It is one of the first authoritative works on drug usage and
addiction, and it was so influential that it inspired some
contemporary writers to their own usage. Arthur Conan Doyle used it
as the basis for one of his Sherlock Holmes stories.The Confessions
of an English Opium-Eater is a startling firsthand account by
English translator and essayist THOMAS DE QUINCEY (1785-1859) of
his addiction to opium, which he initially began taking to soothe
the pain of his nerve disorders and eventually resorted to for its
capacity to enhance his creativity. This series of essays-on
everything from the pleasures and pains of opium use to the impact
on a user's wallet-first appeared anonymously in the magazine
London in 1821, and were such a hit that they were soon collected
in this book, first published the next year. They remain a
compelling look inside the mind of an addict.
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