Trainspotting

Addiction. In and out. The dialect helps us understand. You’ve probably seen the movie. I prefer the book. I guess that’s saying something. There are all these crazy parts (just as in the movie), except all the pieces flow differently. Many people are obsessed with heroin or opiates today, so it is an interesting look at what it means to experience the ultimate happiness, and being okay upon never getting that back. You read all these scenarios, and you think, “Come on kids,” and at the same time, “Keep the story coming!” This book is mostly interesting due to the way it’s told (language, non-linear style), the different environment and the back and forth aspects of unfamiliar addiction extremes/justifications. I know Tolstoy was a drinker. He’d come home late and write, “I will never do that again. This is the end. This is it.” And you’d see his next entry, “I will never do that again.” And so on.