Posted: 05/20/07 - 04:30 Post subject: how do i know if he's on cocaine?
i'm working with a guy who has admitted he takes cocaine. i told him i can't control his life but when he's working for me - 2 days per week - i don't want him taking it. while working i've seen blobs of white in his nostrils but he claims it's the coke he had earlier in the week coming back down. i think he's trying to palm me off. surely it can only come back down on the day u have taken it??? he's a great worker and i don't wanna lose him but i can't cope with this 'addiction'.
Posted: 11/03/07 - 17:02 Post subject: Re: how do i know if he's on cocaine?
Yes, this person is using at work. I am a self recovering cocaine addict and very familiar with the signs. If you see it in the person's nostrils I would bank they just snorted within 2 hours of that. It doesn't fall back down the front, unless you are chronic/habitual user and have snorted several grams in 1 day. There's no more room so it falls down the front. My cocaine partner and I would go to lunch and have to check our noses before going back to work, not all of it will drain. I eventually lost my job over this.. My suggestion is to report the individual and have them tested. You are not helping them by turning your head. This enables them and shows a silent accpetance of the behavior. It took 2 1/2 years for me to finally be clean, this person has a long way to go if they are at the stage of using at work.
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