|
I Know of No Hero In Here
Wednesday August 26, 2009
Michael Jackson's doctor is facing a manslaughter charge for giving MJ the drug that killed him. I think this goes on all the time with celebs and people that buy their way into and out of things.
From news reports, it sounds like the doc was trying to get him off the stuff. It sounds like he gave MJ quite a few different anti-anxiety meds (tranquilizers) to help him sleep before he provided that last dose of the anesthesiology drug which MJ begged for. Does any of the responsibility go to the deceased who begged, manipulated, and paid huge amounts of money to get the doctor to provide the drug? Doctors deal with this all the time.
I remember from my old using day, if you really wanted to get a great buzz...you would take a bit of Valium a few minutes before you shoot up. The problem is it can be deadly. I'm wondering why the doc gave MJ the 25 mg. of the heavy drug after giving him all the Valium, and other tranqs. He should have given much less under that condition.
What a sad situation. But it probably is ongoing in epidemic proportion. It's just no one that famous has died as a result...yet.
| | Posted by mindinari at 4:31 PM - | |
|
|
Saturday January 17, 2009
I wish I'd heard about this when I was young. It might have saved me a lot of trouble - like 12 years worth.
They have these kits that parents can buy to drug test their children. (No, I wouldn't do that to my own.) If you have an older boyfriend urging you to try heroin, like I had dealt with, or any other drug, tell the guy or the friend that you get drug-tested and you can't possibly use drugs.
Okay, I know - the thought, "What if he doesn't want to be around me after that?" If anyone decides not to include you in their circle of 'friends' because you do NOT use drugs or drink alcohol, trust me, you have been very lucky. You won the lottery. You do not need those people in your life.
I remember peer pressure was very intense. And it's why I ended up addicted for years. And why I have Hepatitis C now.
Please, please, please, my friend, I've been there and I don't want you to go there. Find friends someplace else who don't use drugs. Your life will be so much better off for it. I promise. A church group? A hobby club? A dance class?
| | | |
|
|
Thursday October 9, 2008
The truth about presidential candidate, Barack Obama.
But vote for him because the conservative movement has completely failed econominically.
| | Posted by mindinari at 1:57 PM - | |
|
|
Saturday April 12, 2008
I heard Keith Richards' confession on the radio news broadcast. He had, in the past, used a syringe from a toy store nurse/doctor kit to shoot heroin. I would guess they were on tour and he obviously would not travel carrying his own "fit".
When I was using, it was called a fit - the needle and the syringe. Or it was called "works". "Hey, buddy, I'll turn you on to a pinch if you'll let me use your works. OK?" If you had one, you were guaranteed to have access to drugs. There was no other way to put heroin into your body so it felt that freaking good.
Usually, someone could get some needles and syringes from someone who worked in a hospital or doctor's office. They were usually used by diabetics, who received prescriptions from the doctor for them. A couple of times I went in to a pharmacy, telling the pharmacist that I was visiting the area while someone broke into my motel room and stole my 'supplies'. They would show compassion, usually, and I would write a made up name and address for their records. Now, mind you that this was back in the '70s and I'm sure things are much tighter these days. AIDS didn't enter the scene until the '80s.
I hate to hear these celebrity 'war stories' because I think they glamourize using drugs. Kids want to be like their music icons. Keith didn't mention the parts about having to use some stranger's 'horse needle' (bigger size than usual and dull) if you needed to fix right now and didn't have your own fit.
Keith didn't mention the parts, although I am sure he's suffered through many of them, about finding your friend floating in the pool, OD'd. Or having to slap your friend to help keep them breathing. Or having to walk back and forth along the train tracks in the middle of the night for a couple of hours holding up your friend to keep them moving to keep them alive. Sometimes people fill a bathtub with cold water (with ice cubes) and put the overdosed person in there to get them alert and breathing. Opiates cause the respiratory system to come to a stop. Then the lips turn blue. It's awful to see.
There are many other low-lights in the life of a heroin addict like trying to get the needle into a vein when yours are all shot from over-use. Under the tongue works. It's inevitable that an addict will be forced to fall back on aggression to get money or drugs. Pulling a knife or gun on someone and demanding their money or drugs is a dangerous idea but it works if they don't stab or shoot you first, if they're fast. Then, of course, there's always prostitution. When your creativity and reputation have been used up, that's the main fall-back method.
I'm not sure if there's a way for music celebs to entertain the world with their war stories of addiction without 'inspiring' some young person to use. The young person is so impressionable. "The Beatles were, so why shouldn't I have?" Some of the stories are actually pretty funny and entertaining. The stories of how many hours you waited in your car for the guy with your money to come back with your dope before you realized you were ripped off. Hopeful, sick addicts are very patient. Or there was the time you stuck an ounce of fairly pure heroin into a condom and inserted it into your vagina (girls, duh) to cross the border. Woe to you if you were stopped and searched or if the condom broke. You could also stick the heroin into little balloons wrapped really good and swallow them. Once you cross the border you take some ipecac syrup to make yourself throw them up. Yuck. If they didn't all come out, you would end up searching the other exit method until it showed up. Very gross. But these are the things addicts deal with all the time to get the drug. These are nothing compared to going without for 3 to 5 days (in the case of heroin) while you kick.
So I hope this has un-glamourized drugs a bit. Just want to give an honest, factual account of all of it, not just the cute toy store version.
Stay well and stay off drugs.
| | | |
|
|
Saturday March 15, 2008
 During the past month of election news, Mrs. McCain (Cindy) has received some attention. Apparently she has had some chemical dependency experiences. The pharmaceutical opiates of Vicodin and Oxycontin are unbelievably popular. A large number of celebrities, politicians, CEOs, full-time moms, and students have been addicted to these substances. Unfortunately, some have died from mixes of medications, liquor, or overdose. The medications can definitely feel almost exactly like heroin. Obviously, they affect the same part of the brain, the opiate receptors. I think this is a symptom of the stresses we all feel and how people deal with it when they can't cope. Life should be simpler. I wish we were all free to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of life on earth. Having to plan a life around the availability of drugs, whether street drugs or medication from a pharmacy, is not freedom. It's a hard life. When I hear of certain people with medication addictions, my first thought is, "They have it all. Why would they need drugs?" Fame, beauty, wealth, and talent do not serve as boundaries from the nagging little pains, anxieties, and boredom (emptiness) we all might suffer with. I hope research continues in the understanding of addiction and how to relieve those bound by it's ever-increasing hold.
| | Posted by mindinari at 3:54 PM - | |
|
|
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6
| |
717 Visitors
|
