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Pursuit of Happiness

December 15, 2022 by xficjournal

by Margaret Gladieux *starred names in this story have been changed for privacy purposes “… she swallowed six half-gramme tablets of soma, lay down on her bed, and within ten minutes had embarked for lunar eternity. It would be eighteen hours at the least before she was in time again.”  – Aldous Huxley, Brave New … Read more…

Posted in: The Archive Tagged: death, drugs, grief, happiness, ketamine, loss

Love, Loss, and Ketamine

December 7, 2022 by xficjournal

by Anonymous When I fell in love, I couldn’t stop crying. I lay on my bedroom floor sobbing for hours. Something hurt deep inside me. My therapist asked me to draw it. I knew exactly what it looked like. It was a tornado made of deep, dark blues and purples. A gradient of sorrow. I … Read more…

Posted in: The Archive Tagged: breakups, ketamine, loss, love, psychedelics, relationships
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