etch wrote: WHY do each of their faces look so gaunt and shruken, is that meth or starvation? Curious...
i've done very little reading on the subject, so i can only guess, but --- in addition to the chemical effects --- it seems that being unable to sleep for days on end, on a regular basis, would severely accelerate the aging process.
the body needs sleep to restore itself. going without sleep, as well as not eating much, is hell on a person physically (not to mention mentally/psychologically). depression and stress can cause serious wear on a person's face over time, even if they
are getting sleep. so imagine how shitty you'd feel fiending for shitty ass drugs and being up for days and days and days.
i believe in Hell. i believe Hell exists, not in the afterlife but as a mode of existence. and personally i have too much dignity to put myself through something like that. life is already unpleasant enough. i can't see why a person would do something like that, how they could rationalize the benefits. seriously, why not just put a gun to your temple and get it over with?