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Hi guys,
Any experiences of/knowledge about taking cocaine when also on Luvox (fluvoxamine) or any other SSRI?
I'm going to try coke for the first time soon & I'd rather not end up with serotonin syndrome or something...
Thanks :)

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Experiences, side effects etc.

For me personally, i find that it triggers either a short-term hugely anxious or depressive state either the day after taking or immediately after it begins to wear off, meaning that if i'm out i need to keep topping up with small sniffs every half hour or hour.

In my past i have been perscribed medication for depression so this may effect, although lots of other people i know have reported this feeling.

I also suffer a tonsilitus-like sore throat, making it very painful to swallow.
This drug is legal in the UK meaning it is rife in all the clubs i go to at the moment and very easy and cheap to get hold of, its normally like £10 a gram here

So. i've been trying to get myself to post for a long time. I get to the page and end up just reading posts and chickening out. I am having a hard time being really honest right now. Honest about how consumingly fearful I have grown to picking up the drink. There's a line in the big book of alcoholics anonymous that talks about when an alcoholic picks up that drink. and that once that happens he is no longer able to differentiate the true from the false. I feel like i've skipped ahead to that part of the insanity already. I haven't picked up the drink because i'm paralyzed, like I can't even make any sort of decision for myself. Which is a good thing so far, but I just don't feel strong right now. And I can't say I havent been honest because I have, I've shared with my support group and my sponser what i've been thinking, but i feel like it's getting old. I turned 21 in november and thats what started my nutty thinking. On wednesday I'm going to be leaving on a trip with my girlfriend to celebrate my 21st birthday (i wanted to do something sober and fun so I could still experience a sort of dramatic 21st birthday that society has got me craving( . Anyways, I've been sober since June, and this isn't my first go around. I had over 11 months before so it is really silly that i think that my age is the issue right now. it feels like a sort of horrible limbo. ..I feel like there's only so much to be said and the rest needs to be sucked up but I don't know. I'm not really sure what i'm even trying to accomplish right now but i've been taught to reach out when I need a hand, but i'm not quite sure why I feel like I need a hand :-/, everything in my life is really good, more than that, it's absolutely amazing. ::sigh:::

Staying sober doesn't guarantee happiness.
It guarantees not being drunk.
Still, a good deal, as far as I'm concerned.

I'll take a day of sober misery over drunken happiness any time. At least with sober misery, there's hope of a better tomorrow.
With drunk happiness, I have no where to go but down.
Also, with sober misery, I can be sure my darkness is not alcohol-induced, and that I don't have the added trouble of needing to get sober again.

NOW how much would you pay for this bargain?!
(Priceless....:))

So grateful for all my gifts and problems today.

Overdosing on Fluoxotine (Prozac) - I can look up the effects on Google, but I've learned that those aren't always right. Any experiences?

Hey all. I have an issue, and I've already decided what I need to do, but I need some support and tips on how to handle it.

I can't live with my roommate anymore. She was in AA for a bit, but fell off. She has had a few "relapses" that I know about, but I suspect it is very regular. A few weeks ago, I woke up and our living room was all fucked up. Broken glass, food on the floor, some other busted things. She admitted that she had done coricidin (her drug of choice) the night before, and didn't remember any of it. It's not like she went into some kind of rampage, it was more that she fell down a bunch and broke everything (and has the bruises to show for it). The next day I told her that her situation seemed to be escalating and that if she was going to keep going, she needed to keep the using (and the consequences of her using) away from our house.

Silly request, I know. I shouldn't be trying to change the way she does things, I should be changing what I am doing. Not to mention, it seems to have only made her be sneaky about it. So I have been praying and meditating and have realized that either I need to move out, or she does. Even if she isn't using all that often, I know it can get bad fast. And besides that, it has become something I obsess over at times. Constantly wondering where she is when she is out late, why she's asleep if she is asleep really early, wondering what she is doing, etc.

The other day I was writing a rent check and couldn't find a pen, her purse was sitting right on the coffee table and without thinking started looking for a pen in there. I really wasn't trying to snoop, this is the sort of thing we generally do with one another. I FOUND MY CHECK BOOK IN THERE. I really honestly do not believe she meant to take it, what probably happened was she grabbed it by accident and threw it in there. But it really really felt like a wake-up call that I need to be protecting myself, my possessions, my dog (since she relapsed she leaves food and stuff out where he can get it, not to mention the broken glass that one time), and most importantly MY SOBRIETY. I only have 39 days. It is way too fragile.

I have been talking to my sponsor about it, and she supports my decision. The best way I can be a friend to my roommate is to do what I have to for myself, and my sobriety. I love her and care about her but staying here won't fix anything, it will just make me build resentment towards her and then I will never be able to help her.

I don't know how to tell her. It has to be soon, so the ball can get rolling on finding a subletter (either for me, or if she wants to be the one to move out, for her). I can't live like this. She doesn't take care of household stuff on her own anymore (we have never had a set system for doing chores, we have always just done what needed to be done to keep the house clean and now it feels like it is just me). She is miserable in a lot of ways, and that is holding me back because I can't stand abandoning people and making them feel more miserable.

Any advice on how to tell her? There is a blizzard coming to our area tomorrow til Thursday-ish. The idea of being stuck here for three or more days with her after telling her sounds horrible, but it feels so dishonest to wait and it means all the more time until I can have a new living situation.

I am terrified too because there is no guarantee that any living situation I am in will be better. Even if I live with another sober person, there can always be a relapse. Even if the person is sober, there could be other issues - they could be a thief, they could bring bad people around, they could be a slob, they could be crazy, or they could just plain drive me crazy. I am being such a chickenshit about this. But I can't handle feeling suspicious all the time and constantly worrying about her and what she is up to.

This is so long, and there is so much more to say, but with that I'll pass :)

Hello, I'm new to this community. (:


I was wondering if anyone else takes Dicyclomine for IBS and how it effects you. It seems to work differently for everyone.

I am looking for a place to connect even disjointedly with other sober people. I am a recovering alcoholic and have been sober for 8 years. I dont think that I am at a place I will slip with alcohol, but know that I dont have the best emotional sobriety right now...
I connect with my sponsor on a regular, but I never (STILL) call her when I am in the "depths of dispair" <exageration? Although I have done it once or twice. I know people will be down on this, but that's ok, I dont go to meetings on the regular... I usually go when I am feeling bad... and then I feel guilty about "using" the meeting... even if I dont really share about my problems but just show up to feel good for an hour. I have the issue that my problems that I have trouble dealing with arent really related to alcohol, but just the f-d up thinking that my brain does...this I am sure is somehow related, but not in the sense that I feel like I am in danger of drinking. So, anyways......does this community still connect? thanks

i'm getting my teeth extracted tomorrow.
i was wondering if anyone has gone through this procedure and what kind of drugs if any did you get for pain?