based in hidden trauma and an unconscious need to escape. Four year free of alcohol and stimulants, alcohol was extremely difficult to stop as it was an ingrained behaviour from back in my teens and i had unknowingly always used it to self soothe and to escape. Thanks for your insight. Best wishes.

[@1975papag]

I agree Got a DM?

[@smelltheglove2038]

Never liked it. Still did tons of it, but i never liked it.

[@LonnyJay-vh4yg]

@@smelltheglove2038 I don't do anything that I don't like.

[@josephzimmer6364]

Yea it’s so weird it was my least favorite and least interesting drug I’ve ever tried, only thing I’ve ever had problems with

[@dawngonzales6721]

Same 😭😭

[@TammyGiorgi]

My son and ex husband struggle with it, they say at least I’m not doing H….. they smoke it 😢my heart is broken 💔❤️‍🩹

[@neilgillespie4498]

Lol same I did it for for 20 years I didn’t even like it 🤣🤣🤣

[@danielcarroll5667]

"Chasing the DRAGON" I remember watching this happen in the late 60's and can't believe it's still going on sixty years later , sad , glad you made it Man , keep up the good work .

[@sethberry9185]

You describing the ritual, the drip, the smell, etc made me miss coke like crazy. Then describing the crippling depression made me realize why i quit

[@merci5436]

I'm 24 years old, coke addict since I was 19, first line become never last, I never had enough, sober from alcohol, cocaine and benzos since 2023.10 and still going on. Amazing to be sober

[@devilsoffspring5519]

How do you handle the boredom and anhedonia when you're sober all the time?

[@merci5436]

@@devilsoffspring5519 Not boredom at alls, nothing changes if nothing changes, I started to fill up free time with cooking good meals, a lot of sport,gym,running, reading books, listening to nice podcasts, going outside for walks, started to do some music... I could not live in my bed anymore whole days bcoz I did it when I was active so I had to make a schedule for my days, day after day just planning my 24hours

[@Sutterjack]

Good perspective - I was addicted to coke in the late 80s to 90s but it would scare the hell out of me to put anything up my nose now with the prevalence of Fentanyl. I'm not ready for the ultimate trip just yet (aka death).

[@pbj4338]

If the dealer is not willing to use what he sold you, don't buy it

[@bumblebootwiddletoes5185]

​@@pbj4338test before you ingest

[@89Thec9]

God bless you bruh. That's how I felt with alcohol. It gives me the courage to talk to people. I don't drink anymore, sober 3 years. I'm trying to be less shy. But it is extremely hard. A lot of abandonment issues myself

[@chestnutsev7]

If you always do what you’ve always done You’ll always get what you always got.

[@VDJ4500]

Interesting

[@Simcitywok]

Unless you can’t stop what you’ve always done

[@heatheregger8808]

It is helpful to see how easy people can slip into addiction. Thank you. I appreciate the warning.

[@stevemarshall7661]

You look great man and I’ve been following you since I believe you began making videos. Always great to make an educational video because like you said, people will do whatever they want but if you educate them enough maybe they will stray away from it. The human mind is incredible but we have to almost manipulate ourselves during recovery. I mean retrain our brains to believe it’s poison and not a party drug, that worked for me with alcohol.

[@cameraop8210]

cocaine high is great but it doesnt last long enough....the high wears off wayyyy too fast and the scratchy, irritable, and sometimes paranoid come down is awful..... depending what its cut with can really irritate your nose for weeks after a single nights use, and its wayyyyyy too expensive. And when you are high u often feel horney but then cant get it up (even if you are young and fit). In short high is great but the negative aspects outweigh the very short and expensive high. Theres better bang for your buck activity to do.

[@paulineiqbal5948]

I am a recovering alcoholic who also smoked weed further back. Recovery is tough, but its definitely worth it! So well done to you! I am four years sober now and attending AA. I live in Britain. Over here we have AA, NA, also CA (Cocaine Anonymous). The help and addiction support is wonderful. Lets keep on going! May God Bless You on your journey now and always!

[@CMoore8539]

Congratulations to you Pauline!🎈 That’s a great accomplishment!😊💞

[@marccharbonneau1967]

Ok bot

[@Chikanini]

Very good mini docu, I'm now over 7 years clean. I don't miss the mess it made my life. I would be to scared to try anything anymore with all the stuff they put in everything now. Stay safe everyone

[@nanpanini]

So relatable! I started when I was not more than 20 years old, in the late 80’s through the 90’s, first job was on Wall St where they were doing it in the restroom during working hours, colleagues drinking and smoking weed on lunch breaks, One G was only $35 and me and my ex would get a couple for Friday and Saturday nights along with Bacardi or whatever. I remember being so sick and tired when Monday would come around, I felt toxic from the combination of coke and booze. Damm, I’m lucky to be here. My ex didn’t make though, sadly. I am so glad to be alive and healthy and have my dopamine back to normal. I enjoy the little things in life now, like family and sober friends ❤️❤️

[@Andy-gd9fu]

Nearly 7 months Iv not drank or taken cocaine. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Good move! Congrats!

[@hank.marvin]

Hang in there, bud 👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@randomvidsvlogs8112]

Drugs don’t ruin lives people ruin their lives with drugs

[@michaelmcelligott6336]

It's a symptom for sure The fact the leaf itself isn't available to chew like the Incas....... how tf did they turn a green leaf into a frkn white powder . And why

[@jzblue345]

Exactly plenty of people do drugs and don't ruin there lives certain people just loose control and can't stop the party when everyone goes home and goes to bed there's always that one guy still partying into the next day.

[@VDJ4500]

@@jzblue345it is good to know some things are just not worth it

[@HalfassDIY]

Just like War Games...the only winning move is not to play.

[@MatthewBritnell]

Yeh that is the best move.

[@Mrs.Cherall]

Excellent Work 💜 and Thanks so much for sharing.

[@MrEhills]

Well said. These days you have to test it 100%. The people you think know don’t know often. Much love to everyone here 🙏

[@stevenquon1657]

The product has changed so much over the decades. When it was flooded during the 80s it became more pure. Once ur nose gets irritated n plugged up u try other ways of doing it. The WDs r depression n being broke. Many lives r ruined permanently in my circle.

[@Wong-Jack-Man]

Its crap doesnt matter what city seems dirty like chemicals.

[@jasonwoodbury3717]

Can you even still get real cocaine anymore without it being laced with phetty?

[@aliasmanybears6444]

Federal question

[@Charmily356]

“ I thought cocaine was harmless “

[@bloodyzebbidy]

Newsflash! "I tell u what, that crack is really moreish" (Super Hans from Peep Show uk)🙂

[@cpu554]

Chewing coca leaves pretty much is,it's the refined powder that that leads to trouble.

[@Youniversalclips]

Cam across your channel and it’s the truth. In clean for 8months from alcohol, percs, to everyday blow. I went from only using it while driving to breaking night taking bumps to walk n goto sleep. I sit back now and I cannot see myself hitting alcohol again nor blow. Started blow in 2009-July 2024. I stopped cold turkey and faced HELL but for threw it. 150perc a month. Mental health went crazy n realized I need to stop. Got myself an older woman who loves be & help me. Vs ny r wife who fought me… STAY FOCIES

[@onerider808]

Glad you got free. Hope everyone who reads this is or gets free. You can do it.

[@crand20033]

An addicted person will never return to normal and will always crave the drug. Dopamine levels rule the brain. Cocaine causes brain damage. In chronic users, the brain comes to rely on the drug to maintain the high degree of pleasure associated with the artificially elevated levels of some neurotransmitters in its reward circuits. The brain adapts so much to these high dopamine levels that it actually manufactures new receptors. The resulting increased sensitivity produces depression and cravings if use stops and dopamine levels return to normal. The increased numbers of new receptors cannot get enough dopamine from normal levels so the victim must use again.

[@TimbyBimby18]

My stepdad had an addiction to coke when I was a kid. It really affected our family a lot. Your honest, straightforward explanation of your experience with cocaine has helped me to understand how easy it was for him to pick up and to think how he also thought it was harmless without really understanding the side effects or the repercussions of his actions. You've put into words what he struggled to do for the past 25-30 years! He's lost a handful of friends to cocaine overdose and it has been a tough subject for him and all of us in our family. I found your shorts on Snapchat and also followed you here on KZbin. Please keep all of this up! The awareness to ADHD, advocating for seeking help, and talking about your experiences. It has helped me, and I'm sure it is helping a whole lot more people. Thanks again.

[@nikkiturnup1688]

Yes drugs ruin families your life and all relationships they would kill they own for drugs

[@stevegodfreydrums]

I had a 18 year horrendous addiction. I was worried about the fentanyl thing kicking off, and coming to the UK. Took me a further for two years to actually fully quit. My life is so much better!!!

[@Matkustaja]

Good that you got rid of it. Drugs are perfect way to destroy countries and the people. I wonder who is really behind this sinister plan.. :/

[@richardcameron5699]

As a reformed addict, the scare and dare way works at all. For me it just enticed me more to try drugs

[@EricBZink]

Same and props to your recovery

[@jamescooper3783]

Once when I was around 19. This last year, aged 48, I’ve acquired and around 3 weeks ago got over a gram a day habit. It creeps up on ya, fact. Willpower and self awareness, also a friend telling me, “you have to stop” got me over that crap. It’s not worth trying, awful nose booze. Pure poison. 💯👊❤️✌️

[@paulbrungardt9823]

Thank you for your heart felt advise -- I hope young people read it and gives them strength to avoid it like the plaque.

[@Jay-s8x7f]

Hi. Just curious how much a gram cost in todays world ?

[@Bubbasvibez]

@@Jay-s8x7f depends on who u get it from

[@jamescooper3783]

@ Anywhere between £60-90. 🥴✌️

[@Jay-s8x7f]

@ I’m just curious what the average price these days are. People say cocaine will make you broke. So, just curious what the price is for a gram. Just for educated purposes. I don’t do drugs.

[@LordOfTheCosmos]

I’m 23 never done coke but am an alcoholic this is the way I feel without alcohol very good video

[@bullishmorale1344]

I first did coke when the Scarface Videogame released on PS2😄! I was always a layback downer type of person and I never liked smoking marijuana because it always made me paranoid. But when I first tried it, I felt alive 🙌🏻. But after a while, my pockets were dead😬. I overcame that addiction and moved on with my life.

[@JCKDPTT]

Stay away from alcohol if you want to lose bernice, alcohol is a dealbreaker, lines get blurry.

[@Getithowyouliveit44-]

Yea I don’t drink for this reason and many more, alcohol opens me up to every other substance it just lowers my self

[@reefrisntreal8675]

Lines literally get blurry

[@Matkustaja]

@@Getithowyouliveit44- They keep telling that weed is gate for starting the other drugs, when truly its alcohol for sure that really causes it. Also problem in my country is that they don't allow people to use weed, so people will buy it from criminals and many times happens that dealer ran out of weed and offers you to buy harder drugs. We also had these dealing sites over tor network, where people actually could buy only weed if they wanted but unfortunately police always crash those sites down and forces people to buy alcohol instead.

[@Matkustaja]

It must be part of our government alcohol business too, since we have monopolized booze stores owned by the government and no one else is not allowed sell harder alcohol than 8%. Welcome to the paradise named Finland, where also naturally helping cbd-products were banned just couple years ago lol. Oh its funny that our country got note from the Eu-parlament because it was illegally seizing alcohol packages coming from other cheaper countries. Finally at 2025 the Finns can order alcohol from the internet and bypass that government monopoly. Luckily I'm not even drinking (if couple sauna beers not calculated) so not much affect on my life.

[@oggeeboggee]

Hello, your story explains a lot of what is wrong with our society. You repeat as a mantra that nobody told you (about consequences) while admitting that “movies like “Scarface” didn’t scare you”. As much as I enjoyed “Scarface” (as well as “Casino”, “Goodfellas” and lots of other movies where cocaine is a part of a plot) I surely understood the message coming from those movies: it’s nothing worth dying for. So you were told about consequences, but you chose not to hear it. And this is what our society suffers from nowadays: people are informed about consequences, but choose to completely disregard them. I don’t criticise you. I admire your dedication to keep your life sober. I suppose I wouldn’t manage to cope with such an addiction. That’s why I avoid all of that. You gave an insight of the mindset that is completely strange for me. And it explains a lot. Thank you. Greetings!

[@Afrez1189]

Hearing you describe doing it at 6 minutes gave me revolted chills. Been clean from it 21 uears... totally clean for 10 years.

[@bernarddickson3675]

Honest video. Started in my 20s, always recreational. But in my 40s my dependency massively increased. There was no partying involved.

[@bebemilo999]

Sounds like me 6 years ago in my apartment drinking and snorting amphetamines cuz I had no coke but was a cross addiction I remember bar hoping staying up for days and party it also landed me in mental hospital got diagnosed whit psychosis

[@RebeccaStowell-o5d]

My sister! We may be decades apart but same ❤

[@JaneDoe-ip5yl]

This is helpful to understand a loved one struggling. How long does it take to reach this point? When does the casual use turn into a problem

[@kastaways1259]

Good luck to you . I have found that some can do it and have zero issues and some others , have their life obliterated after the first taste.

[@Thebutchercancook]

The fact that you’re getting less than 40% of the drug, and the remaining is amphetamine and filler. Ppl who never stopped don’t realize how bad the drug has became

[@WildWizardWolf]

Apparently it's being cut at the source these days

[@masterofreality230]

The first real drug I did was cocaine....well, besides one acid trip. Mid 90s, a lot of coke was pretty pure. That started getting cut, then I moved to MDMA, none of that was bunk for a while either. Then came Heroin. Still on Suboxone.

[@cxxmax]

​@WildWizardWolf it's all math now

[@josephzimmer6364]

@@WildWizardWolfit always has been it comes out of the jungle at 70-80 percent rest is water soluble salts and additives to make it more soluble and pleasant to snort, and at that point it’s being sold off to large dealers and they’re selling some of those raw and others they’re gonna cut down to maybe 50%, then those bricks are gonna be sold to mid level dealers who are gonna cut it in half and sell it to a low level dealer who’s gonna cut it in half and sell it to your friend who’s gonna cut it half and sell it to you

[@erichschimmer7729]

​@@WildWizardWolf Yeah,true. That cattle dewormer levasimol or so. Gross. Happy New Year 🍀 👋

[@Djvids-k6b]

Great story. My 20's were bad as well.

[@rallerallesson408]

The initial feeling of "that wasn't dramatic at all" and way the addiction creeps up on you is the exact same way with H. You do not wake up sick and craving more H. Edit: everything you said can be applied to my H journey, I could basically edit "coke" for "H", insert my face over yours and post it as my initial addiction to H.

[@craigcullen28]

Same

[@PianoMatronNeeNee]

Great video ❤❤❤❤

[@sherryhudson6879]

That is a bang on description of my journey too. I got tired of the waiting game, with the runaround, then the rip off, the weird sketchy people that act like mindless animals,….that made it intolerable after awhile! Then the heavy poisonous drugs hit the streets……im not taking a chance, especially with all the crap that goes with it. Gotta learn to be trustworthy to yourself in order to make a legit effort…took me awhile, but I balanced my thinking. And reasoned that, the history of my usage was riddled with chaos and I won’t take it anymore! 3 n half years clean…..AND I quit smoking after 46 years. It’ll be three years oct 1. I remember the thrill….but the weight of the bs outweighed my pleasure. You have to wana be better!! Don’t settle with what you think your lot in life is, cuz it’s always subject to change! ❤

[@EricBZink]

Totally agree!

[@who_we_are______5926]

This is a damn good comment, full of wisdom. Thanks 🙏

[@sherryhudson6879]

@ wow…cool! Well thankyou……I appreciate that😊

[@who_we_are______5926]

@@sherryhudson6879 it's true what you say, an addiction isn't going to hold you anymore the second you decide you want to stop. I've gone through many relapses and still struggle to chose sobriety. Especially when I'm depressed, all I want to turn to are drugs. I've stopped to ask myself in the middle of my sadness to be mindful of the emotions. This let's them pass on their own, it's better than running and burying them with drugs but certainly not as fun.

[@shellye.1341]

Under a microscope it looks like a saw

[@dbii6349]

Alcohol and cocaine are seductive because they make you feel more social and outgoing. The sensation is wonderful at first you have a new found level of confidence

[@EricBZink]

Feel that

[@temprary580]

Luckily never had that effect on me. Once I was a daily user was just a paranoid weirdo

[@chrisaga6253]

I feel this way with mushrooms. Shrooms give me a level of relaxation, rizz, and happiness that makes social interactions amazing. I know most people say they prefer being alone, or with just 1 or 2 close friends on shrooms. But for me, it truly is the perfect social lubricant. It's like a way more relaxed, fun, and cerebral version of weed to me. But it doesn't absolutely impair me mentally and physically the way that even 5-10 mg of weed edibles do.

[@StriatedSternum]

Reminds me of pantera lyrics.

[@crand20033]

@@temprary580 Marijuana makes me paranoid.

[@RyanElder-hu8qr]

This guy is spot on. After my ex fiancé left me I tried every drug possible. Because I didn’t care to die. Thank the good lord I never got addicted. I haven’t done it in several years

[@jamesmadden3182]

I started doin coke at 15. Was smoking crack by 17. Around 21 I realized I had to quit if I ever wanted a normal life so I did on my own. It wasn’t easy. I’m 40 now and still party here and there but I had a bad addiction early in my life so I know the struggle

[@lindasharp8523]

Never have and never will. I know I would be addicted.

[@semihkoc]

I haven’t touched line for almost 2 years but I do miss it time to time. 😊

[@LonnyJay-vh4yg]

I lost interest in coke when either base went out and acitone coke became the norm...😞 It tasted like diesel and would send you overboard to the er it you did enuff of it, Pablo's coke made a lot more people addicts then the "good stuff" they sell you nowadays. That stuff yer buying nowadays has no heart.... Creates paranoia and makes you antisocial

[@tracybrown7240]

Exactly why I lost interest as well..mid 90's

[@Gianni-u1f]

Yep

[@priestguardian2587]

the scary side effect is that when your high on coke you are indeed a better person than you were before and everyone wants to be a better version of themself

[@jrddoubleu514]

The danger of cocaine in my experience, isn't that you yourself might become addicted, but that everybody else in your environment will, and you will have to either get on board, and allow your own life to be ruined with them, ( because all their activities are dependent on cocaine use), or you cut them out. So it's rather insidious. You could be going about your business, your friend comes over, or takes you out, and your plan for an early night to crack on with work in the morning will be ruined because they can't stop, and you aren't willing to cut them off. I can't remember the last time I actually bought cocaine. Years. But my friends will spend hundreds a week and fill my face because they can't stop. I prefer ket. It's cheaper, you can do it alone, you don't have to do all that much, it makes you more smarter (synapses and spines), and does'nt ruin your plans for the following day. But everyone else is a coke head, and it's hard to say no free cocaine. And then when you mix the two... That's something else netirely.

[@chrisaga6253]

Underrated comment (the part about everyone in your friend group getting hooked, making it difficult to escape)

[@TheTopnotchpromotion]

Thank you for telling the truth so many people especially our young need to know about this your version is real I teaching my sons truth! Is hard being a parent I want to teach my boys real life stuff thank you for sharing your personal story….

[@ClandestineGirl16X]

Thank you Eric. Also, to comment on when you said opiate addicts would look at you in meetings for cocaine, its like that with weed too. An addict is an addict. Addiction is addiction. I hate when people act like that at meetings. Congratulations on your sobriety. Thank you for your educational videos ❤. Much love from NYC

[@hank.marvin]

The biggest motivation for getting sober for me was realising that all these drugs are being made readily available for reason, wake up people, you need your wits about you these days

[@boyermchristopher1]

I’m glad to see this post this whole time I thought it was very healthy

[@patrickbennett439]

They might teach to not do drugs, what they need to teach is the comedown from drugs makes drugs not worth doing. Come down for 20 hrs for an hour of coke high. Maybe i didnt do it right, maybe more coke is needed, maybe doing coke for 20 hrs still has a 20hr come down. Im not sure because I didnt even like the 1hr time i tried it. F coke. coke is scary addicting.

[@CMoore8539]

Great Video Eric!💞👍

[@rogerhare7886]

Everyone I knew who indulged a lot have had weird health problems as they aged. Likely the chemical stew within them. Many died young.

[@SamHarper-r3x]

The numbness in my lips nose face and throat are what grabbed me. Cocaine is a helluva drug... Rick James RIP

[@crand20033]

What is the meaning behind "I can't feel my face"? Multiple sources have interpreted the song to be about cocaine, including a reference by the Weeknd himself in "Reminder": "I just won a new award, Talking 'bout a face numbing from a bag of blow".

[@LonnyJay-vh4yg]

Freebase will make you think it's the fourth of July fireworks display for maybe 25 minutes and you will regret the $$ you spent and usually you spend everything. Id still be doing if it was like it was back in the 80s - mid 90s.... It's not worth any of my money these days. Makes me paranoid.😢

[@joemoore5844]

Long term side effect,attacks the central nervous system. Drug induced psychosis can be permanent.

[@RandomAnonymousChick]

Always hated cocaine, could be swimming in it & I'd sell it to your Mom before doing a line...but I love the people. They're usually on the depressive side, who take on more responsibility than they should , a lot of single parents, cancer , AIDS patients, everybody who has problems too taboo for regular society to "allow" space to complain & problem solve. Started to feel pangs of guilt for participating in their demise. I'm Alcoholic/Addict in Recovery 12+ years later I'm grateful for that moment of clarity. Moral injuries are very real to me today. God bless you for doing this channel and giving back to others looking for a new way to live. Clean❤ Good Karma.

[@VDJ4500]

Watching how this drug is ruining a community in my town, so many being oblivious to it, how it is turning them into miserable, suffering ghosts wants me to become a hermit…

[@dwainphillips]

Good word bro 🤌

[@EricBZink]

Thanks!

[@jonhutchinson2405]

damn bro havent seen you in a minute on here, congrats on 214k subs. last time i saw you were at like 40k or something

[@crand20033]

John Belushi did it, Chris Farley died it and both of them died from it.

[@marccharbonneau1967]

Thx bot

[@crand20033]

@marccharbonneau1967 John Belushi did it, Chris Farley did it; doesn't mean you should do it.

[@RafaelFrancisco93]

Love your content 🫡

[@CristinaEvans-w2m]

Thank you for sharing 🙏💯☠️

[@AeroMagic_Official]

Fighting tears when you said yeah it was for 15 minutes, “but it made me happy in the pain” It’s just hard man

[@lowellriggsiam]

With all that I hear about drugs I'm so glad I never used them.

[@jamalelhamdigarcia190]

Best thing you’ve done… Couple of drinks once in a while it’s more than enough … I was abused when I was a kid… So the problem are not the drugs , but the void inside me that makes me depressed … since I was a child… started drinking at 11 or 12… And by the way , cocaine wasn’t my choice… expensive, all the rubbish that they put in,… Not my choice… I was a lonely drinker … and heroin is a”good” drug for lonely people…my friend use to make speed, so at least I knew what was on it…10€ for 1 gram, coke is 60€, and there’s only 3% on it???, Thank god my parents told me values ,so even I’m extremely depressed , i work , and help others…and not do any harm to others… Get drunk once or twice a month with my guitar … just to let the demons know that they cannot beat me…there’s love , honesty, loyalty , respect, compassion …and a lot of good REAL things in life… don’t fall into hate, anger, remorse, guilty,envy… That’s what the system wants : broken people … Sorry For the long message… Just wanted to share… 🙏🤘🖕

[@who_we_are______5926]

Underrated comment

[@rizzpro]

I knew how terrible coke was trying it the first time, only planned on doing it once because I knew it was made with gasoline and other shit and that it destroys you. Once you get hooked to it you forget how bad it is for you and it takes a real wake up call (for me a collapsing nose) to remember how shit it is for you and it turned me off of it permanently.

[@EricBZink]

Yes and yes

[@BenBarlow-fl4in]

If it burns your nose imagine what it must do to your brain

[@ling8ling]

My husband became an addict at 58, and have lost our savings for our retirement and my boys want nothing to do with him anymore 😢

[@CowboyPants-h5p]

Time for a divorce....

[@bustinnutsinslutsbutts]

Ouch

[@davegordon6943]

Damn I'm sorry to hear that. What's he addicted to if you don't mind sharing?

[@thegooglearchipelago8253]

Lol the way he's describing the taste and sensation of it. I suddenly want a line. That was like a serial killer re-living his murders in court.

[@DancingSk3L3tons]

At my worst I could EASILY do a half ounce in a weekend. I'm normally a very reserved / introverted person so coke jsut blew the doors off for me. What was the most addictive part of it for me was how boring life got without it. To go from being in a hot tub with a couple girls on Molly doing rails to being in front of my computer at work was sucha contrast I didn't think I could enjoy normal life without it. It'll turn you into a fkn lunatic.

[@bustinnutsinslutsbutts]

fuck yeah

[@devilsoffspring5519]

I'm "only" addicted to beer and cigarettes but I know what you mean when you're bored to death almost permanently. School is what did it for me as a young kid, I was so alive and full of enthusiasm and I loved learning and developing skills. Going to school made me a zombie, I was so bored out of my skull all day that it became permanent.

[@DancingSk3L3tons]

@devilsoffspring5519 I wouldn't down play the cigarettes and booze, I know it's not coke and Molly but booze and cigarettes are 2 of the hardest things out there to quit. Addiction is addiction. Usually the same suspects as the root cause too. I know guys slowly killing themselves with food as their addiction. Same reasons, boredom, depression, anxiety, life issues. We are all in the same boat.

[@kennethpeaks3477]

I'm so glad I was able to stop before Fentanyl was on the scene.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

I never tried fentanyl. From what I've heard it's a nightmare to quit, all opiate/opioid drugs are like that. The best move is to just not do any of them

[@lissettegarcia5859]

I did it In my twenties recreationally I could go months without doing it when I hit thirty nine is when I started doing it agand when about hooked really bad on and still Using till this day😢

[@toolboxnj]

I asked a friend whether alcohol, weed or coke, which one is the most difficult to quit and he said without hesitation, cocaine.

[@sirrodney3443]

"Vision dreams of Passion"

[@jimfoley8014]

Great insight.

[@erichschimmer7729]

I dont get coke/ crack addicts. 20 min/ 5 min ( crack) before a nervous, depressive comedown, the low Dopamin levels next 2-3 days....naaw,not my DOC. A horrible drug,not good at all against Depression. I' d choose downers over that every time. Now the leaves are something else,sadly not available. Happy New Year 🍀👋 if you read this

[@DWANE80]

This guy should get the Nobel peace prize 🏆 for cocaine consumption. He is the cocaine CONNOISSEUR!!!!!!! Nobody knows cocaine better than this guy. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marklansaw]

thanks for posting i have the same problem I do about 1/4 ounce in 3 days

[@elduchie68]

I've taken everything. And i mean EVERYTHING. For some reason, I've never been arrested and kept myself in line. Education for substance abuse beforehand makes a difference. It allows you to notice if your heading down a bad path. Ive never had any addiction problems, and i put it down to knowledge. Teach your kids. Its a taboo subject, but it can save lives.

[@EriktheG248]

I used it recreationally ( 2 or3 times a year) back in the 80s. I won't lie, i enjoyed it when i did it. What made me quit was that i noticed that is that when i did use it, for a couple of weeks every time i blee my nose there was a little blood in my snot. After this happened a few times i made the connection and decided to stop using it because i didn't want it to cause any kind of permanent damage. I saw how it can be addictive (even though it wasn't considered addictive when i was using it), because it just made me feel really good with no real diwn side, until i started seeing the blood. It was $100 a gram back then which is kind if a blessing, because if it was cheaper i might have used it more often and had bigger problems with it

[@donaldburge8392]

Very good description of cocaine and its effects 👌

[@lissettegarcia5859]

I've done quarters before backs back.. Really sad

[@edwardtrezza8129]

Nobody mentions the fact that cocaine use.Especially long term gave me congestive heart failure

[@cp8791]

37, been on a couple gs a week for 15 years easy. The problem is i love it and lifes so mundane without it you use it as a treat.

[@parkercushingable]

100 percent there are physical withdrawals from cocaine. I had damaged my nose pretty bad where it felt irritated like having a cold or having to sneeze. I had a centimeter sized hole that would get irritable because it was essentially an open sore.. So I would say I'm stopping for the night... Well 30 mins later my nose is red and painful, so I would do another bump, in order to get back to sleep. The only thing that relieved the pain was also the thing that caused it! Also I felt cold chills in my spine a few hours after. I found running as hot of water as I could stand and putting my face and nose right in it, helped loosen the mucus but also relaxed the pain.

[@gunshybtdb6657]

Good vid

[@XX-td3lv]

I tried it a few times. I never felt the effects and just stopped

[@LaVerni66]

Did that shi twice and nun happened is that a common occurrence?

[@chodderz]

The way you smiling from 3:02 - 3:08 when describing what it did for you at that time, shows how much you fell in love with that substance

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Coke hangovers are lovely. I really miss them