The Million-Rand Teaspoon by Nikki Ridley

Author:Nikki Ridley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Million-Rand Teaspoon: A True Story of Addiction and Redemption
ISBN: 9781770222632
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2011-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

I have repeatedly referred to Paul’s cheery nature, as I’m sure have others.

How does one reconcile the image of a manipulative, self-destructive (and self-destructing) drug addict with that of an eminently likeable, innately happy young man?

Perhaps the best way to explain it is simply by recounting something that happened when I visited Paul after his overdose.

When I first saw Paul in the hospital, he looked extremely frail. I remember being shocked at the sight of him. He had come out of his coma but was heavily sedated, and he was sleeping when I walked into the room.

I sat with him for a while, until a nurse came in and gently woke him up.

As he sat up, I was even more shocked. He looked worse than he’d looked lying down. He looked damaged. One of his eyes looked strange – as if it were hanging loose and sunken in at the same time.

‘Hey, cuz,’ I said. ‘It’s me, Dale. How’re you doing?’

He sat up further and lifted his head, as if he needed to look down his nose to see me properly, even though he was blind.

‘GREAT!’ he replied, and smiled.

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