Pills

Richard, Almost a way of life now, for a lot of people. Thanks for sharing this with us Moon. ______________________________________________________ Income-tax forms should be more realistic by allowing the taxpayer to list "Uncle Sam" as a dependent Anonymous

It is hard on most people to become a pill popper, but I guess easier when they do, Must be expensive over in the States if you have to pay for everything. Here we are a lucky nation as when you reach 65 for men or 60 for women there is no charge for medicine, so I guess that there are prob more pill poppers here. I think that if I had to pay for the pain killers I have to take, it would be my main expence. A very good write on the subject though, and will run a thought through a few minds about what they are doing, then habit will kill it dead, LOL. Yours, Ian.T

Oh man of moonness (I am intrigued as to what that is about you know, you don't look so moon oriented to me)... I enjoyed this very much ... even when you are chastising a behaviour there is a lovely warmth & empathy, & you have such a brilliantly playful way of putting these things out there. Really like the way its written & the content. Cheers Anni I wish to walk gracefully..... so as not to spill water.

i have had first hand experiance with this myself... have been a dr.'s guinea pig... so i can relate... very good!!!

while the majority of this poem was a brilliant, and emotionally detached confessional piece, the third stanza crushed me and broke my heart, it was so surreal, yet so urgent and reminded me deeply of my sister, who was kept on Thorazine for much of her childhood. I felt pained by this poem, you wrote an emotional hammer - stroke without once having to raise your voice, increase your tempo, or smear gobs of sentimentality. Mark W. "our hope is in the living God, who is the Savior of all people and particularly of all believers." 1 Timothy 4:10

In the nineteen eighties it was still the dark ages for mood order meds up here its covered by OHIP or most of them otherwise I wouldnt be able to be medicated and probably be dead it took me awhile to get the right amounts to work for me I remember the time I broke out in hives like badly but I didnt care if I lived or died then yes its so easy to get too much medication your poem graphically and well written adress's a problem of this kind of dependence and abuse and you feel what so many do in watching the effects Helpless I took too many pills and I've fallen and I cant get up Not a joke and the medications also that do help take a pounding on the other organs like the liver or the heart or kidneys Make a person swell up and gain weight because it makes you hungry some of these pills slows metabolism down from the highs of mania for instance so one can sleep and these are the modernist drugs its no wonder people go off meds though its either the wilds or the zombielands and then the "who the hell am I " after awhile Im glad I found a good clinic and a clinician whos great and meds that work despite weight gain Great poem Richard for adressing this

Some meds are needed such as mine for heart, cholesterol, gout and RA. I also take darvocett when it gets to be too much pain to handle without help, but a 30 day supply last me for 3-4 months. I have a sister in law I can't even tell I have them or she will "accidentally" hurt herself and need 3 or 4 before she can get to the doctor. When she comes over we have to hide our meds or she will steal some of them. A prescription pain pill junkie. I stopped the weed, acid, mescaline, peyote many years ago at 20 years old for family was more important. Excellent write my friend. Even the last line says it all! Respectfully, Rett: "Next time you think you're perfect, walk on water." "A Democracy can withstand anything but Democrats." Robert A. Heinlein

Yoh Moonman I'm mentioning this publicly coz i left my problems behind a long time ago i used to do cocaine and south african made drug called Kat and E and mix them all together for the hell of it i was in a deep deep dark place depression left me to rot i fortunately had the inner strength to pull myself out of the hole i dug myself deeply into ... tho now to clarify i have to take pills to fix my psyche and i take anti dep in the morning anti anxiety in the evening and sleeping pills at night(as due to the other drugs my sleeping patterns were destroyed). coz im litterally nuts with out em and they've fixed me i am slowly comming off them weening .. alls i want you to know nothing and no one but yourself can pull you away and out of that dark passengers riggamortis grip only the person afflicted can help them selves clearly your poem struct a deeply sensitive nerve with me and i felt i needed to share the side of the afflicted story

I believe addiction affects everyone (even with boasting the crime rates, with home invations and all). We must keep talking about it, educating on it and prayer is always appropriate, in my book (of life). enjoyed the poem, a real dose of reality.

Richard you are right-on with that one. Believe me when i say i know the dope dance WELL! I know that's why God gave me the oppertunity to do that type of work for over twenty five years. But mind ya i was a beautiful intelligent and business minded drug addict. Yea Right! That kind of thinking kept me sick for a hell-of a long time. I celebrated 32 years on July 5,2008. ONE day at a time. I really need an addiction to exercise because the cute little tight ass, no longer exist. Thanks for letting me share! Smiles.