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In reply to the discussion: Please explain Heroin's allure to me. [View all]Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)25. It eases the pain.
The pain that is life, the pain that is the gnawing ache in your heart, the pain that that is the angst of your psyche.
Creative people have always been attracted to drugs -- and heroin in particular -- because the same part of the brain that births creative sensitivity also births depression and drugs are a form of self-medication, and because when you drill down into the deep/dark places for your creative process you can expose/create a painful wound that can become unbearable.
Hoffman went DEEP and DARK for almost all his best roles. Heroin didn't kill him -- that was just the vehicle -- his emotional pain did.
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Do you do anything dangerous as a hobby, motorcycling or hang gliding for instance?
Fumesucker
Feb 2014
#2
The Opiate feeling does not appeal to me. I have had a prescription for Percocet since 1999
stevenleser
Feb 2014
#11
There is an extra-strong variety going around these days, according to a news story I heard.
MH1
Feb 2014
#19
For people without addictive personalities, the allure of heroin doesn't make sense
justiceischeap
Feb 2014
#14
to an addictive person any drug would be a gateway that's why it irritates me when people say
leftyohiolib
Feb 2014
#31