Cocaine is mistakenly considered a kind of "pure" drug. This is probably because, unlike other hard drugs, cocaine does not initially leave significant visible physical effects on the user. Thus, the user often manages to conceal his addiction from those around him for quite a long time. Cocaine, however, produces an extremely strong psychological dependence and its use leads to the disintegration of the user's personality and then to the gradual devastation of his physical health.

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• I used to do cocaine only with my friends, now I often do it alone.
• I often suffer from unexplained anxiety, panic or depression.
• My moods change rapidly, I am often irritable and sometimes aggressive.
• I have a noticeable swing in my self-esteem.
• My relationship with sex is different these days, cocaine doesn't get me so high anymore.
• I think about cocaine almost daily.

If any of the above statements apply to you, you should be alert and aware that you have crossed the recreational use threshold.

The healing and therapeutic process usually involves multiple levels. In the case of severe addiction, hospitalization or inpatient care is usually not an option. Only undeveloped forms of addiction can be treated on an outpatient basis. Psychotherapy is the mainstay of therapy, in addition to any acute treatment of physical withdrawal symptoms with psychopharmaceuticals. It is important to understand that cocaine and its associated arousal experiences have a rewarding function in our lives.

We feel a heightened need for an extraordinary reward when one of our basic psychological needs (often the need for freedom, competence, etc.) is not being met in the long term. If therapy is to have a lasting effect, there must be a deep revision of our inner life and the fulfillment of its needs in ways that are not self-destructive.