How Did You Overcome Crack Cocaine Addiction?
Question by Billy: How did you overcome crack cocaine addiction?
Looking for any information on how to successfully recover from crack cocaine addiction.
Personal experiences, public statistics, treatment referrals, resources sites, information on medication…any input is appreciated.
Best answer:
Answer by Mickey M
Started taking heroin instead and sniffing glue
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Cocaine Addict: Starting Young – Lucky started using when he was 15. After a hospital visit and 2 visits to rehab, he’s now on the road to recovery.
Brain stimulation may treat cocaine addiction
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Studies in rats have shown that stimulating a sleepy brain region in cocaine addicts can diminish craving for the drug, a technique that should also work in humans, scientists said Wednesday. A team in the United States trained rats to "self-administer …
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Lasers cure cocaine addiction in rats
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Researchers have found they could eliminate cocaine addiction in rats by using laser lights to stimulate parts of their brains associated with impulse control. The study, completed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the Ernest …
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Laser Beam Targets Brain to Switch off Cocaine Addiction
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By stimulating one area of the brain, scientists at the National Institutes of Health and the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UC San Francisco were able to turn cocaine-addicted rats clean and make non-addicted rats look for the drug. The …
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Scientists Say They Can Zap Out Cocaine Addiction Using a Laser
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Compulsive cocaine addiction in both humans and rats can dull activity in the prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain that is believed to be important fo impulse control and decision making. For the study, scientists used genetic engineering to …
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