Comments on: Stuck Like Chuck

Stuck Like Chuck

AlexReynolds — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:47:06 -0800

Stuck Like Chuck - A Philadelphia writer's sad, brief but captivating observations of another's seemingly constant return to self-destruction; in turn, unflinchingly relating his own struggle.

By: jperkins

jperkins — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:12:58 -0800

Excellent read, Alex.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:50:12 -0800

thanks for posting this.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 19:28:41 -0800

$100k? I just find it so hard to belive that someone could really blow $100k on drugs one year, and then flee without any hope of getting anything like that again. Ah well.

By: Item

Item — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 19:43:15 -0800

Reminds me of 'Go Ask Alice'. I could string together a bunch of cliches about drug use too, but I won't.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:57:25 -0800

Sometime ago I lost the ability to have pity for people who start taking a lot of drugs. That's probably more a problem with me, but oh well.

By: DuoJet

DuoJet — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:48:29 -0800

Sometime ago I lost the ability to have pity for people who start taking a lot of drugs. That's probably more a problem with me, but oh well. Sometime ago I stopped trying to understand how some refuse to apprehend the disease concept of drug addiction.

By: buzzman

buzzman — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 23:10:54 -0800

An odd article that has a lot in it to pause and consider; not unlike a wall that has been nicely canvased in art.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:38:06 -0800

Is a lack of willpower really a disease? I think that for a lot of people, especialy these 'junkies' it's just that they have nothing else to hope for, nothing else to get enjoyment out life. It's an economic problem more then anything else. ITS ALL BUSH'S FAULT! anyway, it's not the drugs, it's the war on drugs. If these people could get cheap heroin at walmart along with their cigaretts this wouldn't even be an issue. Smoking cigs is worse then morphine for your health anyway. (heroin is morhine with two acital groups which make it easier to get through the blood-brain barrier) /very drunk.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:39:21 -0800

anyway, this thread reminded me that I havn't taken drugs in a while. I thin I'll take some of those shrooms... If anybody needs me, I'll be on another world.

By: moonbird

moonbird — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 07:11:48 -0800

Powerful stuff. A good friend is a recovering addict and has stories like Chuck's. Reminded me too of some bad ol' days of my own. To echo Q, thanks for posting this.