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Absinthe: My Dance With the Green Fairy |
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Written by Kurt
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Tuesday, 12 August 1997 |
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Page 2 of 2 It is Very Bitter, so beware. And do not drink if you are prone to seizures, or addiction. This is my next point. I drank some form of wormwood daily for 6 months, maybe missing a total of 2 weeks. I didn't have physical cravings, or severe mental cravings. I just enjoyed it, and it was available. But it got to the point of habit. If I didn’t have it, it was OK, but I always would drink it next chance. I didn’t really notice any side effects until about 5 months. I am currently in college, so I was able to detect changes in my mental ability. After 5 or so months I was becoming absent minded (absinthe minded!!). I was forgetting details. Soon I decided to stop drinking it. Actually what prompted me to stop was a bad batch. I used too much calamus, which made me more intoxicated. But the following day I was dizzy and nauseated, and my room smelled of calamus, which made me even more sick. It was a bad batch, but one that I took much time to brew. Frustrated, I put it In the closet, and only recently did I throw out the dried mixture. I didn’t experience any withdrawals. I am now realizing the long term effects on my brain. I feel my memory is fading, and I trace it back to the absinthe days. I am forgetting people and events. Like a social function that I attended recently, or a old school mate who I was good friends with. During this time I used NO other drugs besides Cylert(which is supposed to improve memory!). I used no marijuana (Never use it anymore anyway). Nothing, except absinthe. So I blame absinthe for my memory problems. Its just starting to manifest, and I’ll keep ya’ll informed (if I can remember!).
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