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Somebody I know was a drug addict a few years. He has been clean for just over a year now,without any help.
He told me yesterday that he took cat this weekend(only one line) But that theres no need to worry it was a once off thing and hes not planning to start with his old habbits again.
My general knowledge about drugs is not that broad but Im worried because he hasnt taken anything the last year and that maybe this was all he needed to start again.
Am I just overreacting or should I worry?

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i have fought a personal battle with addiction for over 10 years. five years back, after being clean off heroin for a year, i went to a party one night, and had one line of cat. and then another. (after all, a few lines can't hurt, right?) i was celebrating one of my books being published.

three years later, i had lost everything. my business, my car, my beautiful home, all my possessions and was homeless and living on the street for about a month.

i woke up one morning in a dealers flat in hillbrow. we had gone on a thirteen day binge, not sleeping once, only using cat.

i looked at myself in the mirror. what had i become? i was down to 60kg (i'm 6ft and should weigh about 80), had sores in my nose, my throat and on my skin. i had constant chest pains (one year later i had a heart attack as a direct result of my drug abuse in the past), and had not one cent to my name. my publishers (thank God) had refused to pay out any royalties until i was clean.

i walked home to my mother's house (about 20km), with no shoes, because i had sold them, and with only a tshirt and pair of thin pants, in the middle of winter.

i knocked on her door and told her, "it's over."

i never touched it again. it has taken two years of hard work and pain to get over drugs.

one line will lead to another, and then another, until everything is gone.

yes you should worry. tell his parents, the police, his minister at church, his family and his friends.

he needs a friend like you to tell everyone in order to help him. Source(s): the general has said enough.
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No, you are not overreacting, and it has everything to do with South Africa. Some how drugs has taken over our country.
If he came off on his own, then he has a strong willpower, and he knows its wrong.
Try get your friend to go for help.
Drugs in SA are our biggest thief, it steals our youth and destroys many life's.
Best of luck.
my life...
worry....

You have every right to worry, one loose link in the chain is enough to cause a big catastrophe...

I know smoking isn't that great of an example, but i'm ashamed to say that it took me 'til the third month of my pregnancy to quit smoking.... It was the hardest thing I'd ever done, and I'd go a day or two... then couldn't stop. I'm just lucky I had a very supportive mom and fiance. Plus I knew I couldnt live with myself if something went wrong with my son... (I'd already lost his twin in the 2nd month)....

Your friend may need your support right now. Other substances are pretty hard to let go of.... She needs help, tons of it. He cant've wastd an entire year to get back to square one.... How many more once offs is he going to indulge in deluding himself that its only been once?
i was addicted to cocaine for many years.then i went to a specialized clinic and now 11 years after i do not do 3 grammes as i did.BUT 2 or 3 times a year if somebody somewhere,especially at a party do it.then i do.so NO WORRY
Its like any addiction - cigarettes, alcohol and drugs all addictive.

You are never free of the desire - just abstaining from using.

So when they say "just this once" its not - but the other thing is you can never tell an addict that - that person needs to understand that themselves.

BUT

Once addicted - always addicted - maybe in remission but always addicted - Sorry.