Comments on: Taking time for a funeral http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/07/15/taking-time-for-a-funeral/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Brad Wood http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/07/15/taking-time-for-a-funeral/#comment-81628 Brad Wood Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:28:08 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/07/15/taking-time-for-a-funeral/#comment-81628 That was wonderful of Angus to assist. Again I raise a toast to Mike and his exemplary conduct, and again treasure my last contact with him thanks to you and yours. Ouch ouch ouch though for you! I agree that opiates are nasty things, only to be used as a last resort for severe pain. Of course they are highly addictive. My experience with them is very limited, but I noticed that they made me care about nothing. Nothing at all. And I hated that, couldn't wait for the effects to wear off. Yuck! I used to say I could spot a junkie at 100 yards---meaning though a person who had become habituated and had slipped into a looking-for-a-codependent role---not someone needing the drugs to control pain. That was wonderful of Angus to assist. Again I raise a toast to Mike and his exemplary conduct, and again treasure my last contact with him thanks to you and yours.

Ouch ouch ouch though for you! I agree that opiates are nasty things, only to be used as a last resort for severe pain. Of course they are highly addictive. My experience with them is very limited, but I noticed that they made me care about nothing. Nothing at all. And I hated that, couldn’t wait for the effects to wear off. Yuck!

I used to say I could spot a junkie at 100 yards—meaning though a person who had become habituated and had slipped into a looking-for-a-codependent role—not someone needing the drugs to control pain.

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