I was watching “Narcos” on Netflix and I couldnt believe how that Columbian was making BILLION of dollars selling cocaine in the US. Their must be literally millions of US coke addicts. Yet I’ve never known but one.
I guess I lived under a rock because I’ve met maybe one person in my life who ever did cocaine and that was only for a short time. It’s not like people passing around a joint at a party. From what I’ve heard it’s quite expensive so an addict must either make alot of money or just blow thru all their money or they steal. And their must be a LOT of them.
So I’d like to ask. Did/do you know people who do/did cocaine? How much did they spend on it? Was it considered “cool” in some groups?
Pretty much everybody in my social circle has taken coke at some point, most of us many times. This is middle class professionals in London earning good money, including lawyers, bankers, school head teachers and doctors, along with the more expected creatives.
I don’t know anyone who is an addict, however. People take it at parties, it isn’t an every day thing.
I don’t take it any more because the hangovers are awful.
Lets say your at a party where there is cocaine. Is it just one persons or is it “shared” where say everyone gets a line? Do some hosts provide it like they do booze? How much did it cost?
I used to love me some coke. In my circle of friends it came up every so often. There was always booze, very often weed, and when all the stars were aligned there’d be coke.
I could buy a gram for $100, but that was a great deal from a friend. A gram seemed like a lot when you got it, and I always planned on rationing it out but then the next morning it was all gone.
One time I brokered a deal. Two people I knew each wanted to buy a half ounce. I managed to get together the cash, bought an ounce, and then everyone met at my house to divvy up and pay. The one guy took his half ounce, thanked me and left. The other half ounce was purchased by a woman and although her boyfriend wanted to leave, she wanted to try it. She put out lines for me, my wife, her bf, and herself. I rolled a joint.
Her boyfriend kept trying to get her to leave, but it was dawn when she took what was left and went home. It was the best and worst of times.
I haven’t touch any since the early 90s, which is why I’m here today.
When coke was a thing, we were mostly young and poor. Best friends would share their gram, but I was never at a “help yourself” party. At most, a host might whisper, “hey, there’s a line waiting for you in the bedroom on the nightstand”.
Whatever was handy. Some people carried a little metal tube on their key ring. Rolled up money, drinking straw cut short, coffee stirrer as a spoon, whatever. You could always just Hoover straight into a nostril if you were talented.
If you lived under a rock then I must have lived on another planet as I have never, as far as I am aware, known anyone who even tried cocaine.
The closest I ever came to experiencing the effects of cocaine was discussing its molecular structure and MOA during a chemistry class… put me right to sleep. Heh.
I tried coke back in my college days in Texas, and it did nothing for me. Absolutely nothing. It was from people I trusted, and they assured me it was good stuff. but uh-uh. Nada. I couldn’t see why anyone would spend so much on the stuff.
I’ve read some people are just that way. Guess I’m one of them.
Sam, for me it was just the enjoyable “lift” and intense feeling of well being. After drinking and smoking all night, the party would be winding down and a few diehards would remain. Somebody would lay out some lines and presto!! the party would be back on track!
Like pot, you’ve known plenty of people who have used it, they’re just smart enough to keep it to themselves. Most people used it ‘way back when’ (most people don’t get addicted), that ones that just have a bump here and a line there, are the ones that you just think had a little too much coffee. On the inside, you feel amazing, you feel like a million bucks, you feel like you could take on the world, it’s an amazing drug. On the outside, you just look like you have too much energy, that’s all.
Since people don’t wear a sign listing all their vices, there’s really no way for you to know that you’ve never known someone that’s done coke. That’s like saying ‘I read a report that says almost all adults over 30 have had sex, 10% of them have sex on a weekly basis, but I’ve never met a single one of these people, I don’t believe this report’. Same thing, how would you know. Most people aren’t talking about it or doing it in front of you.
I’d be willing to bet, (but I’m not suggesting you do this) if you spent the next month or so asking every friend, relative, co-worker, acquaintance etc. Basically, every adult you know on a first name basis that you run into and say ‘hey, do you have a gram of coke I could buy, or do you know where I could get an 8 ball’). It wouldn’t be long before someone either pulled someone out of their pocket or said 'sorry I only have a little left. Basically, I think you’d be surprised at how many people you know do coke.
The thing about it is, if you keep it under control enough that it’s not ruining your life, no one knows. It doesn’t get you ‘high’, doesn’t wreck you’re teeth, doesn’t make you stumble around like you’re drunk. Like I said, the most others really think is that you’ve had a little too much coffee.
I remember back in college one day listening to some Dead and I heard the line “If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight”. Suddenly realized what it meant, right around the time that my friends and I came to the conclusion that we had to stop doing lines around 6 or 7pm if we wanted to sleep that night.
I tried it once, at a party.
I didn’t like it, the last thing I need is something to hype me up. Everybody at the party was passed out somewhere and I was still bouncing off the walls. Almost got shot when the homeowner heard me bouncing around his kitchen and he came downstairs with his gun.
Nope, never saw the appeal at all.
My then bf was getting a bit too much into coke. Several times he blew his entire paycheck the same day he got paid. He was getting a bit crazy with the stuff, only time I ever gave somebody an ultimatum. I told him he could have coke or he could have me but he couldn’t have us both. He chose me. It may have helped when I told him you know, that stuff you’re snorting up your nose was probably smuggled in in somebody’s ass. Imagine the poor person who has to pick through the shit to find the bags of coke..
Saying you don’t know anybody who does or who has done coke is like saying you don’t know any gay people, atheists, swingers, or Republicans. Yeah you do, you just don’t know who they are.
In the 90’s it seemed to be everywhere. The bar I tended at always had people doing it just about every night. I’ve been to parties where there was literally piles of the stuff (about what you could fill an espresso cup with) on the dining room table for all to partake in.
It was a ton of fun, and I don’t ever want to go back.
Yep, this was it for me too. Only the lines came out a bit earlier. It wasn’t frequent but it was fun, at least until the next day. Glad those days are over.
I know lots of people who used coke daily. I don’t know if they were technically addicted, but it sure wreaked havoc on their lives. Few of them had any real money. They either spent all they had or stole to fund their habits. They’re really glad those days are over.
