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How Can I tell if he’s using?

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Hello everyone,

I'm hoping you might be able to offer me some advice.
I'm dating a man who has used cocaine in the past. When we first started dating he told me that he had a serious cocaine addiction to the point where he was doing it almost everyday and even before work. One of his good friends is a recovery specialist and he said that this friend helped him to
become clean and that he doesn't use anymore. I'm not sure of the exact timeline of all this but it's all within the past 3 years.
But lately I'm worried he's using again. He hasn't had any money at all. He even had to borrow money from me, and he makes at least $40,000 a year and he's 46 years old. He was really anxious and depressed for several days about money and I asked him if it was something else, like drugs again, and he said no...he just has a lot of bills credit card payments etc.
So I did a bad thing and looked into his phone because I felt he was hiding something. He had a text message to someone I don't know saying "Do you have a tube," another saying "Can you get anything quick tonight?" and a few others about exchanging money with this person. I've never told him I've looked into his phone. But I've told him several times I'm very worried about him relapsing and he assures me that he's not using, he sometimes gets defensive. I feel like he could be lying..........HELP I love him so much and I'm so confused. How can I find out if he's really using again????

How Can I tell if he’s using?

without comments

Hello everyone,

I'm hoping you might be able to offer me some advice.
I'm dating a man who has used cocaine in the past. When we first started dating he told me that he had a serious cocaine addiction to the point where he was doing it almost everyday and even before work. One of his good friends is a recovery specialist and he said that this friend helped him to
become clean and that he doesn't use anymore. I'm not sure of the exact timeline of all this but it's all within the past 3 years.
But lately I'm worried he's using again. He hasn't had any money at all. He even had to borrow money from me, and he makes at least $40,000 a year and he's 46 years old. He was really anxious and depressed for several days about money and I asked him if it was something else, like drugs again, and he said no...he just has a lot of bills credit card payments etc.
So I did a bad thing and looked into his phone because I felt he was hiding something. He had a text message to someone I don't know saying "Do you have a tube," another saying "Can you get anything quick tonight?" and a few others about exchanging money with this person. I've never told him I've looked into his phone. But I've told him several times I'm very worried about him relapsing and he assures me that he's not using, he sometimes gets defensive. I feel like he could be lying..........HELP I love him so much and I'm so confused. How can I find out if he's really using again????