r/REDDITORSINRECOVERY • u/rotgirrl • 1h ago
best advice on a heavy cocaine user attempting to stop use
since about august, i’ve been using cocaine daily. it quickly turned into IV use and heavy use. i need to stop, i’ve turned into someone i don’t recognize and im in so much debt. i wish i could go to detox just to be locked away somewhere until the cravings go away. but the anxiety and depression and desperation are to much to bear but i really want to give it an honest shot. has anyone kicked a coke habit, and how did you get through the depression and anxiety and cravings?? it seems impossible. and how long does the timeline usually last of just feeling low? i haven’t gone more than 2 days before so i don’t even know the worst of what’s coming but i know what i’m doing to my brain is sucking out all the good feeling chemicals and my brain won’t have any naturally for sometime. i have also stopped taking my medication but i’m going to force myself to start taking that again. any advice or tips like things that helped you would be amazing. thanks to anyone who replies.
(also treatment is not an option i dont qualify for FMLA yet for my job and don’t have any money saved up for bills while i’m gone)