This is a dark eye opening story written by Laura Lang in 2004 about the impact of heroin on her life. “…I have not been born again, and I didn’t die of an overdose and come back to life. I simply decided that if I kept shooting heroin everyday I would eventually become a serious junky. What most people don’t understand about heroin is that there are two kinds of heroin addicts…”
Read the rest of it here: http://blacktable.com/lang041104.htm
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January 30, 2010 at 11:06 pm
peglud
Laura Lang’s honest report about ‘missing heroin’ and the lifestyle focus her addiction required, is what I’ve come to understand and accept as a reality for my daughter and other heroin addicts. At this point, I really can’t fathom any kind of incentive for my daughter to want to get ‘clean and sober’. If she were to ‘cross back over’, she faces jail, thousands of dollars of debt and fines, no job, no friends, a cynical, suspicious, ‘used up’, alienated family, no place to live, her eating disorder, etc. It all seems overwhelming. Her ‘cocoon’ of isolation in a drug house and only dealing with getting her next fix seems more manageable and frankly, more inviting, in a way. I understand how and why Laura feels the way she does.
January 31, 2010 at 12:31 pm
dadonfire
Yes – The story seems to fit. That’s what interested me about Laura Lang. I think a recovering addict or alcoholic has to be equally obsessive about their recovery as they are with their addiction. For most it is an enduring struggle. Especially Heroin! The reality of heroin addiction is a continual learning process for me as a Dad. Also – check out https://dadonfire.net/2009/12/30/1354/. I don’t support that cynicism; but I realized something about addicts I deal with when I read Dalrymple’s piece. I understand your point with your daughter. Recovery is just the next chapter when she decides. All best to her.
June 28, 2013 at 7:31 am
Brittany
Loved what she wrote.