Have You Ever Ripped a Line?

[Gugny]

I grew up in the 80s and never even saw cocaine until I was about 20. 
 

I’ve always been afraid of it and have never tried it. 
 

Wondering how many of you have and if you liked it, hated it and/or still do it. 

[Bad Things]

My oldest brother had a hard time with it in the mid/late 80's, so I always had an example and a reason for me to stay the f away from it.

[Augie]

1 minute ago, Bad Things said:

My oldest brother had a hard time with it in the mid/late 80's, so I always had an example and a reason for me to stay the f away from it.

 

From bad things can come good lessons. 

 

I have an old college buddy who would call his guy every time he had one drink too many. He always hated himself for it, but he’s just lucky he’s alive with all the fentanyl out there. It’s a crap shoot, so know that going in. 

[Buffalo716]

Ummmmmm

 

This feels like a trap!! 

 

😝

Edited January 10 by Buffalo716

[Bad Things]

40 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

From bad things can come good lessons. 

 

 

I see what you did there.

(or maybe without realizing it!)

[thenorthremembers]

I spent two years touring in a hard rock band about 15 years ago.   My singer, drummer and one guitar player would sneak off constantly but I was too naive to know what was going on.

 

Given the number of shows we played, the scummy promoters, and all wacky people I met, I am still amazed I never saw it.

 

Long story short never my cup of tea.

[BuffaloWitch]

I have. Fun. Waste of dollars though. Aint worth F'ing your next day up.

Edited January 10 by BuffaloWitch

[Gugny]

I feel the need to say this …

 

I do not take substance abuse lightly. 
 

I have lost friends to substance abuse and I know that more than one TBDer has lost family to substance abuse. 
 

My poll is strictly out of curiosity. I am not making light of it. 
 

In fact, I just said my final goodbye to one of my closest friends who succumbed to substance abuse. 
 

I’m really just interested in how my people who have, and still are, messing with this stuff. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

First time I encountered it was my freshman year of college.  Never in HS.  I’ve done a little bit here and there.  I think the last time was at a wedding down in Florida about 10-15 years ago.  I’m not a fan.  Never been.  But I will say that doing a little bump to keep the party going is much different than sitting around doing lines.  It’s an ugly drug for sure.

 

I recently almost lost a good friend who got a “bad bag” laced with Fentanyl.  He’s the type of guy that will do it 2-3 times a year.  My wife literally brought him back to life by performing CPR.  He is very lucky.  If you’re going to dabble….know your dealer!

[Punching Bag]

From subject I thought this was about fishing.  

[ExiledInIllinois]

23 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

From subject I thought this was about fishing.  

I thought it was about ziplining. 😆 

[Just Jack]

I knew someone who did years ago.  One of their stories was they were short on cash, so their dealer let them write a check for it.  

Edited January 10 by Just Jack

[Buffalo716]

Cocaine was never my favorite... But... It can be a good time

 

Especially when a woman asks you to do a line off of her bosom... That's hard to say no to sometimes

[Jauronimo]

3 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

First time I encountered it was my freshman year of college.  Never in HS.  I’ve done a little bit here and there.  I think the last time was at a wedding down in Florida about 10-15 years ago.  I’m not a fan.  Never been.  But I will say that doing a little bump to keep the party going is much different than sitting around doing lines.  It’s an ugly drug for sure.

 

I recently almost lost a good friend who got a “bad bag” laced with Fentanyl.  He’s the type of guy that will do it 2-3 times a year.  My wife literally brought him back to life by performing CPR.  He is very lucky.  If you’re going to dabble….know your dealer!

The fentanyl risk is terrifying.  I weep for today's youth who will never experience the innocence of floor coke and found baggies.  Now you need a chemistry set, a notepad with consent forms, and a notary public just to get a little action.  

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

7 hours ago, Gugny said:

I grew up in the 80s and never even saw cocaine until I was about 20. 
 

I’ve always been afraid of it and have never tried it. 
 

Wondering how many of you have and if you liked it, hated it and/or still do it. 

Sure ya did, you were a Darryl Strawberry fan... and you liked it. 

 

[JoeF]

7 hours ago, Gugny said:

I feel the need to say this …

 

I do not take substance abuse lightly. 
 

I have lost friends to substance abuse and I know that more than one TBDer has lost family to substance abuse. 
 

My poll is strictly out of curiosity. I am not making light of it. 
 

In fact, I just said my final goodbye to one of my closest friends who succumbed to substance abuse. 
 

I’m really just interested in how my people who have, and still are, messing with this stuff. 

Sorry for your loss of a friend Gug...

[Shamrock]

I once was offered cocaine from a guy in the bathroom of a club when I was maybe 19. I laughed at him, saying you want me to buy something from a guy in a toilet! Worked in many clubs where the dealers would offer in exchange to stay. Did doors during the Underbelly years in Melbourne, drugs and drug shootings or beatings were common. It’s was pretty clear, even to Bobby Boucher, and that’s why we don’t smoke crack.

[teef]

yes.  yes i have.  as @Johnny Hammersticks and @Jauronimo mentioned, it's something that i wouldn't risk doing again, not to mention i just can't afford to be awake until 5 am.

[muppy]

what a tawdry thread. Let's discuss snorting the devils dandruff. that crap is disgusting. all the white powdery substances can kiss my ***

 

 

Now to explain that outburst. I lost one of my cub scout troop members to an overdose at age 28. Prime of life. He was home from the Navy on shore leave and they found him dead in his bedroom. It was a fentanyl laced homicide. You have no idea what you are taking.

 

This kids dad was a ******* DEA agent. FOR REAL

 

me? before kids I tried it less than 5 times. On dates and never really cared for it 

Edited January 10 by muppy

[LeviF]

12 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

First time I encountered it was my freshman year of college.  Never in HS.  I’ve done a little bit here and there.  I think the last time was at a wedding down in Florida about 10-15 years ago.  I’m not a fan.  Never been.  But I will say that doing a little bump to keep the party going is much different than sitting around doing lines.  It’s an ugly drug for sure.

 

I recently almost lost a good friend who got a “bad bag” laced with Fentanyl.  He’s the type of guy that will do it 2-3 times a year.  My wife literally brought him back to life by performing CPR.  He is very lucky.  If you’re going to dabble….know your dealer!

 

Nowadays, doesn't even matter if you know your dealer. 

[Irv]

Never tried it.  I don't think I've even ever seen it in person.  

[stevestojan]

I’ve never even seen it in real life. I’ve done a lot of stupid ***** too. Just never crossed paths with it. Plus, I am a generally (diagnosed) anxious. I imagine doing a line would send me in the wrong direction. 
 

plus I’m old now. 

[WhoTom]

I tried it once in college (early 80s.) I bought just enough for one evening (two lines maybe) and realized that for the money I spent, I could have bought a bag of weed that would last a week, so I decided I'd never buy it again. I did indulge a couple of times when a friend offered it, but after the Len Bias incident, I decided it wasn't worth the risk. He was just a few weeks younger than me. (Google it if you're too young to recognize the name.)

 

 

 

 

 

[Fr. Jerk]

 

 

I can't feel my face, ya dig?

[Toomstone.Part.Duex]

Never did it, buddy of mine did and thought he was going to have a heart attack so that scared me off.   I do have a interesting story about selling the stuff though.   An ex-gf of mine her cousin used to make beer runs for a distributor in Florida.  Wont say where, but it wasn't Miami.  Someone approached him about making deliveries to bars on his route.  This was the early 80s.   He made a ton of money doing that for years and put it all away.  He later bought a few businesses, got out of the other "business" and is a multi millionaire now.      

[The Avenger]

Len Bias was a good mascot for never wanting to mess around with that stuff... 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, Fr. Jerk said:

 

 

I can't feel my face, ya dig?

Every home of every Chuck E Cheese employee was inspected and photographed for comparison purposes once this picture got out.

[GoBills808]

yes a ton

 

what do you want to know

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

Had a long weekend in Miami for a bills game maybe six years ago … my buddy who bartends at a resort down there had a bag that he said washed up on the beach after a DEA pursuit of smugglers (this does happen) … we partook liberally, golfed, partied and slept maybe four hours over six days … honestly, we had a great trip. Certainly wouldn’t condone regular usage though. 

[BillsPride12]

I dabbled(maybe 4-5 times total?) in my early 20s but it was usually just a circumstance of it being there.  I never went out looking for it.  Definitely wouldn't touch the stuff at this stage in life 

[Simon]

You aren't missing anything.

Cocaine only has two effects on you. It either makes you want more, or it makes you want less; there is no Goldilocks zone, imo.

Now I will expose myself as a degenerate:

A buddy of mine cooked some up and talked me into trying crack. That shlt is delicious and I can absolutely see how people can become quickly addicted.

It's the kind of drug that is soooo good that I will never do it again.

 

 

[Wacka]

I've ripped many a line of FARTS, most recently this morning in the bathroom.

In regards tp the Rick James photo, I went to Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo  and took the tour. I, as many others probably couldn't resist, said those words at his grave.

Edited January 11 by Wacka

[Johnny Hammersticks]

52 minutes ago, Simon said:

You aren't missing anything.

Cocaine only has two effects on you. It either makes you want more, or it makes you want less; there is no Goldilocks zone, imo.

Now I will expose myself as a degenerate:

A buddy of mine cooked some up and talked me into trying crack. That shlt is delicious and I can absolutely see how people can become quickly addicted.

It's the kind of drug that is soooo good that I will never do it again.

 

 

I had a roommate in college who went home one weekend for his brother’s birthday, and then came back to school bragging about how he did “smokable cocaine” all night long with his buds.  I think it took him all semester to shake that one.  😆 

[Gugny]

2 hours ago, Simon said:

You aren't missing anything.

Cocaine only has two effects on you. It either makes you want more, or it makes you want less; there is no Goldilocks zone, imo.

Now I will expose myself as a degenerate:

A buddy of mine cooked some up and talked me into trying crack. That shlt is delicious and I can absolutely see how people can become quickly addicted.

It's the kind of drug that is soooo good that I will never do it again.

 

 

I had a close friend through high school and beyond. 
 

The last conversation we had was sitting at a bar and he told me how he enjoyed crack. 
 

I urged him not to mess with it and he assured me that he only did it once in a while and it was not addictive. 
 

We were in our early 20s. 
 

It wasn’t long after that conversation that he died by suicide. 

[Buffalo716]

2 hours ago, Simon said:

You aren't missing anything.

Cocaine only has two effects on you. It either makes you want more, or it makes you want less; there is no Goldilocks zone, imo.

Now I will expose myself as a degenerate:

A buddy of mine cooked some up and talked me into trying crack. That shlt is delicious and I can absolutely see how people can become quickly addicted.

It's the kind of drug that is soooo good that I will never do it again.

 

 

Everybody who uses it says the same thing so I'm not judging you

 

Apparently cracks amazing

[Simon]

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

I had a close friend through high school and beyond. 
 

The last conversation we had was sitting at a bar and he told me how he enjoyed crack. 
 

I urged him not to mess with it and he assured me that he only did it once in a while and it was not addictive. 
 

We were in our early 20s. 
 

It wasn’t long after that conversation that he died by suicide. 

Sorry about your brother. 

The instant it wears off, your brain involuntarily bends all its will toward doing it again and will be satisfied with nothing less. Totally irresistible.

 

3 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

I had a roommate in college who went home one weekend for his brother’s birthday, and then came back to school bragging about how he did “smokable cocaine” all night long with his buds.  I think it took him all semester to shake that one.  😆 

 

I won't mess with the big H but I've got to believe it's not entirely dissimilar. A massive, instantaneous rush of total well-being in every cell of your body before you've even exhaled, unfortunately followed about 20-30 minutes later by an irresistible, all-consuming desire to feel that again, which then takes far longer to dissipate than the high itself. Heaven and hell, all in one breath.

[Fr. Jerk]

14 hours ago, Simon said:

You aren't missing anything.

Cocaine only has two effects on you. It either makes you want more, or it makes you want less; there is no Goldilocks zone, imo.

 

Artie Lange said something along the lines of 'The best part of doing coke is going to get it. The worst part is running out.' 

 

Accurate. 

[SWATeam]

14 hours ago, Simon said:

You aren't missing anything.

Cocaine only has two effects on you. It either makes you want more, or it makes you want less; there is no Goldilocks zone, imo.

Now I will expose myself as a degenerate:

A buddy of mine cooked some up and talked me into trying crack. That shlt is delicious and I can absolutely see how people can become quickly addicted.

It's the kind of drug that is soooo good that I will never do it again.

 

 

I had the exact same experience with crack.  Tried it once, amazing.  And never again.

 

Coke nights were a lot of fun and go well with heavy drinking.  Working in bars/restaurants for so long it seemed to be the normal lifestyle.

 

probably the substances I enjoyed the most were ecstasy followed by acid/mushrooms.

 

Now I don’t even drink coffee!  Tea is as extreme as I get!

[Augie]

19 hours ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

Had a long weekend in Miami for a bills game maybe six years ago … my buddy who bartends at a resort down there had a bag that he said washed up on the beach after a DEA pursuit of smugglers (this does happen) … we partook liberally, golfed, partied and slept maybe four hours over six days … honestly, we had a great trip. Certainly wouldn’t condone regular usage though. 

 

In my 20’s we used to hang out with a bunch of good old boys who grew up hunting and fishing in the lowcountry around Hilton Head. These were intelligent, successful people, including a lawyer, a builder and a CPA. They are out shrimp baiting one night and see a bale of something floating in the Sound. It was coke, and they sold it to some guy they knew of for a quick buck. Easy money! 

 

Fast forward a few years and the CPA is now married with children, and he’s bought a business from one of his clients who was tired of making money. He’s earning 7 figures (back in the 80’s), and he’s been using that income to fight his legal battles over being a drug dealer. It dragged on forever, but he eventually left his family to spend a few years in the Big House. OUCH! The marriage did not survive. 

 

Same guys, another night. They see a cute little head in the big Calibogue Sound swimming towards an island fighting against an outgoing tide. They figure what the heck, let’s help that little thing out before it gets carried out into the Atlantic. They throw a shrimp net out, it clings on and they head for the island. The bobcat starts climbing forward on the net. It’s much bigger than they realized. It jumps into the boat, and there is pure panic, as the bobcat does not like having people in his boat. They end up beating it to death with oars. They started with such good intentions! 😂 

 

These guy should stick to the land. 

 

 

[Draconator]

Never tried blow. One time, this guy offered me a joint. What he didn't tell me is that it was laced with Heroin. When I found out, I dove head first out of the driver's window of a Camero (while sitting in the back seat), got in my car, and drove to Niagara Falls from East Aurora. When I was getting gas, I went to the attendant and asked "How did I get here"?