How's an out of work, broke, bum get to shoot up 20 times a day? Uh, I
do. Just read other posts I've made about how to smash your spine with
a sledgehammer, that should set you off on the path.
Generally, I'm not too sympathetic to folks who are otherwise healthy
and "can't" quit dope. People just don't appreciate the gift of
sobriety. But I'd have to say Chuckie the reality-TV star probably
had/has a King Kong on his back that makes your monkey look like a
housefly. Though, I bet mine's bigger. My monkey would bitch slap Kong.
It's like ... Donkey Kong. No really, from what you describe, even
factoring in how much of his dope is probably baby aspirin, old Charles
has a habit none of us could fathom. A true paregoric baby like from a
century ago.
So, fuck, who are we to judge? Oh, yeah. We're the television audience,
weaned on years of Judge Bitch Judy, Oprah ka-ching Winfrey, and the
latest round of wife swapping suburbanites. The colloseum in Rome never
saw eviscerations like these. I'm just waiting for the public corporal
punishments, as are the Nielson ratings wizards I'm sure.
"Intervention" sounds interesting. Would be nice if it were referring
to global U.N. sanctions against the U.S.A., but if it's a bonerfide
well educated psychology program with above the bar ethics, like
"doctor" Phil, I'm sure it could set me straight as to the
misconceptions I have vis a vis opiate drugs and addiction. Shouldn't
"Soap Opera Weekly" and "Psychology Today" be doing a merger with
special cross over editions for the reallity TV set? Just don't program
the shit on a slot at the same time as "Survivor", "Fear Factor" (how
about a cross over with "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", we could call
it "Phobe factor") "meet your new mommy" and FOX news, I'd have to set
up two televisions for simultaneous viewing.
Hats off to you Yanks. You export high culture even better than you
export democracy. And why shouldn't you? We all know they're both
american creations.
-Sigh.