Mr. Ballin

And then Charlie didn't really know

how long he would be there, but he now had his methadone and figured he'd be okay.

But as Charlie was doing this, it was like he couldn't think straight.

He had this really intense headache, and even though it had been hot outside, it was like he just couldn't stop sweating.

And so Charlie was thinking to himself, you know, maybe it's the methadone.

He had never done it before, and maybe this is like a byproduct.

Maybe these are symptoms from taking methadone.

So he decided he would just take a shower, thinking that would kind of, you know, clear out these symptoms and he'd be back to normal.

But after the shower, he felt even worse.

And when he looked in the mirror, he saw his pupils were now constricted to little pinpricks.

But he still tried to press on here, and he went into his room to get dressed and to finish packing Don's bag.

But as just a couple of minutes went by, he noticed his heart began to race.

And as it raced, it got faster and faster like he couldn't calm it down.

Now, over the past couple of days between the methadone and heroin, Charlie had basically used a lot of drugs, but he did drugs all the time and he'd never felt this combination of symptoms before.

And so Charlie, he leaves the bedroom and he goes into the living room and he just sits down on the couch feeling completely awful.

And he has this thought come to him.

He's thinking, okay, I don't think it's the drugs because I always do drugs and this is not it.

I've never felt this way.

And then his legs got so weak and wobbly that he had to lean against the wall just to keep from falling down.

And then he felt his whole body begin to seize up.