I gave up booze for two weeks once. I was miserable, but the worst part was that I was miserable with lots of energy that I had intention of using as I just wanted to die.
The homeless guy moment is when it all clicked, that shift from internal rage to recognizing whats actually real. I did a caffeine detox once and that week 2 dopamine drop is legit brutal, everything feels mildly irritating for no aparent reason. The security gates on meat thing is wild tho, like we're living in some dystopian supermarket hell where basic protien requires checkout clearence.
I stopped coffee after being a staunch addict for 45 years. It was a bitch, but the effects on the other side are worth it. You finally lose that constant underlying tension. Anyway," because my dopamine is getting fucked in the arsehole by Zed like Marcellus Wallace " and "holds you hanging mid auto-erotic asphyxiation about four inches above the right zone for proper meditation" are too funny. Also, the branding everything point sits hard with me. I think I went over the edge when they started calling hiking - "canyoneering". The whole article is really good. Feels different than your writing in the past, more grounded.
If you need a substitute for dopamine, try adrenochrome
Missed you. Glad to see this post. Caffeine withdrawal almost took me out once. May God, or whatever. Give you strength!
I gave up booze for two weeks once. I was miserable, but the worst part was that I was miserable with lots of energy that I had intention of using as I just wanted to die.
The homeless guy moment is when it all clicked, that shift from internal rage to recognizing whats actually real. I did a caffeine detox once and that week 2 dopamine drop is legit brutal, everything feels mildly irritating for no aparent reason. The security gates on meat thing is wild tho, like we're living in some dystopian supermarket hell where basic protien requires checkout clearence.
I stopped coffee after being a staunch addict for 45 years. It was a bitch, but the effects on the other side are worth it. You finally lose that constant underlying tension. Anyway," because my dopamine is getting fucked in the arsehole by Zed like Marcellus Wallace " and "holds you hanging mid auto-erotic asphyxiation about four inches above the right zone for proper meditation" are too funny. Also, the branding everything point sits hard with me. I think I went over the edge when they started calling hiking - "canyoneering". The whole article is really good. Feels different than your writing in the past, more grounded.
Cold turkeying the coffee may be the first time I've seen where the phrase "stunning and brave" actually applies. Nice rant!
Another factor at play is that Australia is bloody boiling hot right now. So hot it's making the news here in Canada....