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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts
Monsters
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From: On Opium
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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 stand or sit it is difficult for others to understand that she is dealing with a disability. As an opiod user she and others are made to take on the stereotype of the junkie, the monster who is not to be trusted, and instead is quarantined, killed, institutionalized, silenced.
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Carlyn Zwarenstein
Carlyn Zwarenstein is a writer based in Toronto. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Toronto Star, and Vice. She is also the author of Opium Eater: The New Confessions.
