Carlyn Zwarenstein

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On Opium

Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance

A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user. Her writing has been described as "measured," "sensuous," and … 364 View
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Prologue

From: On Opium

The author describes feeling trapped since her body began to turn against her many years ago, when she first started to suffer the intense joint stiffness and accompanying pain that would turn … 3 $0.30 Add
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Opium Eater

The New Confessions

From: On Opium

After years of being clawed by stiffness and pain the author describes clawing back the life pain took from her. She describes the effects of the opiates she takes for pain, the pain relief, and … 64 $6.40 Add
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Saturn Devouring His Children: A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Death

From: On Opium

This chapter describes the War on Drugs, and the illegal use of fentanyl by a person living precariously. It also includes an interview with the founder of Mothers Stop the Harm (MSTH) and … 51 $5.10 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Limits

From: On Opium

The author describes her writing life in relation to the chronic pain and stiffness of her disease and how, no longer depressed, she has stretched her own limits with opiods, and asks if she can … 23 $2.30 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Vertigo

From: On Opium

Through the metaphor and the physical condition of vertigo, the author describes a benign temporary condition of incapacitiating vertigo, an artist’s residency in Venice, and the experience … 13 $1.30 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Quake

From: On Opium

As the author describes the upending of her life: the losses of the past months and years: her love, her family, her body, her work, her income, her freedom—treasured friendships, even. she … 15 $1.50 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Monsters

From: On Opium

The author describes what suffering does to her body and mind and how the effort required to transcend it makes her feel like a monster. While her condition allows her to walk and run but not … 14 $1.40 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Dross

From: On Opium

In this chapter, dross, the undesirable scum that rises to the top of molten metal and also the residue from previously smoked opium is applied as metaphor to junkies: the unwanted product of … 17 $1.70 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Saturnalia

From: On Opium

Through the description of a trip to Spain, the author explores facism and the relationship between governments and drug users, and other disposable groups of people. The author states that we … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well

Dependence

From: On Opium

This chapter describes the author’s dependance on the (taken as prescribed) opiods, and how these allow her to work and enjoy life in three chunks of five hours throughout the day. The … 36 $3.60 Add
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well

Independence

From: On Opium

The author explores her relationship with her chronic pain and the tension between independence and dependence on prescription opiods, at first rationing relief. She parses the moral … 32 $3.20 Add
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well

Interdependence

From: On Opium

This chapter explores community, including various methods of harm reduction and a conference in Portugal, where all drugs have been decriminalized. The author describes online support systems … 58 $5.80 Add