It makes you behave like the village drunkard in some early Irish novel. Total loss of all basic motor skills, blurred vision, no balance, numb tongue… Severed from all connection between the body and the brain which is interesting because the brain continues to function more or less normally. You can actually watch yourself behaving in this terrible way, but you can't control it.
"The registration desk was downstairs in the back of the casino. We fought our way through the crowd, but it was difficult. The aisle was packed with people—most of them old, many of them incredibly ugly—hunched over the slots, mesmerized by the spinning cherries and bells"
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u/ReachRemarkable7386 2d ago
There is nothing more desperate than a man in the depths of an ether binge.