[LEMONS] 8.22.2001
Riding my bike home through the needle exchange, I'm always struck by how many "regular" people are there, sipping juice, eating Ramen, and swapping needles. People my age, obviously educated and employed. Junkies. It always makes me think of three friends of mine, Payce, Tony and Jon, and wonder how those guys are. I haven't talked to any of them since 1996. I haven't talked to Jon since 1995, when he moved to be closer to a steady supply of heroin. All of them, Payce in particular, were bright kids with good futures. But all of them were pretty into heroin, it was one of the things that defined who they were. I'm desperately thankful that I never got into that scene. It's fast, the descent.
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