I was into pain reduction and mind expansion, but what I've ended up with is pain expansion and mind reduction.
I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present the CliffNotes of the emotional me, as opposed to the twelve-column read.
Saying you're an alcoholic and an addict is like saying you're from Los Angeles and from California.
Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.