{"text":"It was a myth you couldn't function on opiates: shooting up was one thing but for someone like me-jumping at pigeons beating from the sidewalk, afflicted with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder practically to the point of spasticity and cerebral palsy-pills were the key to being not only competent, but high-functioning.","author":"Donna Tartt","tags":["anxiety","anxiety-attack","competence","dread","drug-addiction","functioning","myth","opiates","ptsd"],"id":393445,"author_id":"Donna+Tartt"}