From a flirtbox member - one off post under false name for obvious reason.

I know I shouldn't do this and that there is a fair chance that this thread will get removed but right now I'm in a bad place and need to have a rant.

I've just come off the phone after being told that a good friend of mine has suffered a massive heart attack and died. He was a fit and healthy 29 year old man with two kids, good job, nice life and a lot of friends. The cause of the heart attack ?
One line of coke.
He wasn't a regular user just a line here and there when it's offered and like the rest of us he never thought it would be him next but he was. I gave it up about 5 years ago for a host of reasons but thinking that I could be the next one to die wasn't one of them. Tonight I'm thinking 'Lucky escape.'.

So for anyone who reads this and still thinks they won't take the drop please please please - Think again.

Heres 2 Stu

my prayers are with you and his family...my mom died at 34 due to alchohol, so i know what you mean by life wasted..

I'm sorry

A 29 year old man especially with 2 kids should have known better, I'm sorry but I feel no remorse for people who do drugs and die.

Flame me if you like, but you all know its the truth.

sorry to hear this but shit happens..out of a percentage of the population your going to get some who react to drugs, about 10-20 peoeple die each year from a reaction to aspirin. Coke esp. is seen as a 'safe' drug cos celebs, rock stars do it & it has a certain glamour to it, personally i think its so overrated just turns you into an egotisical coke wanker for about 30 mins, its for people who can't take real drugs like E or Ket where you know you've took something, it could've been the quality of the coke & what its been adulterated with, but that sure is a tragedy if he did one line & it killed him.

I've done coke, e, poppers and weed. At the time I loved it all. I think I was very lucky. I could either take it or leave it and luckily never became addicted to any of it. Looking back I can't believe how stupid I was and what risks I was taking with my own health. Even after a good mate had a bad reaction to e (nothing too serious thank God), I still took drugs. I think I've grown up a bit since then. The mates that I took it with have stopped too. If anything, giving up the cigs is the hardest thing!
I can understand why someone would take drugs. It can be great fun while it lasts. I'm just glad nothing bad came out of it for me and my friends. It's a real shame that a guy died after one line of coke. When I lived in Amsterdam I'd see people (usually tourists) take 7 or 8 pills at a time, throw up then take some more. Now that is just stupid!

Can I just say that the cat did nothing wrong! I'll offer it a safe haven and let you boys sort it out between yourselves!

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