DRUG USE IN THE 19TH CENTURY

“Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantelpiece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle and rolled back his left shirtcuff. For some little time his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist, all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture-marks. Finally, he thrust the sharp point home, pressed down the tiny piston, and sank back into the velvet-lined armchair with a long sigh of satisfaction.” (“The Sign Of Four”, 1890)

http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/sherlock-holmes/features/drug-use-in-the-19th-century

“I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some blind, random disaster, or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He’s taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of death from being a total suprise.”
Chuck Palahniuk (American freelance journalist, satirist and novelist. b.1961)

Keep It Simple

They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst.  ~Scottish Proverb

Easy Does It

Narcotics Anonymous Way of Life

http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-8716.html

The Stranger In The Mirror

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The Stranger in the Mirror
I looked in the mirror one day
An old man looked back my way
Do I know him I thought in my mind
I searched for an answer but had none I could find
I knew it was none other but me
But who I was
I could not see

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