Dear Lord!

Dear Lord! My best friend has recently quit partying, but I haven’t. I think the rules say we should stay away from each other, but my God, he’s my sistuh, how can I bear this? Must I? —Demon On Sister’s Shoulder; Dear DOSS: Don’t be such a daft crackhead. Be around your sistuh, just leave the powders, pills and (God forbid) glasswear at home. Your friend, for whatever reasons, has made a decision that you should respect, and odds are your sistuh hasn’t quit for good, rather is taking a healthy sebatical from the insalubrious. Support that decision. If you need someone with whom you may do some rock-star street licking, phone up an old trick, or some guy you had mind-blowing drug sex with, roll, fly, screw, whatever. Then clean yourself up, pull your freshly fucked ass together, and go see your sistuh—sober. Lots of us have been there at different times, and we’re not all on the same chemo-calandar. A break is in everyone’s best interest anyway. You’ll feel better, think better, and will be able to return to partying—with better skin.
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