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Originally posted by Turbo_pro


As a recovering crack addict I know of what I speak.

Middle class SO.Cal. family, good income, reasonable education, started in high school with occasional alcohol and pot use. 70s experimenting with LSD, mushrooms Peyote. In the 80s, cocaine use Valium and vitamin Q. Downward spiral all through the 80s and the witness to this journey was our son starting at 4. He was well fed never neglected (accept emotionally) but at the age of 10 he was the only adult in the family. In the end, an 8 year crack habit that ended in the closet (6 day run) of our $1,000,000 house. Wouldn't wish that on anyone. Jail, institutions and Death. In 1981 two friends and I decided that crack was the devil and sacrificed our crack pipes to the surf gods. 10 years later I was in a hospital, K was in jail (12 to 15 for sales) and F was dead for cocaine poisoning.

I'm curious. Did you get religion after getting sober? And did you do psychotherapy to get at why you ended up self-medicating?