It was only one tablespoon. OK. It's not one. But two. Two full tablespoon of IT. Should have read the warning written on the box. But, being arrogant me, "ah, tak mati punya".
It was OK for the first half an hour. I felt GREAT. No more snivelling. No more coughing. No more musculoskeletal pain. Definitely no more blowing my nose. It was great indeed. Such magical, wonderful IT. Salute to the one who prescribed IT to me.
Then it started. I felt drowsy. Was swooshy all over. The room was spinning around me. Or was I'm the one who's spinning around the room? Couldnt feel my legs. Of course, the ground's no longer at my foot. I was high up. On the ceiling. Floating like a balloon filled with helium. I even felt like I've bumped my head on the ceiling. And saw few birds flew happily in front of me. I smiled at the scene. Then, this cant be right, I told myself.
I felt tired. Instantly, I curled up under the duvet. Tried to sleep the weird feeling off. I had the same dream again. I was FLOATING. Literally. Suddenly I woke up. Must had slept for hours. I even felt the day was turning into night, from the look outside my window. Scrambled for my watch (I was still very disorientated), I had only slept for an hour. Damn. It was kinda hot. I was sweaty all over. I kicked off the duvet, took off my sweater. I even opened the window.For God sake it's winter and yet I felt like it's 40 degree in here. This cant be good.
I tried to go downstairs. I could hear my housemates chatting away at the kitchen. It was a terrible effort going downstairs. My legs were weak. I couldnt see right, couldnt think straight. I've managed, however, to go downstairs, not without stumbled on the last step. I went to the kitchen. Saz was there. Kak Zeti and Kak Ida were there. And they're watching some old movie on channel 2. Kak Zeti was acknowledging me, something about what's wrong with me, and that I looked like shit. I told them it's the IT. Kak Zeti tsked tsked. No wonder she said. Dont you know whats IT is? Mouth was moving, but all I could hear was bla bla bla. I just couldnt concentrate.
Couldnt stand the noise from the TV. Hurts my head. I went back upstairs. As I entered my room, I tried to figure out the whole thing. The sequence of events. I took IT. Got all better, than suddenly got so dizzy and felt I've been thrown out of my own body. SHIT. I got STONED.
It the midst of drowsiness, being muddled, disturbed, perplexed, disorientated, and somehow hallucinated, I've managed to squeeze some sanity out of my impaired brain. Delirious or not, this need major intervention. Go cold-turkey. That's how they do it.
I went to the the bathroom. Carefully got into the bath tub. Wont want to trip and end up dead in there and found intoxicated with IT in my bloodstream. Wont want to haunt the Snipelawn's bathroom either. I turned on the shower, and let the cold water running. Hell it was icy cold. Definitely not a good idea to take a cold water bath in winter time. I was in there for about 20 minutes or so. Despite the shivering, I knew I was becoming myself again. I've regained 'consciousness'. And so, before I got hypothermic instead, it's better to get out of there.
Still shivering, I took the box and stared hard at it. Damn. Then I threw IT away. No point in getting good, while feeling like shit at the same time. It was the end of it. And the end of IT.
IT was a codeine linctus. Yes, I got stoned by a cough suppressant. Not funny when you experienced it yourself. It turns out, as I realized, I'm not cut out to be a drug addict. One, I couldnt stand the whole delirium thing. Two, I'm not keen on being cold-turkey again.
The end.
"How purging nearly killed me. Next, on the SICK, SAD WORLD"
Peace.