Charity,As a recovering alkie and drug addict (for almost 10 years now) my perspective on the topic is this, when i was active, i thought the only persons life i was affecting was me since i have never been married and dont have any kids. In the process of getting sober, i realized how wrong i was, and have made the nessecary amends, i was lucky enough that the damage was actually repairable. As far as trusting someone who is actively using while diving, even if they arent under the influence at the time? I DONT THINK SO!!!!! But thats just my humble opinion.
MARK
All that I will advise is to PLEASE reread this post! This appears to be the voice of experience talking from a point of view that few of us wish to see.....
From another point of view...
I made the mistake of trusting loved one's words when they said, "I won't drink before I drive" or "I'll stay clean for so long". I have lost one of them that was very close to me that told me that she would never drink and drive. What a fool that I was to believe that she was sober in that car when I got word in another state of her car accident. Three days later I was forced to order the @!#@ing plug pulled on her life support.
Please be EXTREMELY wary about trusting the word of an active drug abuser.
With the known addictive properties of cocaine, I would be highly suprised if these people can go thirty days without taking it.