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The Lights Are On: Sneaking Home Coming Down Off Coke

from 154 - The 3 AM Episode · #154

2 min

A tense story about coming home at 2:45am coming down off cocaine to find all the lights on in his friend's house, and Barb calmly letting them off the hook while name-dropping his mother.

In this bit6 moments
  • Tim's cover story for disappearing was always 'we were just walking around' despite being obvious drug addicts to everyone.
  • People think they're fooling everyone about their mess, but they're fooling no one.
  • Tim used to show up at his friend's house in different cars, disappear for days, then reappear looking crazy.
  • Tim and his friend's arrival at the house was met by Barb with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth, ready to call the police.
  • Barb didn't ask where they'd been, just suggested Tim go home—their parents already knew something was wrong.
  • Tim's mother was furious, asking if he was going to die while examining his dilated eyes.

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