tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post6783402582163228896..comments2024-03-28T15:58:56.369-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Painkiller overdoses rising in cocooning timesagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-44988798618338313342013-07-03T12:31:01.219-04:002013-07-03T12:31:01.219-04:00I was doing Adderall pretty heavily for awhile the...I was doing Adderall pretty heavily for awhile there. Actually, I think that the overdoses might be a sign that things are becoming more outgoing. During most of cocooning times, the level of drug abuse is low level - just enough to keep someone from feeling isolated.<br /><br />But when people are leaving the their houses for the first time in a long time, they start having painful experiences which they have problems handling. Even someone making a rude comment to you causes a shock. The level of drug use is increased radically by some people.<br /><br />Marilyn Monroe had been using uppers and downers for much of her career, but it wasn't until the beginning of crime wave that she started doing it heavily.<br /><br />My stress went up a lot in 2012 and 2013, but I hope its because people are finally becoming outgoing. It seems, from Facebook status updates, that a lot of other people are starting to have trouble too.<br /><br />-Curtis Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-29329337231595740852013-07-03T03:30:25.104-04:002013-07-03T03:30:25.104-04:00"Remember how Marilyn Monroe OD'ed right ..."Remember how Marilyn Monroe OD'ed right at the beginning of the 60s?"<br /><br />Yeah, it's strange how resistant the cause of her death has been to entering the popular understanding. In the popular mind, "drugs" can only be those that move the mind away from normal, not the ones that try to stabilize it in the normal range.<br /><br />So you can't overdose from barbiturates -- a term the public hasn't ever heard, or only during 8th grade health class.<br /><br />"She swallowed some pills" -- like they were Tylenol or something, rather than addictive substances being used so inappropriately. <br /><br />For the same reason, there is zero recognition that major figures from the mid-century were hopped up on speed. "Pep pills" are just pills, used to keep the mind in the normal, even if vigorous, range of the spectrum. Not like cocaine or LSD or something mind-bending.<br /><br />From Wikipedia's entry on Judy Garland:<br /><br />"To keep up with the frantic pace of making one film after another, Garland, Rooney, and other young performers were constantly given amphetamines as well as barbiturates to take before going to bed.[24] For Garland, this regular dose of drugs led to addiction and a lifelong struggle and contributed to her eventual demise."<br /><br />Can't get more wholesome than that. I wonder if Wally and the Beav were drugged up too...<br /><br />And hey, JFK himself was getting amphetamines from Dr. Feelgood, so they can't be all that bad!agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-22450531733065423652013-07-03T03:17:54.982-04:002013-07-03T03:17:54.982-04:00"Have you read Anna Karenina?"
I read i..."Have you read Anna Karenina?"<br /><br />I read it in college, and don't remember the fine details, but do recall the main points you mentioned. There are shades of that across Victorian literature and painting. Madame Bovary, The Absinthe Drinker...<br /><br />I don't remember what Anna's mothering style is like. Is she insecure about that too? One thing that really jumps out about helicopter parents is how insecure and paranoid they are about how well other parents are parenting.<br /><br />But, when you're more closely interacting with other parents (not superficially, but like our parents used to get along in the '80s), you see that your idiosyncrasies don't really matter -- aren't going to turn your kid into a total fuck-up, so don't obsess over parenting styles.<br /><br />"I think it's set in the middle of the Victorian period, although I don't know how well historical periods translate from Western Europe to Russia."<br /><br />I don't think there are good homicide rate data on Russia that far back, though perhaps from lack of scholarly interest. At least externally, they were pretty non-violent during the mid-19th C, only taking part in the Crimean War.<br /><br />The nihilist / Existentialist / Malaise / Etc. zeitgeist sure hit Eastern as well as Western Europe. At least that's what I remember from the emphasis on Bazarov in Fathers and Sons.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-1453789605248925802013-07-03T01:33:05.384-04:002013-07-03T01:33:05.384-04:00"
How can the effects be so widespread -- are..."<br />How can the effects be so widespread -- are that many women in crippling pain? Obviously not. Remember that overdoses are only a small fraction of all users. What's the real reason so many are turning to chronic drug use?"<br /><br />That is scary. Remember how Marilyn Monroe OD'ed right at the beginning of the 60s? <br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-67644353075886543882013-07-02T23:25:26.448-04:002013-07-02T23:25:26.448-04:00its hard, because as you say, there are few places...its hard, because as you say, there are few places to go to even if you want to leave the house. Any suggestions?<br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-42388181862299566772013-07-02T18:54:02.113-04:002013-07-02T18:54:02.113-04:00Have you read Anna Karenina? Besides being the ma...Have you read <i>Anna Karenina</i>? Besides being the magnum opus of one of the most famous authors ever, it deals with a lot of these themes. The title character goes from being social and self-confident to plagued by self-doubt and constantly worried about what others think, especially her lover. She then seeks escape through morphine, gets addicted, and winds up killing herself.<br /><br />At a very high level you could say the theme is "Don't use morphine as an escape from real life."<br /><br />I think it's set in the middle of the Victorian period, although I don't know how well historical periods translate from Western Europe to Russia.Jokah Macphersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04185675633464395897noreply@blogger.com