American Addict Page #11

ABIDED--THAT WE ALL HAVE SWORN

TO WHEN WE GRADUATED. THAT IS.

"DO NO HARM."

AS MUCH AS I'M FOR SMALL

GOVERNMENT. WE'RE GONNA NEED

A MONITORING AGENCY.

BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS

TO ABSOLUTELY INSULATE THE

PEOPLE WHO MONITOR FROM THE

PEOPLE WHOM THEY'RE MONITORING.

WE CAN LOOK BACK AS FAR AS

PEOPLE LIKE ELVIS PRESLEY AND

ANNA NICOLE SMITH MORE RECENTLY

AND THEN GRADUATING INTO

HEATH LEDGER. COREY HAIM. PEOPLE

LIKE THIS DYING. AND THE ONLY

POSITIVE THAT'S COME OUT OF THIS

NEGATIVE IS THAT IT'S BROUGH SOME ATTENTION TO THE AMERICAN

PUBLIC THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM.

AND THE REALITY IS

IS THAT REGULAR PEOPLE.

NON-CELEBRITIES. ARE DYING EVERY

SINGLE DAY FROM PRESCRIPTION

PILLS--NOT FROM OVERDOSES.

NOT FROM PEOPLE TAKING IT FOR

FUN. BUT PEOPLE SIMPLY TAKING

THEIR MEDICATIONS EXACTLY HOW

THEIR DOCTOR TOLD THEM TO TAKE

IT. BUT THE COMBINATION OF

SLEEPING PILLS AND ANXIETY PILLS

AND NARCOTICS. THEY GO TO SLEEP.

AND THEY DON'T WAKE UP.

SO HOW DO WE STOP IT?

THE PROBLEM IS. WE HAVE A NATION

OF ADDICTS THAT ARE BEING

IGNORED.

THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM.

IN MY OPINION. IS NOT THE

GOVERNMENT.

IT'S NOT OTHER PEOPLE.

IT REALLY STARTS WITH THE

INDIVIDUAL BEING RESPONSIBLE

FOR THEMSELVES.

I THINK THAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD

HAVE THEIR OWN MEDICAL RECORD.

PERIOD.

YOU SHOULDN'T RELY ON YOUR

MEDICAL RECORD TO BE AT YOUR

DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

YOU SHOULD MAINTAIN YOUR OWN

MEDICAL RECORDS.

IF YOU HAVE AN MRI. GET A COPY

FOR YOURSELF.

THE BEST WAY TO SOLVE THIS

PROBLEM IS TO PREVENT IT FROM

HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IF A PERSON HAS TO HAVE SURGERY.

AND THEY'RE GONNA NEED A PAIN

PILL AFTER SURGERY--

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN ARTHROSCOPY

OF YOUR KNEE.

IT HURTS.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO HURT.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE SOME

PAIN MEDICINE.

MOST PAIN HAPPENS AFTER SURGERY

IN THE FIRST 72 HOURS. THE FIRS THREE DAYS.

SO IT'S FINE TO TAKE A STRONG

PAINKILLER FOR THOSE THREE DAYS.

BUT OFTEN WHAT YOU SEE IS.

DOCTORS WILL GIVE OUT 90 PILLS

OR 60 PILLS OR 120 PILLS FOR

A SURGERY THAT'S ONLY GONNA

REALLY HURT THE PERSON WHERE

THEY WOULD NEED THOSE PILLS FOR

MAYBE THREE OR FOUR DAYS.

IF YOU ONLY USE A FEW PILLS.

GET RID OF THE OTHER PILLS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO THROW THEM

DOWN THE TOILET.

PEOPLE SAY. "WELL. I FLUSH I DOWN THE TOILET."

WE'RE CONTAMINATING OUR WATER

SYSTEM. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO

FLUSH IT DOWN THE TOILET.

YOU WANT TO TAKE IT BACK TO YOUR

PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE.

AND THEY NORMALLY HAVE

A MECHANISM TO GET RID OF DRUGS

SAFELY.

DON'T LOOK--DON'T ACCEPT A PILL

FOR A PROBLEM.

SO IF YOU GO TO A DOCTOR.

AND YOU TELL THE DOCTOR THA YOU'RE HAVING HEADACHES. AND THE

FIRST THING HE DOES IS GIVE YOU

A PILL FOR HEADACHE--HE DOESN' EVEN ASK YOU WHAT KIND OF

HEADACHES. WHEN DID THEY START.

WHY DID THEY START.

YOU FIRST TELL THE DOCTOR.

"IS THERE ANY ALTERNATIVE OTHER

THAN THIS PILL FOR MY

HEADACHES?"

AND IF THE DOCTOR TELLS YOU NO.

IT'S TIME TO FIND A NEW DOCTOR.

YOU GOT TO PUSH:

IN MY HAND:

THAT WON'T LET UP

NO BRAKES:

LIVING FAS NOT GIVIN' A F***

HIGH STAKES:

I'M GONNA GET I 'CAUSE I'M A FIEND

SELL THE DEVIL MY SOUL

TO GET ME WHAT I NEED

GET ME A FIX:

GET ME BACK INTO THE ZONE

JUST ONE MORE TRIP

UNTIL MY MIND GETS BLOWN

LEAVE ME ALONE:

PRESCRIPTIONS FOR

THE SH*T I'M ON

GOT ME LOOKING:

LIKE THE LIGHT'S ON

BUT NO ONE'S HOME

CHECK MY HEARTBEA RACING AT THE SPEED OF LIGH PERCOCET OR VICODIN

WILL SET YOU FREE TONIGH I TRIPLED UP ON EVERYTHING

I'M NOT BREATHING RIGH IT'S GOT A HOLD ON ME

AND IT MIGHT SEIZE MY LIFE

I AIN'T NEVER GIVE A F***

ABOUT SHI EXCEPT FOR CORPORATE DOCTOR

TRYING TO GET ME THAT FIX

I GOT A DRUG COCKTAIL

TO GET ME IN THE MIX

POP A PILL. KNEEL

AND KISS MY CRUCIFIX

AND I'LL PROBABLY

NEVER CHANGE:

THE MORE I TRY:

STOPPED TAKING THE

MEDICATION.

IT HAD SIDE EFFECTS THAT HAD

CAUSED ME NUMEROUS WHOLE BOUTS

OF PERSONALITY CHANGES THA CAUSED A BREAKUP WITH MY

FIANCEE.

I KIND OF JUST STOPPED

EVERYTHING. AND FOR ABOU 20 DAYS. WENT THROUGH

WITHDRAWALS AND THE WORS FEELING IN MY LIFE.

I WAS AN ADDICT.

I WAS TAKING THEM ALL THE TIME

FOR TWO YEARS.

I WAS TAKING EIGHT TO TEN A DAY.

AND MY BODY FELT LIKE I NEEDED

IT.

I HAD NO STRENGTH.

LIKE I WAS NOBODY.

I WAS REALLY SAD. CRYING.

OKAY.

I STARTED AT ONE PILL A DAY

FOR THE FIRST MONTH OR SO.

AND THEN IT SLOWLY PROGRESSED TO

TWO. AND THEN I ENDED UP AT THE

MOST--I ENDED UP TAKING ABOU SEVEN TO EIGHT PILLS A DAY.

AND I WAS SIFTING THEM ONTO

FOIL. AND THEN I WOULD SMOKE

THEM. OR SOMETIMES I WOULD SNIFF

THEM. AND IT JUST TOOK ME AWAY.

IT'D MAKE YOU FEEL MAYBE--

MAYBE A LITTLE EUPHORIC OR

SOMETHING. BUT I ALWAYS THOUGH I TOOK THEM FOR THE PAIN.

BUT I THINK I TOOK THEM MOSTLY.

LIKE THEY SAID. BECAUSE I JUS THOUGHT I NEEDED THEM.

I NEVER KNEW WHAT THESE

MEDICATIONS WERE OR. YOU KNOW.

THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THEM.

IT'S SUCH AN EASY THING TO GE CAUGHT IN THIS VICIOUS CIRCLE.

BEING GIVEN PILLS EVERY MONTH.

YOU KNOW. RIDICULOUS QUANTITIES.

IS JUST LIKE YOU'RE NOT EVEN

YOU.

YOU'RE JUST A ZOMBIE.

STUCK ON THE MUSHROOMS

HALLUCINATING:

LOCKED IN THE ROOM

GOING HEAD UP A SECOND

ADDICTED TO THEM PISTOLS

AND RUNNING MISSIONS

45 THE CASE

AND MAKING BAD DECISIONS

ADDICTED TO THROWIN' UP

MY BLESSING:

I WAS DOWN TO DIE

FOR THAT SHI YOU CAN BE I'M ADDICTED TO THIS MUSIC

THAT SAVED MY LIFE

HELPED ME BECOME A MAN

AND GET MY SH*T RIGH AND I'LL PROBABLY

NEVER CHANGE:

THE MORE I TRY:

THE MORE I STAY THE SAME

I HATE TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR

'CAUSE ALL I SEE

SOMEBODY SPRUNG:

THAT LOOKS ME:

AND I CAN'T BREAK MY HABITS

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