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| ***BIO*** tony o'neill is the author of 'digging the vein' (contemporary press / wrecking ball press), the short story collection 'seizure wet dreams' (social disease) and the poetry collection 'songs from the shooting gallery' (burning shore press). he is the co-author of 'hero of the underground' (st. martins press) the memoir of ex-nfl player turned heroin addict, jason peter. a new novel, 'down and out on murder mile' will be released in the fall of 2008 on harper perennial. check out more work (or send hate mail / links to mexican pharmacies) here: www.tonyoneill.net
he is also a member of the brutalists: www.myspace.com/brutalists |
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| by Tony O'Neill |
| when I was in rehab
they told me I had to stay away from drugs: "they're killing you! "you have one foot in "the afterlife already!" it was true: I didn't look so healthy. on TV they tell you drugs make you unattractive antisocial, send you to jail, wear you down, "look at this hollowed out eaten up face, after just 5 years of meth use!" what they don't tell you is how human relationships age you every 7am argument every long silence every screaming and crying and threatening suicide evening produces one more gray hair causes one more shuffled footstep towards the abyss. no-one in rehab warned me of this. almost a decade on from that first trip to treatment and life is pretty good I still take drugs most days I still live with 2 crazy women whose love hooks me worse than any dope habit I've ever known I still kiss and scream and laugh and nod with the same recklessness and passion as ever yes; I'm still looking death in the face and laughing |
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