Problems by Jade Sharma

Author:Jade Sharma
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781566894432
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 2016-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

What was the difference between Peter drinking and me using? Maybe I resented Peter because his addiction was something legal and mainstream and pretty much accepted. Most people could relate to wanting a stiff drink at the end of the night. People thought hangovers were funny. It was easy for Peter to hide in plain sight with his obvious addiction. Sideways was about appreciating wine, not a pathetic alcoholic who stole money from his mother. But no film director wanted to pretend dope wasn’t a big deal.

When I drank for the first time at age thirteen, I thought, Why don’t people do this all the time? I loved it. I chugged whiskey for fifteen seconds longer than all the boys. But once I discovered dope, alcohol just made me clumsy and dumb, and the hangover was so dark. Elizabeth called anxious hungover thoughts the “creeping fear.” With dope, I could function. It was like wearing armor. You went through the world and nothing could touch you.

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