Stim I (STR 3, 80eb/dose) Stim increases endurance, allowing the user to stay alert for longer periods. Benefits: Potent painkiller; Wound level is treated as if 3 less (Mortal0=Light); Duration 1d10 Minutes The book is rich with similarly potent quotations, among them two that capture the different faces of alcoholism. This one from Edgar Allan Poe, who died very young from the effects of drinking, sums up the paradox of self-destructiveness: “the unfathomable longing of the soul to vex itself, to offer violence to its own nature, to do wrong for the wrong’s sake”. Whereas Caroline Knapp describes how “liquor occupies the role of a lover or constant companion”. William Burroughs recounts that “heroin is momentary freedom from the claims of the ageing, cautious, nagging, frightened flesh”. Which of us hasn’t had similar longings to escape? This is a mature view of addiction from someone with immense experience of it

Over the decades, now and then I have briefly wondered whether I was paranoid. Should I have put myself out there more? They probably needed a real friend, right? Be more compassionate. Be present. Be optimistic. Medical Stabilization Agent (MeStAg), “Meestag” (STR 4, 380eb/dose) The Medical Stabilization Agent, or “Meestag” (as it’s known in militarese) is a military drug used to treat victims of heavy trauma. While the cost is prohibitive for people on the street, it is one of the best drugs to use in the treatment and first aid of large wounds involving massive tissue and blood loss. Meestag stops blood loss, protects against infection, and stops all pain, which the user perceives as an irritating itching near the areas of his wounds. The subject will be unable to sleep both before and after the drug wears off, and the eyes tend to become sensitive to bright lights. Some subjects have been known to become delusional, imagining large insects and maggots wriggling through their wounds, causing the itchy sensation. Meestag comes in a bright green derm the size of a credit card. Benefits: Wouldlevel-4, Antibiotic, First Aid +4. Duration: 6×10 Minutes. The rest of the book is a narrative of his drug addiction and subsequent recovery and re-inventing his career as a solo artist. He kinda loses me a bit in some of the later chapters, talking about where he was on 09/11 and his sober travel adventures. The entire book is engaging and well written from start to finish - it's the first book in a while I had a hard time putting down, actually. I did feel after a while like the random stories were just random rather than illuminating who he was as a person, though. Diamond Four (STR 2, 675eb/dose) This military drug is used on downed subjects on their way to military hospitals. Its an exceptional healing drug with relatively few side effects. Troopers given this drug sometimes develop irrational fears during treatment and will usually be placed in seclusion during their recovery. Benefits: Healing+1 Point/Day; Antidote; Antibiotic; Duration d10 Hours. Witnesses are afraid to testify against people who are reputedly scary. It’s easier to make people testify against the dealers that nobody is scared of.

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There are about 16,000 murders a year and in more than half of them the victim or the perpetrator or both are drunk. Murdering someone generally doesn’t seem like a very good idea unless you’re drunk. The Blood Of Christ (STR 3, 450-900eb/dose) This drug, called the “Blood Of Christ”, fills the user with a feeling of divine euphoria, as if God had touched them. Anyone under the influence feels whole and complete, as if they could do anything. They have no worldly fears, since God will protect them. Benefits: CL+3, Euphoria. Duration: d10 Minutes.

The book was noted for its acerbic take on Doughty's Soul Coughing bandmates, [1] as well as its unflinching look at the damage caused by addiction. [2]

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This book was interesting. Doughty is an interesting, thoughtful and very intense writer, but the book hit me as scattershot even though it was roughly chronological. It was definitely an interesting read and gave me one person's perspective on the music industry, being in a band and obsession. It was definitely not a light, happy read but it definitely shifted upward in the last quarter. The themes are often dark, but they also underscore the absurdities that often accompany life's greatest traumas. The book recalls, in places, the wildest work of Hunter S. Thompson but with considerably more heart." Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 2/16/12" The Book of Drugs is very funny, although Doughty is brutal in both his self-evaluation and his thoughts of others around him." New Orleans Times-Picayune, 2/11/12"Written matter-of-factly, it has little use for sentimentality or sloganeering." LargeHeartedBoy.com, 2/17/12"A captivating and brutally honest story of addiction and recovery." StereoSubversion.com, 2/16/12 You know those people we used to call "too cool for school"? The ones who manage to make you feel bad about yourself, usually without actively doing anything yet often rooted in liking a thing they -- in their infinite wisdom -- have determined to be "lame." (I guess the term these days might be "basic") I honestly hated "Screenwriter's Blues" when I first heard it on KROQ in LA in '95, but was blown away by "Super Bon Bon" on the radio up in SF (Live 105?) several years later, and then got heavily into their entire catalog, due in large part to that rattly voice and its non-sequiturs. Truth Serum (STR 3, 300eb/dose) The user looses control over what he says and feels the urge to talk. He will babble out whatever’s on his mind, most likely his family problems. Keep steering the conversation to what you want to know and maybe the victim will tell you. Benefits: Unable to concentrate; CL-6; INT-3; Needs to talk; Duration d10 Minutes.