Oh please, every generation has their "it" pill. Unfortunately, mine was Qualudes. Be thankful their only taking Ambien.
The story is significant not b/c its about pills per se, but b/c it concerns a pill Cong Kennedy took, then used as an excuse to explain his bad behavior.
"Unfortunately, mine was Qualudes."
Rorer 300's. The pill that zombied an entire generation.
I also have the t-shirt.
Ludes made for calm companions. There are worse things, eh?
Hmmmm....Qualudes....
Damn I miss the 70s.
Suffering from severe insomnia, I took ambien for months. And I would "sleep walk" doing all kinds of things... cooking in the middle of the night, eating, carrying on long conversations while "appearing" awake, all the while actually asleep. Had I gotten behind the wheel of a car, I'm certain a horrific accident would have happened. This wasn't getting a "high"... this was dangerous sleep behavior. I've now switched to a different medication and it is working... so far.