Emily and I had each shot a 20mg of Oxy earlier in the morning, but that’d only keep us well for a few hours. A 20 could take you there if you had no real habit but it counted for next to nothing when you were as accustomed to things as Emily and I were. That was how dope had worked on us. It had got so we were wasting our time if we weren’t putting at least $45 in our veins, and even then it was just a little moment till we were sick all over again.

