Anyone know any crackheads?

Do they fit the stereotype of a crack head? Are they seemingly normal people except for the crack usage?

I know a couple who smokes crack. They started at a young age so they feel obligated to use it based on that fact alone. However, they are physically healthy people, take care of their kids, help out their neighbors and are open to people coming to their house (I've had almost a full meal once or twice while I was there because they make so much food). Seriously, unless you actually saw them smoke it, you wouldn't suspect a thing.

Anyone else know anyone that uses crack and doesn't fall into the stereotypes of a crack head?

 

A crackhead isn't a person who uses it responsibly, at least that's the idea I had. Nope, I've never even met someone who's tried it.

 

ok maybe i used the term crackhead wrong. perhaps i should have said "someone who uses crack"

 

i don't know, a got a friend who's friends with some crackheads, they do meth and heroin too, they've methed up my friend and shit before. They could be typical crackheads for all i know

 

I had a friend that tried crack he didnt tell me how it was and I didnt care to ask.

I've smoked crystal, vyvanse, and 'chewy' (marijuana and cocaine mix) probably the closest I'll get to crack.

 

i only know one kid who smoked crack daily, the first time i met him i was tripping and i go 'what's up with the tweaker?' and my brother said to me 'how did you know?' so yes he fit the description, cute kid though it is a shame he is in jail now! not a shame, i don't actually care.
the handful of people i know who smoke crack irregularly are not like that.

 

I started using pot at 12, acid at 13 and anything I could get my hands on until I was 16. Then I tried cocaine. This was my main drug from then on. By time I turned 19 my addiction had consumed my life, all I thought about was finding more coke. About this same time powdered cocaine had become very hard to find. And if you could it was like a $100 a G. There is one street in my town where all the black folks live and this was were you could buy crack and everybody knew it. I'm not suggesting that all black folks sell crack but all the people standing around on the corner of this street did. So one night this dirt bag I hung out with suggested we go down there and score some crack. I had smoked coke before on weed and stuff so I figured "what's the difference". I found out there was a big difference. Crack has an instantaneous effect. The best coke high there is. So we continued to do this together with my paycheck every week for about a year. I didn't feel as guilty when I was doing it with another person. We new we were doing something terrible but it didn't matter. Until I got tired of paying for him and went down to the block as we called it by myself. This is when I got really bad with a 300-400 dollar a week habit by myself. Then one night I got pulled over with a person selling. Luckily I had not purchased anything yet, only had a can that I used for smoking, the cop found it but let me go. I swore I would quit right then, but I didn't. I got hold of a friend that used to get me powder and started making my own with ammonia wash. Started stealing from my family, from my moms purse, my sisters, I pawned her guitar that she loved. They knew I had a problem but they couldn't stop me. That week I got my check early on a Thursday, $600 gone in a night. Friday I was coming home from work on the highway contemplating my situation. All the people I was hurting, the damage to my family. I decided that it would be better if I wasn't around. So I pulled over at an overpass and stepped to the rail. I wanted to jump but couldn't because I knew this would cause even more pain to my family. I decided to quit but again didn't. I stopped stealing and only used my money (bought my moms guitar back) . This continued for about another six months. This is when my the girlfriend got pregnant. This was what finally broke my habit. I had something to care about besides myself. Now I have 3 beautiful children and a wife that I love. I have not done cocaine in almost 11 years. Still have dreams about it sometimes. Anyway if yo are reading this, thanks for listening. I never talk about this because it is a very shameful time in my life. To answer your question yes I would say most people who smoke crack fit the bill but occasionally not. Don't do coke kids it's bad, strips you of your morals. :sunny:

 

nice story man. props for 11 years clean!

 

Thanks, it's been hard but it gets easier over time. Still burning cones occasionally though.

 

There no fun if there not real crackheads, if your a conspiracy theory buff you should talk to some off them. They have some of the wall stories, ied to live in the city and ride public trans, you meet all kinds of characters.

But seriously i have met people who smoke crack and are not the stereotypical crackheads(but they still smoke crack so), I think the problem starts when you live in the city and can get it without a second thought, Crack will make jesus a crackhead while he is smoking it, meaning once you start you never want to stop. So when you run out and you have to go get in the car and drive 40 minutes to get it at 3 AM you might think better of it. This is versus someone who can walk out their front door at 3AM and buy crack. See what i mean.

 

of weed?! that's nothin'

 

I used to live with a husband and wife who were crackheads and meth addicts. They would smoke crack and meth with their 16 year old son and they'd let their 12 year old daughter smoke weed, drink liquor, take pills, snort cocaine, etc. They were worse than the stereotypical crackhead, imo.

 

that's extremely fucking sad.

 

sweet thread..lol wtf

 

How much does crack cost? Im not typing all this shit out again. Crack is shit..

 

^ wow!

 

Lol a funcountiong crackhead

 

Yeah I know one,he's typing this post.Or at least I was one,and once one always one right?At least thats what NA told me.I was in no way a functioning crackhead,lost everything and everybody over the stuff,,hmmm same thing happened when I used meth the first time too,woulda thought I'd have learned something huh.

 

No. I am the closest thing to a crack-head anyone in my friend circle has ever encountered. Obviously snorted amphetamine is not the same as smoked crack cocaine, but that is the point.

 

Noppeee , haven't came across one yet.