Exhausion (pt 327)

YESTERDAY ~ ON NO DRUGS AT ALL ~ except my prescribed methadone, I managed to sleep sporadically most of the night, then deeply most of the day till past 3pm. Last night I could not sleep. Yet I was absolutely exhausted and feeling deprived by 9am. So as soon as my head did hit the pillow around midday I slept till past 7pm! What is wrong with me? I don't have sporadic opiate consumption to blame this time...

Do you like my picture? No that's not a Chinese cowboy but Chinese-Burmese Heroin Lord Khun Sa, who russeled an army of over 20,000 men in the Shan-state frontier regions of the famous "golden triangle". Because opium requires an otherwise obscure chemical, acetic anhydride, ordinarily used in production of cellophanes, tapes and filmsto process to heroin and to cover himself with a cloak of respectability, he opened a huge carrier bag factory in his Warlord State. He took full advantage of his cellophane supplies, by famously branding his heroin, which appeared in the West in coloured cellophaned bricks decorated with elephants, Chinese characters and other logos "worthy of Madison Avenue"... He actually sold heroin under brand names: "Double UO Globe" being the most famous in the 70s/80s...

And that's about all for today. Last night I was asked, if actions speak so much louder than words yet yous can only go on what I tell you, how will any of you know if/when I really am clean..? I'll tell you how: because my entire demeanour will change. Even on the printed page I expect you'll notice that...