I know there are a few people out there who are wondering what happened to me. I cannot go into details, but I will share a little. An extremely close family member may have cancer and I’m awaiting the results of medical tests. We will know something next week. My father died from it and I really don’t want to go through it again. Let’s leave it at that for now.
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Archive for August, 2008
What Happened To Me?
Aug 29
If you’re at all familiar with martial arts (karate, kung-fu, etc.) you’ve probably heard of Dim Mak (which translates to ‘press artery’), aka the poison touch or poison hand among many slang terms. This is where a highly skilled martial arts expert touches you and you are knocked out or killed without any apparent force. The idea of having magical like powers after learning martial art “secrets” has been tantalizing enthusiasts for hundreds of years. Is it real or a load of crap?
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I’ve been fighting a seriously dark melancholy the past few days and am struggling to stay sane. Yesterday, I cut the yard and worked up a good sweat out in the heat. I had to do something to get myself out of this depression. I was born depressed, and to just not feel down for one day is so wonderful, I cannot explain it.
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After my previous story, The Fruity Pebbles Nightmare, I felt like I needed to share a picture of Maria. Like I said, she was kicked in the face by a Clydesdale horse and doesn’t look right. She did win Ms. Aberrant Oddity 2008 at the Mississippi state fair – it was quite wonderful. Her family rents her out to children’s birthday parties for $1500.00, which is a really good price. They fill her face with pistachio ice-cream, using her as a human serving bowl – the kids always get a real kick out of it. She is really nice, but it totally freaks me out when she smokes…I wish I had a copy of the video. I often tease her by asking, “Does your face hurt?”
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A few years ago, I had a job working for the Army Core of Engineers to assess storm damage after hurricane Katrina. I had a bad crush on one of the office girls named Maria, who made my heart palpitate so intensely, I almost passed out every time I talked to her.
One afternoon, they were telling jokes…really lame jokes. I pretended to laugh and Maria noticed my bad acting. She said, “Well now…why don’t you tell us a joke Bobby?”
I was petrified. The only jokes I know are sick or extremely dirty – I felt like Richard Pryor at his filthiest in a room full of nuns. I thought of the most unoffensive joke I know and asked, “How do you unload a truckload of dead babies?”
Seven disgusted faces stared at me. Maria asked apprehensively, “How?”
I busted out laughing, “With a pitchfork…hahaha!”
Maria burst into tears – one of the other women immediately hugged her and said, “You piece of shit…Maria’s baby was stabbed to death last month with a flounder gig by some sicko scumbag.”
“Oh my God! I’m so sorry. I didn’t know…I never meant to cause any…”
Maria cut me off, “Leave…leave and never come back.”
I said, “Does this mean you won’t go out with me?”
“I’m married you jerkoff piece of human garbage…I HOPE YOU DIE! NOW GET OUT!”
I was fired a few minutes later for verbal assault and escorted off premises by armed guards.
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One of the most disturbing facts I’ve come across is the addition of freebase nicotine to most popular brands of cigarettes. The cigarette drug lords have your number and your life long addiction is their goal. The companies that manufacture cigarettes, alcohol and prescription medications all have one thing in common: they want your money regardless of whether or not you die. They also want your money regularly. They actually make more money as their consumers die and new ones take their place. Death is part of the business model and is a necessary element to perpetuate its success.
What is Freebase Nicotine?
As most of you already know, cigarettes contain much more than tobacco. Actually, most brands of cigarettes contain only 50% tobacco; the rest are additives. What is the other 50%? What kind of additives?
Basically, they make a product called tobacco RECON. It starts with tobacco dust or Offal – all the trash scraped from machinery, swept from the floor and so forth. Also added are cellulosic materials like wood pulp. This is mixed up in a giant vat and a disgusting dark brown fluid called “Mother Liquor” is derived through repetitive hot water extraction. This is like a million cigarette butts in a jar of water, only using the best chemical extraction techniques.
But that is just the beginning of the “Mother Liquor” (I think I’m gonna puke). You would think this fluid is poisonous enough, but it isn’t. They add up to 599 additives into the mix. Finally, a paper-like cellulose is soaked in the pungent liquor, dried and shredded up into a tobacco like product.
One of the main ingredients in this mixture is chemically altered nicotine. Most of you are already aware that crack cocaine is known as freebase, a smokable form which is the most addictive. Cocaine is bad enough normally, but the freebase form is much worse. A very similar process is used in manufacturing cigarettes.
In normal tobacco, much of the nicotine is chemically bound in the fibers. To fix this and make cigarettes 100 times more addictive, they extract the freebase form of nicotine using ammonia chemistry and add it into the Mother Liquor. This ensures that every drag of smoke you take is filled with freebase nicotine and hits you just like crack. This makes nicotine burn into a gaseous form, which is more readily absorbed by the lungs. It’s nice to know that the tobacco drug lords have your best interests in mind.
Are Cigarette Smokers Drug Addicts?
Yes they are. One thing about society that gets under my skin is how people who smoke, drink alcohol or are addicted to prescription medications are seen in a different light than street drug addicts on meth, cocaine, heroin or marijuana.
One major problem is how people perceive drug addicts. They often look down on them and see them as degenerates, untrustworthy or criminals. We fill our prisons with addicts and dealers – when they are released, they can’t even get a job. You should not look down on anyone as no one is above addiction.
If tobacco were made illegal, it would be the #1 illegal drug in the world, turning millions into criminals overnight.
I personally believe that all drugs should be decriminalized in favor of drug treatment. Many US states have what is called a drug court program – this allows drug offenders to get professional treatment and a clean criminal record. Instead of just throwing them in jail, they are given another chance as well a clearing their criminal charges. This is a step in the right direction.
It’s hard to believe that it’s legal to manufacture super addictive cigarettes with freebase nicotine. If cocaine were legal, imagine the groundbreaking science that would make it 1000 times more addictive. The tobacco industry is the best at this type of science and make illegal drug chemistry look like child’s play by comparison.
I used to smoke and quitting was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. I still want a cigarette everyday, though I quit years ago. The cravings never go away and I’ll be wanting a smoke for the rest of my life. Though none of the information in this article is unique or new, it is my hope that it helps someone out there quit smoking. Don’t hesitate to get professional help, nicotine addiction is as difficult to overcome as any street drug. You may not realize that cocaine is only psychologically addictive, while cigarettes are physically addictive. In my opinion, it is easier to quit cocaine.
I recommend you to read my articles:
- Extremely Disturbing Facts – Drug Testing
- The Hypocrisy of Alcohol Versus Drugs
- Death By Cigarette – a fiction horror story you may enjoy.
Much of the information in this article was derived from The World Health Organization pdf.
