It's not like I'm going back to old habits.
Not if the reason is legit.
I was in pain, I'll be in pain when this shit wears off.
But for a brief time I just want to be able to lay down without my spine feeling like it was on fire.
I wanted to be able to stand up without that proverbial knife slicing through me.
Don't look at me like that.
I never said I was perfect.
There I go, justifying my actions.
But I have gotten better now.
I kicked drinking a year ago.
I only drink when I'm surrounded by my family and close friends.
Even then, I don't touch whiskey or white wine - I stick to the ones that generally keep me happy and stupid; not a violent, manic mess.
I haven't been smoking weed as much lately. I'll be honest, this last week I indulged in it more than I should have, but again it's to kill the pain in my back and tooth.
Justifying, again.
I also want to stop arguing with myself. It gets annoying because I can't figure out which side is correct. Caught between the devil sitting on my left shoulder, and the angel singing in my right ear.
And I just wish someone would pick up their phone right now. I need to get out of this house for a bit, and Tom just took my truck to go to McDonalds.
I've lost too much weight over the past few months. I'm so tiny that it sickens me when I look in the mirror. I feel like a good gust of wind would knock me over. But Jazz said recently that she wouldn't want to fight me - said that she would probably end up worse off. Which says something to me, 'cause getting in a fight with Jazz is something I wish to avoid. Honestly, I think we'd be evenly matched, but both of us would be pretty fucked up. Enough of this bit of an ego-trip. I still have that bit of tummy flub that refuses to go away no matter how much I work on my abs.
I took 3 vicodin. So fucking sue me.
Getting defensive, maybe this was the wrong way to deal with the pain.
Especially since when I last took them, I wasn't quite so tiny. I was about 180lbs and doing a lot more than just a few vic's here and there.
I found more scraps and journals from those days. 14 is such an evil age. I hate feeling that way.
Scratch that, I hate feeling
this way.
Dan just called me. He's coming over. I feel a bit better now, but I still have that lovely haze only given by these drugs.
Drip....
Drip....
Drip....
I don't know why I snorted them. I probably shouldn't have, but it was how I used to do it back then. It you faster, made the pain go away in a few seconds rather than waiting half an hour. Almost instantaneous relief. Plus, Tom's got a pill crusher so it made it all the more easier.
He's on a bunch of painkillers and whatnots for his back. My back's nowhere near the condition that his is in, but it's still painful and I've been dealing with a bad back since it sustained a blow from a metal bar 17 years ago.
Food's here.
I tried making this about what's going on in my head. Trying to convey what I feel for once instead of a cluster fuck of random thoughts swirling around in my head.
Failed again, what a fucking surprise.
Instead I go more into a past that I had rapidly forgotten and remember more and more as the years go by.
I forgot about the kids I used to do essays for in return for weed or money.
Forgotten about my initial run in with that scary white powder.
I forgot so much from my first 2 years of high school.
I remember what I was going through, and I actually hate myself a bit more.
Because I hadn't suceeded in doing enough of it to erase it completely from my memory.
I'm sorry for this.
I hate remembering things from then, and a small part of me revels in it.
I don't know why.
Fuck.
Just don't even bother with this entry.
I'm not right in the head at the moment.
Vic's, weed, a few shots of rum and that fucking voice still haunting my thoughts.
Dan should be here soon. I hope he is.
Once he's here I'll probably burst into tears.
I hate this shit. I'm just so fucking tired of dealing with them. So fucking tired. So gone and so exhausted with the fighting and suppressing.
So fucking done with it.
And there's laughter
EDIT[7:28AM]: I'm sober now, well, groggy at the most. I woke up nearly an hour ago. Most of this stemmed from my own fears of going back to painkillers and from Dan freaking out.
That and having a mental relapse of sorts. I seem to be at risk of having them around this time of year. I still haven't figured out why.. maybe it's just seasonal, who knows.
I make him aware of my indulgences now, when before I didn't. I guess that's some improvement. Not that I go into anything more than weed these days, but considering my history with painkillers it's something that I should make him aware of. He wasn't angry, at all. At least, not that I could see or sense. He understood why, and I guess I have my answer to it that it was okay, despite them not being exclusively prescribed to me. If he was angry with me last night//this morning he wouldn't have watched The Fifth Element with me all curled up on the couch. He wouldn't have fallen asleep with me, and he definitely wouldn't have kissed me. Maybe that last part, but the cuddling, no.
I'm not going back to painkillers, I've no desire to. I think they might still be in my system, but not entirely. My back seems to be re-entering it's usual pain and my tooth is beginning to assume that numbing pain. Appointment next week, I think I can make it.
When I dropped Dan off this morning (his dad having parked behind him, blocking him in) he says that I've lost too much weight. He says that he meant to say something during the night, but we both fell asleep before he could say anything. I don't mean to lose too much. It's not like I don't eat, or I'm doing something I shouldn't. I eat, trust me. But I'm so rarely hungry these days. I force myself to eat three meals a day because even though I don't feel hunger I know I need something keep my energy up. Maybe it's because of the decrease in meat in my diet, or the exclusion of junk food. Fast food I've been eating a lot, but it's mostly been fries, mozzerella sticks (BK) and the occasional order of chicken nuggets.
Yarg, more rambling. And I feel like I'm going to vomit. That shit's still in my system, I can still taste it in the back of my throat.