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Source: Favim

I’m a tranquilizer. 

I’m effective at home. 

I work in the office. 

I can take exams 

on the witness stand. 

I mend broken cups with care. 

All you have to do is take me, 

let me melt beneath your tongue, 

just gulp me 

with a glass of water. 

I know how to handle misfortune, 

how to take bad news. 

I can minimize injustice, 

lighten up God’s absence, 

or pick the widow’s veil that suits your face. 

What are you waiting for— 

have faith in my chemical compassion. 

You’re still a young man/woman. 

It’s not too late to learn how to unwind. 

Who said 

you have to take it on the chin? 

Let me have your abyss. 

I’ll cushion it with sleep. 

You’ll thank me for giving you 

four paws to fall on. 

Sell me your soul. 

There are no other takers. 

There is no other devil anymore.

~ Wislawa Szymborska

(Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak)

Drug Addiction

Source: Detoxmenow.org 

The face of "evil" is always the face of total need. A dope fiend is a man in total need of dope. Beyond a certain frequency need knows absolutely no limit or control. In the words of total need: "Wouldn't you?" Yes you would. You would lie, cheat, inform on your friends, steal, do anything to satisfy total need. Because you would be in a state of total sickness, total possession, and not in a position to act in any other way. Dope fiends are sick people who cannot act other than they do. A rabid dog cannot choose but bite.

~ William S. Burroughs

Drug Addiction

Source: Detoxmenow.org 

The face of "evil" is always the face of total need. A dope fiend is a man in total need of dope. Beyond a certain frequency need knows absolutely no limit or control. In the words of total need: "Wouldn't you?" Yes you would. You would lie, cheat, inform on your friends, steal, do anything to satisfy total need. Because you would be in a state of total sickness, total possession, and not in a position to act in any other way. Dope fiends are sick people who cannot act other than they do. A rabid dog cannot choose but bite.

~ William S. Burroughs

Being happy

Photo credit: cmsturgeon from morguefile.com

Happy is one of the many things I'm likely to be over the course of a day and certainly over the course of a lifetime. But I think if you have the expectation that you're going to be happy throughout your life--more to the point, if you have a need to be comfortable all the time--well, among other things, you have the makings of a classic drug addict or alcoholic.

~ Carrie Fisher

Being happy

Photo credit: cmsturgeon from morguefile.com

Happy is one of the many things I'm likely to be over the course of a day and certainly over the course of a lifetime. But I think if you have the expectation that you're going to be happy throughout your life--more to the point, if you have a need to be comfortable all the time--well, among other things, you have the makings of a classic drug addict or alcoholic.

~ Carrie Fisher