Too Much Junkie Business

@theswindlecontinues not hypocritical at all, TMJB demonstrates the PARADOX of heroin (or SOME drugs in general), in that it makes you feel that everything is in order, as it “should be” (or would be if you were the master of your own mind, but you’re not, because you’re addicted to heroin…), but you completely cut yourself off from the world with heroin. You can’t keep your “Life” (your “outer” life, one that’s “supposed to be” somewhat In harmony with the world) together, and you don’t care that you can’t, because escape & “satisfaction” is always “just a shot away”....

@theswindlecontinues not hypocritical at all, TMJB demonstrates the PARADOX of heroin (or SOME drugs in general), in that it makes you feel that everything is in order, as it “should be” (or would be if you were the master of your own mind, but you’re not, because you’re addicted to heroin…), but you completely cut yourself off from the world with heroin. You can’t keep your “Life” (your “outer” life, one that’s “supposed to be” somewhat In harmony with the world) together, and you don’t care that you can’t, because escape & “satisfaction” is always “just a shot away”.

I suppose what I’m trying to say is, it can’t be hypocritical if there’s an honest desire to understand (and, possibly, change) what’s happening to you. It may appear that dope addicts don’t care about their own lives, or death, but the reasons they keep using despite the consequences usually had to do with the fact that the drug itself is their only psychological defense against the drug’s own crippling affect on the addict’s life. This is where the term “Vicious Cycle” should become painfully clear to all involved, possibly including the addict, but he/she can’t stop, regardless....

I suppose what I’m trying to say is, it can’t be hypocritical if there’s an honest desire to understand (and, possibly, change) what’s happening to you. It may appear that dope addicts don’t care about their own lives, or death, but the reasons they keep using despite the consequences usually had to do with the fact that the drug itself is their only psychological defense against the drug’s own crippling affect on the addict’s life. This is where the term “Vicious Cycle” should become painfully clear to all involved, possibly including the addict, but he/she can’t stop, regardless.