I was reading an article today entitled "Why some injection drug users lick their needles: A preliminary survey. " I had been prompted to seek out this information by, of course, real life. Having now read the list of collective reasons the various IDU's verbalized as qualifiers worthy enough to justify such unhygienic behavior, I can only shake my head. I do not understand.
I do not understand the practice, and even moreso, do not understand the practice being significant enough to warrant a group of investigators formulating, implementing and carrying out a study on the subject. The results meriting publication in the International Journal of Drug Policy in 2008.
No, I have never tried it, never experienced the high that is sought as a priority over relationships, over financial stability, over health, and yes even over life at times. Could you say that disqualifies me from understanding? Perhaps. But then again, does anyone truly understand the seemingly alternate reality these fellow human beings live in? Sure, they can give a reason, a justification, but the very nature of the drug itself which they are justifying leaves them without; an emptiness even they would be feign to deny. They'd have to admit even they themselves don't understand.
But I'll digress, before feathers perhaps get ruffled. The lesson I am taking, perspectives are important to recognize. Even perspectives, that try as we might, we are unable to understand. It illustrates the grandiosity, the illustriousness or the prestige of the lies the Evil One can create, to which all of us, including myself, are susceptible.
Much Love.
