jean-vic
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My best friend used to be addicted to cocaine and took it daily, but before I met him he came off the stuff, only using occassionally for recreation, or so he calls it. He didn't use it for the first year of our friendship so I as none the wiser, until he used on a night out and I noticed the effects. I told him that night that he wasn't to use again otherwise the friendship would be over. Cherishing our friendship, he swore he'd never touch it again.
A week ago - 6 months after our conversation - I learned he had been using for a month, again. I shouted, called him pathetic and weak and told him we were done as long as he was on it. He said that was my choice and he respected it, but he wasn't going to guarantee he wouldn't touch something he used only recreationally.
I have a history with drugs. I have never taken them, but my dad smoked marijuana and was a cocaine addict. One night, when I was 10, he was drug deprived and beat me up for waking him, in the night, to ask for a drink. I never saw him after that, until I was 21 and discovered drugs had pretty much driven him mad with paranoia. I, therefore, despise the things that destroyed my dad and have destroyed so many people's lives.
However, I have lost my best friend, although his choice of drugs over me - like my father before him - is revealing, and am left wondering if I did the right thing or, as my friend suggested, am just overreacting to what is occassional drug use.
Anyone have any thoughts?
A week ago - 6 months after our conversation - I learned he had been using for a month, again. I shouted, called him pathetic and weak and told him we were done as long as he was on it. He said that was my choice and he respected it, but he wasn't going to guarantee he wouldn't touch something he used only recreationally.
I have a history with drugs. I have never taken them, but my dad smoked marijuana and was a cocaine addict. One night, when I was 10, he was drug deprived and beat me up for waking him, in the night, to ask for a drink. I never saw him after that, until I was 21 and discovered drugs had pretty much driven him mad with paranoia. I, therefore, despise the things that destroyed my dad and have destroyed so many people's lives.
However, I have lost my best friend, although his choice of drugs over me - like my father before him - is revealing, and am left wondering if I did the right thing or, as my friend suggested, am just overreacting to what is occassional drug use.
Anyone have any thoughts?