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show. But for some reason if he waited through the night and fell asleep in the
morning, the painful condition would rarely happen. Every night, he had gone
out to his deserted rooftop and stood out there, hoping he wouldn't go to sleep,
hoping the pain wouldn't begin again.
So I told him what to do. I had learned that according to the law, the cops al-
ways have to ask you this formal question: “Do you need to see a doctor?” I told
thekidthathehadtomakesurehegottoseeadoctor.Itwashislegalright.Then
they wouldn't put him in jail with the rest of the general population—they'd put
him in the hospital.
Then the police took me out of the cell and told me I could leave.
SobecausethiswasthefirsttimeIwenttojail,Iwassodepressed.Butwhen
I got out, I thought to myself, “Compared to this kid, who's probably going to go
to jail with this hard-on he can't get down, I have no problems at all!”
During his period of discouragement over Neicy, Paul would drop by Dimitri's for consol-
ation.
DIMITRI MUGIANIS
Paul would come into my room looking to me forhelp. But I
myself
was a junkie
mess! I'd try get myself together and compose myself: “I'll be right there with
you, Paul!”
JULIE EAKIN
RightafterDimitriandIbrokeup,itwasaverybadtimeforhim.Somymemor-
ies of the place are all just incredibly mixed—positive and negative. One the one
hand, these people were delightful, but on the other hand, they were remarkably
self-destructive.
DAVID LAWTON
Dimitri wasn't getting along with people as well. I used to say to myself,
“Dimitri's different. Dimitri's not going to get sucked down into it.”
But he did start to, so a little bit of tension developed between him and other
people. There were even times when Huncke was mad at him.
DIMITRI MUGIANIS
Thesewereyearsofcompletegarbageforme.Everythingjuststopped.Thething
about being an addict was that I lived in New York. If you live in New York for
a while, you've kind of seen the world, because the world comes to you. But I
hadn't seen anything. I hadn't been beyond the corner of the block.
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