cicerogrinds
Bluelighter
The Chicago Dope life is no life... Maybe at first. Slowly life will escape you. Youll stop going out. You hang out with other users. Some of them will OD and die. Other will get robbed, possible killed, or just disappear. You money will dwindle. You'll get some loans. Maybe a credit card. You def. wont pay that back. You'll fuck up at work. Youll lose a buncha weight. You passions, and things you used to love in life, will cease to interest you. You'll wake up sick everyday. People will start to wonder, evventually ask. You'll steal some stuff. You'll burn bridges. You'll lose trust. You become desperate. You'll lose you car. You'll catch a charge. You'll sit, stranded, wondering wtf you are doing to yourself. Yet you will STILL be scheming for your next hit. Nothing can make you happier. You even catch a buzz of the routine of copping. You fall in love with the ritual of using. You'll give the ole needle a try. You arms will start to look like shit. You'll get an absess. Or worse, a systemic infection. You'll lie out your ass as to why it happened. Your perception of reality will become extremely distorted. The only thing that will ever matter is your next fix. You'll start to associate with unsavory people. You'll catch another charge. You might try and quit, but good luck returning to normal life with fucked credit, felonies that make it impossible to get a job, and all sorts of medical ailments.
One day, you'll be super sick, and look back, and think to yourself, wow... where did the last 5 years go. You'll see your friends, buying houses, starting families, working cool jobs, progressing in life. Unfortunately, most of them no longer associate with you. Maybe 1 or 2. You family, if they still talk to you, def. doesnt trust you. You now have nothing. All cuz fucking dope. OR... your a homeless panhandler... I mean, I love opiates, but fuck, this is the cold hard reality. There's nothing to be glamorized, maybe the first year or 2 in... but thats all. Get out while you can.
excellent post .. very well stated