Mafia

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Reminder that Ricky is very highly dependent on his drugs: he messed up his dosage schedule recently, and immediately concluded that one of his neighbors used "a Mafia device" to squirt a foul-smelling liquid under his door. He was worried that it was Anthrax, but when it didn't immediately kill him his buddy suggested that it could be a slow-onset kind of Ebola. This freaked Ricky out and he tried to tell various authorities, non-authorities, and people he met randomly on the street about it, with predicable results.

He told me all this on the phone the other day. I told him that this was all just a lot of paranoid thinking, wasn't it? and he said yeah, yeah, you're right it is, OK.

I should get into the habit of calling him regularly, I suppose. Maybe once a week, make sure he's staying on the line.

Comments

[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

in my experience, being the reality check is both stressful and a lot of pressure. i did it, for a long time, because she is, was, my mom. but the important thing is that sometimes, just sometimes, you can't reach them? and it's not your fault.

and ultimately, if you decide to call him, that's fine. and if you don't, that is also fine.