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IAG up big while suckers like me still aren't investing.

Actually when a stock goes mainstream like btc has done... is time to pull out.

 

Is not me saying that. Experts do. However cryptos have so many diff variables... tough to predict...

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However... i called it 3months ago.

 

Drop to 2k or less and climb to 4k-5k.

 

I was mocked by someone who i cant name cause i get banned.

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Actually when a stock goes mainstream like btc has done... is time to pull out.

 

Is not me saying that. Experts do. However cryptos have so many diff variables... tough to predict...

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However... i called it 3months ago.

 

Drop to 2k or less and climb to 4k-5k.

 

I was mocked by someone who i cant name cause i get banned.

 

PR, its always nice to pat yourself on the back when right or trying to do the right thing....You have called so many things that once in awhile you are going to be right...I have heard you call many times you are going to pay this one and that one back, Did not happen others took care of debt for you.... Like i said always nice to pat yourself on back for good things, but always remember that you , me and everyone else can always do better......

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PR, its always nice to pat yourself on the back when right or trying to do the right thing....You have called so many things that once in awhile you are going to be right...I have heard you call many times you are going to pay this one and that one back, Did not happen others took care of debt for you.... Like i said always nice to pat yourself on back for good things, but always remember that you , me and everyone else can always do better......

 

Obviously...Im not a guy that is out touting himself. Ive failed miserably in life so far... Im just glad I have not killed myself on tilt or depressed,

 

There is always hope-

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Actually when a stock goes mainstream like btc has done... is time to pull out.

Is not me saying that. Experts do. However cryptos have so many diff variables... tough to predict...

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However... i called it 3months ago.

Drop to 2k or less and climb to 4k-5k.

I was mocked by someone who i cant name cause i get banned.

 

 

I'm not sure what you mean when you say you think bitcoin has gone mainstream. I personally think it's still a long way from becoming mainstream. I guess it depends on your definition.

 

So you are saying you would sell now?

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Obviously...Im not a guy that is out touting himself. Ive failed miserably in life so far... Im just glad I have not killed myself on tilt or depressed,

 

There is always hope-

I thought the Alice Cooper interview about Glenn Campbell was interesting. I don't know if you saw it. Apparently they were very close. He was talking about how both him and GC had big cocaine problems and how they both ended up on the other side with "normal" happy lives with families and kids. Both ended up being devout Christians also. Keep the continue PR
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I'm not sure what you mean when you say you think bitcoin has gone mainstream. I personally think it's still a long way from becoming mainstream. I guess it depends on your definition.

 

So you are saying you would sell now?

 

Well, compared to 2013 when I 1st learned about it, it has gone a LONG LONG way... it was pretty underground then.

 

I wouldnt sell now, but I wouldnt buy either for investing purposes.

 

You bought at 2k-ish so you are doing awesome, and I dont know if you remember but I advised against buying BTC at that price, and hell, I was wrong!

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I thought the Alice Cooper interview about Glenn Campbell was interesting. I don't know if you saw it. Apparently they were very close. He was talking about how both him and GC had big cocaine problems and how they both ended up on the other side with "normal" happy lives with families and kids. Both ended up being devout Christians also. Keep the continue PR

 

Well thats the hope girl... I will look for that interview. Success for me will be a longshot unless I quit... prison or death the only possible results,.

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Well, compared to 2013 when I 1st learned about it, it has gone a LONG LONG way... it was pretty underground then.

 

I wouldnt sell now, but I wouldnt buy either for investing purposes.

 

You bought at 2k-ish so you are doing awesome, and I dont know if you remember but I advised against buying BTC at that price, and hell, I was wrong!

I did buy a number early on, but I have traded for ethereum and various alt coins back and forth. The last bitcoin I bought was yesterday, so my DCA is higher. Mostly buying more now because I don't want to sell any of my present bitcoin, and want to put more money in some other things. I think it's still a good time to buy personally....more and more MSM coverage plus Trumo will =new investor money...

 

Did u watch the video above? BK thinks reasonable to capture 5 percent of gold market which would place BTC at $25,000. Currently at half percent. I've seen much larger numbers projected for the next 10 to 13 years, but something could replace it.. I wish I understood the technologies of the different coins better.

 

I remember how people were telling me it was crazy to buy in at $ 1800. And ETH at $88.

 

I tell all my younger friends to just take $25 out of each check and put it in bitcoin. Gives you a form of action 24 seven 365

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Well thats the hope girl... I will look for that interview. Success for me will be a longshot unless I quit... prison or death the only possible results,.

 

It's in the glen Campbell RIP thread. Was really interesting. I never would've pegged Glenn Campbell for being one of the biggest coke addicts in the day.

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It's in the glen Campbell RIP thread. Was really interesting. I never would've pegged Glenn Campbell for being one of the biggest coke addicts in the day.

 

Everyone down here knows Im the guy with the best blow... but I have friends who hide it pretty well and most people dont know

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I did buy a number early on, but I have traded for ethereum and various alt coins back and forth. The last bitcoin I bought was yesterday, so my DCA is higher. Mostly buying more now because I don't want to sell any of my present bitcoin, and want to put more money in some other things. I think it's still a good time to buy personally....more and more MSM coverage plus Trumo will =new investor money...

 

Did u watch the video above? BK thinks reasonable to capture 5 percent of gold market which would place BTC at $25,000. Currently at half percent. I've seen much larger numbers projected for the next 10 to 13 years, but something could replace it.. I wish I understood the technologies of the different coins better.

 

I remember how people were telling me it was crazy to buy in at $ 1800. And ETH at $88.

 

I tell all my younger friends to just take $25 out of each check and put it in bitcoin. Gives you a form of action 24 seven 365

 

Ill watch it after the Alice Cooper one, thank you for posting  :cheers

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I've never done cocaine. I was always afraid I wouls like too much and have issues. Would like to know what it feels like without having to actually do it though.

 

Im gonna be blunt honest. Most girls love it. That said I advice against it because Im afraid there will be problems, eventually

 

Thing is, it wiill be productive for you AT FiRST,.energy boost, brainstorming, increased libido, social life...   I tried it with my exgf when I was 16... the 1st time I really felt I had a problem, a bad one, was around 2008, 5 years after I tried it...

 

Depending on your economic level, tolerance and plain luck that will happen faster or slower for you. But IT WILL HAPPEN.

 

Why? 

 

When cocaine is taken in small amounts, usually up to 100 mg, it produces feelings of empowerment, self-esteem, euphoria, temporarily decreased need for food and rest, and an unusual rush of energy. Some users find that snorting cocaine helps them perform simple physical and intellectual tasks more quickly, while others may experience the opposite effects.

 

Right after snorting cocaine, you experience a number of short term effects, such as:

 

  • dilated pupils
  • exhilaration
  • hallucinations
  • increased confidence and energy
  • increased temperature
  • indifference to pain and fatigue
  • loss of appetite
  • mental alertness
  • paranoia
  • well-being
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For some first time users even a small snorted dose can be fatal. Cocaine is responsible for many emergency room visits as it damages the brain, blood vessels, heart, lungs and in some cases leads to sudden death. Snorting cocaine for a longer period of time might cause many damaging effects, including:


  • brain chemical imbalance
  • chronic infections
  • constructed blood vessels
  • heart problems
  • insomnia
  • loss of smell
  • nasal deformity
  • nausea
  • nose damage (septal perforation)
  • nosebleeds
  • over-excitability
  • paranoia
  • restlessness
  • weight loss
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This explains it on point... once endorphins start to deplete youll never reach the same high and youll have a harder time enjoying things... and thats when mental illness starts becoming apparent. Just dont do it.

 

Messing With Your Head: Cocaine Found
to Affect Endorphin Gene in Brain 

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The effects of the addictive drug cocaine result, in part, from altering the activity of a gene in the brain, report scientists from The Rockefeller University in the May Molecular Brain Research.

"Our study is the first report that any drug of abuse, in this case cocaine, alters the expression of a gene encoding an opioid receptor in the brain," says senior author Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., professor and head of the Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases at Rockefeller. "This new information may eventually be useful in developing a treatment for cocaine addiction."

Based on rat studies, Kreek and her colleagues found that in the midbrain cocaine turns down the activity of a gene containing instructions to make the kappa opiate receptor (KOR), a molecule involved the chemistry of pain control and emotion. The resulting decrease in receptors may interfere with how nerve cells in the region communicate.

"Fundamental research like Dr. Kreek's helps us to learn more about the addictive nature of cocaine and moves us even closer to identifying effective treatment to help the thousands of individuals affected by cocaine addiction," says Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health, the agency that funded the study. In the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration determined that 1.4 million Americans, aged 12 or older, use cocaine and of those, 640,000 were addicted and used the drug weekly.

In the current study, the scientists gave the rats injections of cocaine following a pattern that mimics human addiction without overdosing the rodents. Kreek developed this so-called "binge" model in 1988. Following the model, the rats received 45 milligrams of the drug per kilogram of their weight daily for 14 days. The drug is given in equal doses one hour apart for three hours each day. For comparison, some rats received injections of salt solution.

When the rats received the drug, expression of the KOR gene in nerve cells in part of the midbrain, the substantia nigra, decreased. However, the gene's activity remained unchanged in nerve cells of another, linked brain region, the caudate-putamen.

These two brain regions are "hardwired" together by the nerves that communicate using chemicals, particularly dopamine that is needed for signals involving movement, and small proteins such as dynorphin, which binds to KOR. Dynorphin belongs to the endorphin family of proteins that can numb pain, create feelings of euphoria or increase energy, which cocaine does as well.

Normally, substantia nigra nerve cells make dopamine and it is released at their endings in the caudate-putamen. As part of nature's recycling program, dopamine is transported back into these nerve endings for repacking and future use.

Cocaine interferes in this dopamine feedback loop. When the drug decreases the expression of KOR genes in the substantia nigra, not enough KOR may be available to respond to the feedback signals. Dopamine production then continues for a short time and it accumulates in the caudate-putamen, but the amount of dopamine eventually plateaus. When the cocaine later wears off, the addict may feel badly because not enough dopamine is available for normal cell functions.

"From our new data, we now know that cocaine's effects on dopamine also change the KOR gene activity, thus altering the intricate process of nerve cell communication in the midbrain," explains first author Rudolph Spangler, Ph.D., research associate in Kreek's laboratory.

At the same time, as previously shown by studies in Kreek's laboratory, the drug also increases the expression of the gene that makes dynorphin in the caudate-putamen. Kreek and her colleagues are examining if the increase in dynorphin gene expression is related to the decrease in the KOR gene expression.

"Knowing how cocaine affects the brain's chemistry may eventually be useful in developing a treatment for cocaine addiction that can block some of its endorphinlike effects without interfering with all of the body's normally occurring endorphins, such as dynorphin and its receptor, the kappa opiate receptor. We need those endorphins because they help us feel normal, cope with pain and stress and play a role in our use of energy," says Kreek, who directs the Treatment of Addiction: Biological Correlates NIH-NIDA Research Center at Rockefeller, one of a few such centers in the United States established by NIDA.

Cocaine, extracted from the leaves of the coca plant, is inhaled, injected or smoked and then enters the bloodstream. Once in the body, the drug constricts blood vessels, dilates pupils, elevates body temperature and increases the heart rate and blood pressure, causing multiple behavioral changes. Overdoses of the drug cause seizures and heart attacks.

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That increase of dopamine when you do coke is perhaps a hundred thousand to a million times more than what the brain responds to naturally, Zak explains. "First, this means that the reinforcing behavior of cocaine replaces that of sex or food. Secondly, the brain rapidly acclimates or desires these high levels of dopamine, inducing cravings and making it very hard to kick a cocaine habit to the curb."


For most people, one use does not lead to addiction, Zak says. "But in perhaps 10 to 15 percent of the population, one use can lead to addiction, depending on major causal factors like genes and an adverse childhood, especially one that involved abuse."


Because cocaine's high is relatively short-lived, it comes at a price. “Around 15 to 60 minutes after the last use of cocaine, the crash, or comedown, takes place,” says Corinne Laird, L.C.S.W, a clinical social worker who specializes in addiction counseling. “The brain experiences a significant drop in dopamine levels, and depression takes over, often accompanied by anxiety, paranoia, remorse, and naturally, the craving for more cocaine to stave off these uncomfortable feelings.”


 

Translation: The dopamine crater left by doing coke can leave you feeling seriously down—a state that lasts from one day to up to a week after a binge, Laird says. During this depressed state of mind, the desire to seek out the drug again can get intense, leaving the user ripe for addiction.


Even more concerning, this heightened action in your brain may actually alter your dopamine-producing neurons permanently. Desensitized neurons mean you need moreof the drug to get the same dopamine release (and sense of pleasure) your brain is now hardwired to crave. Though data on how much dopamine is needed to change your brain's own dopamine release is unclear, a modest number of uses (around 10) is likely to cause some brain damage for most users, Zak says.


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I've been reading some recent articles about the link between social isolation and addiction.

 

"The advert explains: “Only one drug is so addictive, nine out of ten laboratory rats will use it. And use it. And use it. Until dead. It’s called cocaine. And it can do the same thing to you.”

 

But in the 1970s, a professor of Psychology in Vancouver called Bruce Alexander noticed something odd about this experiment. The rat is put in the cage all alone. It has nothing to do but take the drugs. What would happen, he wondered, if we tried this differently? So Professor Alexander built Rat Park. It is a lush cage where the rats would have colored balls and the best rat-food and tunnels to scamper down and plenty of friends: everything a rat about town could want. What, Alexander wanted to know, will happen then?

 

In Rat Park, all the rats obviously tried both water bottles, because they didn’t know what was in them. But what happened next was startling.

 

The rats with good lives didn’t like the drugged water. They mostly shunned it, consuming less than a quarter of the drugs the isolated rats used. None of them died. While all the rats who were alone and unhappy became heavy users, none of the rats who had a happy environment did."

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I've been reading some recent articles about the link between social isolation and addiction.

 

"The advert explains: “Only one drug is so addictive, nine out of ten laboratory rats will use it. And use it. And use it. Until dead. It’s called cocaine. And it can do the same thing to you.”

 

But in the 1970s, a professor of Psychology in Vancouver called Bruce Alexander noticed something odd about this experiment. The rat is put in the cage all alone. It has nothing to do but take the drugs. What would happen, he wondered, if we tried this differently? So Professor Alexander built Rat Park. It is a lush cage where the rats would have colored balls and the best rat-food and tunnels to scamper down and plenty of friends: everything a rat about town could want. What, Alexander wanted to know, will happen then?

 

In Rat Park, all the rats obviously tried both water bottles, because they didn’t know what was in them. But what happened next was startling.

 

The rats with good lives didn’t like the drugged water. They mostly shunned it, consuming less than a quarter of the drugs the isolated rats used. None of them died. While all the rats who were alone and unhappy became heavy users, none of the rats who had a happy environment did."

 

Yeah I saw this experiment... is a theory that is basically changing how addiction is treated and seen... no, is not genes (a very small percentage is, 10-25% according to some specialists)...

 

I tried cocaine with my high school sweetheart around march 2003 because she enticed me when I was drunk that it would be good for sex. And yeah it was. That was the 1st time in my life when I felt I really fucked good, then again, I was 16 lol...  had minimum experience. By then my gf was addicted 100%... her mom worked for the OIJ (CR's FBI) and her grandfather was one of the owners of CR's national beer craft company...needless to say she was loaded... and she had issues... she had a Volvo and had a debit card with $400 every week forher personal expenses and credit card for emergencies.... she got me into it... but I didnt become addicted at once... I only used it to get a little bit sharper/sober and sex... I remember I did 2 bumps after 4-5 beers and then didnt do more for 2-3 hours. Nowadays I have not finished my 1st beer when Im already doing a bump, and 4-5 beers deep im probably 2 grams deep.

 

When she was caught by her parents... she was sent to rehab down here in CR... they didnt let me see her... I broke in one night after she had a miscarriage (our daughter) to give her like a 10page love letter saying goodbye... cause after the miscarriege they sent her to the US... family was driven in separating us and they did. I was arrested and cops let me go basically... they saw me so fucked up crying and sad about the whole separation they gave me a ride home and didnt talk with parents (who werent even home, were at the beach).... that night I had my 1st overdose... And thats  when my addiction started.

 

I basically lost the love of my life, and the vision of having  a daughter with her... destroyed me... I replaced love with cocaine... I filled my void with it... the pain was just too much I wanted to die... most teens get dramatic like that... wish I never took that path... 14 years later and some 2-3 kilos of coke consumed by yours truly, and around $50k-$100k spent on it and booze...

 

After my last break up I had a relapse... 2.5 years ago I was doing it once a month, gym everyday, steady work and "in love"... couldnt handle it and returned to my old friend for comfort.

 

 

Is like one song says... I drink, so I wont fall in love... and I fall in love, to stop drinking. Coke in my case.

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Yeah I saw this experiment... is a theory that is basically changing how addiction is treated and seen... no, is not genes (a very small percentage is, 10-25% according to some specialists)...

 

I tried cocaine with my high school sweetheart around march 2003 because she enticed me when I was drunk that it would be good for sex. And yeah it was. That was the 1st time in my life when I felt I really fucked good, then again, I was 16 lol...  had minimum experience. By then my gf was addicted 100%... her mom worked for the OIJ (CR's FBI) and her grandfather was one of the owners of CR's national beer craft company...needless to say she was loaded... and she had issues... she had a Volvo and had a debit card with $400 every week forher personal expenses and credit card for emergencies.... she got me into it... but I didnt become addicted at once... I only used it to get a little bit sharper/sober and sex... I remember I did 2 bumps after 4-5 beers and then didnt do more for 2-3 hours. Nowadays I have not finished my 1st beer when Im already doing a bump, and 4-5 beers deep im probably 2 grams deep.

 

When she was caught by her parents... she was sent to rehab down here in CR... they didnt let me see her... I broke in one night after she had a miscarriage (our daughter) to give her like a 10page love letter saying goodbye... cause after the miscarriege they sent her to the US... family was driven in separating us and they did. I was arrested and cops let me go basically... they saw me so fucked up crying and sad about the whole separation they gave me a ride home and didnt talk with parents (who werent even home, were at the beach).... that night I had my 1st overdose... And thats  when my addiction started.

 

I basically lost the love of my life, and the vision of having  a daughter with her... destroyed me... I replaced love with cocaine... I filled my void with it... the pain was just too much I wanted to die... most teens get dramatic like that... wish I never took that path... 14 years later and some 2-3 kilos of coke consumed by yours truly, and around $50k-$100k spent on it and booze...

 

After my last break up I had a relapse... 2.5 years ago I was doing it once a month, gym everyday, steady work and "in love"... couldnt handle it and returned to my old friend for comfort.

 

 

Is like one song says... I drink, so I wont fall in love... and I fall in love, to stop drinking. Coke in my case.

 

Wow. Well it sounds like you have a good number of days of sobriety behind you at this point. Just keep going day by day. Are you in contact with your high school sweetheart?

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