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Common Signs of Crack Addiction Behavior

Addiction, Cocaine Addiction, Drug Addiction, Recovery, RehabilitationBy Beaches Recovery

Crack is a highly addictive form of cocaine. Adding in extra ingredients and letting the substance crystallize, crack makers can create an illegal substance that causes sudden and severe addiction causing individuals to behave in ways they would not normally. When addiction sets in, the typical crack addiction behavior becomes erratic, impulsive, and dangerous. The…

How Long Does Cocaine Withdrawal Last?

Cocaine Addiction, Detox, Drug Addiction, WithdrawalBy Beaches Recovery

Cocaine is an illicit street drug. It’s has a reputation for being highly addictive. When folks with an addiction to any substance decide to stop using, their first concern usually goes toward withdrawal. The withdrawal symptoms from most drugs are physical, with some potential behavioral and psychological issues as well. Cocaine withdrawal’s characteristics are the…

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Undeniable Cocaine Use Symptoms

Drug Addiction, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

For generations now, cocaine abuse has been an issue among Americans. While the drug has no medicinal benefits, illicit drug users seem to find never-ending ways to partake of it. For the inexperienced eye, it’s tough to determine when someone has been using the drug. However, the same is not true of someone who has…

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The Drug Cocaine Did Not Disappear with the 80s

Drug Addiction, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

Baby boomers will certainly remember the onset of the disco era in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was a time when America was in transition and liberal values were taking over the country. It’s also the time frame when cocaine became America’s drug of choice. As the new drug flowed free in dance…

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Developing an Addiction to Crack

Drug Addiction, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

In the world of drug addiction, there are very few constants. One thing that seems rather similar from one addiction sufferer to the next is the way addiction forms in their lives. It doesn’t matter what created the desire to abuse substances. It’s about the addiction itself, and the development of the addiction. In the…

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What Cocaine Addiction is Like

Drug Addiction, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

To truly understand the depths of a cocaine addiction, one must live through it. It’s hard to describe what cocaine addiction is like, but it’s worth a shot in the hope that someone will read it and be able to identify with the issue. If that ultimately leads them to get treatment for their addiction,…

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What is the Purple Drank Effect?

Drug Information, Rehab BlogBy Beaches Recovery

We, as a society, can pass laws against every drug or drug concoction on the planet. It doesn’t matter. People will always come up with something new to dazzle the mind and hurt the body. The purple drank effect is a fairly new endeavor in the world of man-made substances. For all its wonderful mind-altering…