Interview · moment 3 of 20
The First Line of Meth and Chasing the Curtain
from Alien School (with Jessa Reed) · #89
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6 minGuest
Jessa tells the story of accidentally trying meth thinking it was cocaine, the philosophical 'curtain' feeling she chased through drugs, and going on stage strung out and emaciated doing 'fat' material.
- 7:42Guest got pregnant by a pastor's son as an accidental way to escape church attendance.
- 8:30Tim explains the old bar system where comedians got free drinks all night instead of drink tickets.
- 8:41Guest describes doing coke starting at age 12 or 13, believing uppers and downers canceled each other out.
- 8:59Bartender in Butte, Montana gave her crank instead of coke when she asked for "a line of white."
- 9:37First meth experience: huge rail burned intensely, then she was gone for days folding hotel towels and calling everyone on prepaid cards.
- 10:36Tim connects to the late 90s drug habit era, no cell phones, just isolation in a hotel room.
- 10:51Guest describes lifelong sensation of a curtain somewhere, feeling like she was on the Truman Show and needing to find what was beyond reality.
- 11:12Psychedelics and speed gave her the feeling of finding that curtain, immediately hooking her on the search.
- 11:38Guest performed stand-up after being awake two weeks on meth, already too thin to do old material about being chunky.
- 12:25That single big line kept her going for the entire run; by the last night she was trying to score more in Portland's after-hours scene.
The Truman ShowButte, Montana