something funny is happening. a tranquilizer support group is forming around me. it is made up of people who take tranquilizers, and, based on a pinky shake, join the group promising to cover others if they run out of "pieces of mind" and likewise hand over pieces of mind should someone else in the group run out. this has happened because the government has clamped down so hard on tranquilizer-taking ("whoo, get scared, they'll all go crazy if we give them tranquilizers!" ??) that even if your doctor gives the legal go-ahead to refill a prescription before the time deemed necessary, they can say no. and they do. or they make you jump through so many hoops with so many phone calls that by the time you have your 'script in hand, you're beyond a nervous breakdown and have already been drunk for 3 days straight.
i like my tranquilizer support group. we all do. we all feel much more likely to be content and acquiescent in the near future. this should make everybody happy, because when we aren't content, we aren't acquiescent and we will make other people's lives more difficult. not a threat, just the facts ma'am.
i encourage others to form medication groups of their own. it's up to us to take care of us.
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