13th
December 2014
Dear Cassi,
I think most of us want to find a magic doorway
that will transport us away from all our troubles. This has been a running
theme in my family as the old man was fond of snake oil buying thousands of
dollars of pills that eventually rotted in his cabinets.
Me, I’m no better. I read some were on the
internet that alcohol hits you harder if you take Prozac. This is because the
Prozac occupies your liver until it gets eaten up and so then the alcohol fills
your liver like a flood. I reasoned that if it worked that way it might work
the other way. This idea led me to have a shot of Absinthe ten minutes before
taking my Prozac.
Much to the chagrin of my doctor I now take this
medication on weekends as it makes me too drowsy for the night shift. I think
my body was catching up on months of lost sleep but, well, the company has
little love for sick men.
In any case, Absinthe is called the ‘Green Fairy’
because it’s one of the strongest alcohols you can get. It has a reputation of hallucinations
and tastes oddly of bitter black liquorish.
The Green Fairy didn’t heal my wounds. I didn’t
feel any different after this experiment and I’m unlikely to try it again.
Do what you can to be well, little sister,
Richard Leland Neal
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