Boyfriend Tried Cocaine, How Worried Should I Be?
Question by LadyDreamon: Boyfriend tried Cocaine, how worried should I be?
I’m involved in the new york rock scene, so I’ve been around plenty of cocaine use, for some people it’s a problem, other people escape unscathed.
My boyfriend is an unmedicated depressive cycle bipolar guy with crohn’s disease, ulcerative collitis, severe asthma and a less than perfect heart. His past involves a lot of trauma including physical and sexual abuse, and two suicide attempts.
He’s a musician. Tonight he called, and told me he was strung out on coke (something that’s never happened before) so that he can stay up to help produce a friend’s record.
We’ve been together two years, he’s smart, sweet, funny, extraordinarily talented (artistically, I think a genius), somewhat successful (and getting more so) and way beyond messed up. Up until now I’ve been willing to deal with his issues, because I love him. I’m very patient, and willing to put up with trust issues, and a volatile temper because he really is great, but I draw the line at hard drug use. Mild recreational use of pharmaceuticals I’m cool with, non-problem drinking I’m cool with, weed I’m cool with, but I’ve seen too many great artists turn in their talent for a fix, and I won’t sit there and watch it happen to him.
I told him “it’s a bad habit” and he compared it to an energy drink. I want to tell him if he ever does it again, I’m leaving, but then it seems likely he’d just lie if he did it in the future. How should I react?
The funny thing is, he hates weed, can’t stand the smell. As for ability to determine whether he’s lying, most scientific studies conclude humans are unable to detect other people lying, especially people close to them.
As for using it before, I know he’s not an addict already. I lived with him for a year, and have never given much indication that I disapprove of drug use (that that it concerns me mildly)
Best answer:
Answer by dropkick232000
I would try to get this guy some help. now before it gets to worse.
Answer by SHANELLE
You seem like a very intelligent girl with credible street smarts so I believe you can handle this question solo, You’ve said you’ve been around others with the addiction and are familiar with the drug scene. I beleive you would be able to recognize a person with a regular usage addiction and even more so, recognize when the person you have loved for two years is lying. The real question is when he does are you willing to stand behind your words and leave or turn the other cheek as they waste away in fear of being alone? Either way you risk losing him to the drugs.
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