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william burroughs ideas on what exactly heroin/opiate addiction is??

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Same. When I was reading it (on my Kindle) she kept asking what it was, so I tried to describe it and she got upset.

I remember reading Ham on Rye for a book report in HS, I'm pretty sure that was the first book of his that I read. So great. That and Portnoy's Complaint are a couple of those formative books from that age. Like, yeah I'm fucked up, but I could be worse. And not in a, starving in Africa kinda way, just in a, way more neurotic or self-tortured kinda way.
 
sarajenni88 said:
^^^^^ yes. He writes about not having to work because of his parents. But then of course he had to turn to crime when his habit grew....I know Jim Carroll died...and he kicked his habit in his early twenties and stayed clean (well from what I've learned) but he looked so horribly sick when he died...he looked at least 15 yrs older than he was!! He was a BRILLIANT writer. His BOOK OF NODS is incredible. He's one of the writers I look up to the most... in the sense of his writing!!!
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It's just weird, the same people who love Burroughs are usually the first to complain about someone with "mommy and daddy's money."

On the subject of Carroll - from what I hear he was still struggling out in San Francisco, however I'm not really sure what period of his life this coincides with.

Hey sarajenni, would love to read something short.
 
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porkchops said:
It's just weird, the same people who love Burroughs are usually the first to complain about someone with "mommy and daddy's money."

On the subject of Carroll - from what I hear he was still struggling out in San Francisco, however I'm not really sure what period of his life this coincides with.

Hey sarajenni, would love to read something short.
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I think he died (Jim Carroll) so he relapsed???
I think I could arrange putting a short story
up. I'll have to wait til my PC is back in working order.
M phone won't upload that lol

Ty for the interest. I have a few short stories published too if ur interested. I have of yet to have my novels published.olLol I'm a struggling artist. But I'm only 25 I'll get there. : )
 
sarajenni88 said:
I think he died (Jim Carroll) so he relapsed???
I think I could arrange putting a short story
up. I'll have to wait til my PC is back in working order.
M phone won't upload that lol

Ty for the interest. I have a few short stories published too if ur interested. I have of yet to have my novels published.olLol I'm a struggling artist. But I'm only 25 I'll get there. : )
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Yeh, where can they be found or just post it here.
 
sarajenni88 said:
2. This idea is very interesting and I'm looking forward to opinions: "junkies" as some may call us are in a constant state of growth. Burroughs therorizes that because most users and going back and forth between a well state and a sick state, they never stop growing new cells to compensate for the junk addicted cells dying during w/d. Thus junkies look.younger and live longer than none users.....very interesting.
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mmh. i don't know many "junkies" but this homeless who sells me methadone has been on it for 30 years and still uses heroin. well, he's ~50 but if you had to guess his age you would say something more like 80. but maybe that's the homeless lifestyle that gave him this look? i don't really know
these theories sound far fetched tbh
 
Ya opiates themselves are definitely not too hard on the body, but the withdrawals are for sure, so I could definitely see repeated withdrawals aging someone prematurely. Having a steady supply on the other hand and taking care of yourself otherwise though would seem to produce a stress-free life, and always having extra opiates in your system, thus being essentially stress-free, could definitely contribute to looking younger. There are still far better ways to look and feel younger though.

I've never read any of those writers or books that were mentioned but I like reading so I'll have to check them out. I've read quite a few books on the psychedelics though.
 
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