

One morning you wake up sick and you’re an addict. If you have never been addicted, you can have no clear idea what it means to need junk with the addict’s special need. Burroughs (Author) 1,410 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 8.50 Read with Our Free App Paperback 16.00 37 Used from 7.60 30 New from 12.00 1 Collectible from 899.95 Audio CD from 48.77 3 Used from 48. They just drifted along until they got hooked. Junky: The Definitive Text of 'Junk' Paperback Novemby William S. They did not start using drugs for any reason they can remember. Most addicts I have talked to report a similar experience. I drifted along taking shots when I could score.

The questions, of course, could be asked: Why did you ever try narcotics? Why did you continue using it long enough to become an addict? You become a narcotics addict because you do not have strong motivations in the other direction. I think it no exaggeration to say it takes about a year and several hundred injections to make an addict.

It took me almost six months to get my first habit, and then the withdrawal symptoms were mild. And you don’t really know what junk sickness is until you have had several habits. It takes at least three months’ shooting twice a day to get any habit at all. You don’t wake up one morning and decide to be a drug addict. This description may be from another edition of this product. The answer is that he usually does not intend to become an addict. In his debut novel, Junky, Burroughs fictionalized his experiences using and. “The question is frequently asked: Why does a man become a drug addict?
