Prescription: Africa

Atlanta to New York.  New York to Johannesburg.  One night in a hotel in the hustle and bustle of one of Africa's largest cities then my last leg to Maun, Botswana.  Exhausted.  Anxious.  Stressed. 

I'm up early by the clock in my head and ready to get back to the airport.  The time finally arrives for the shuttle driver to pick me up.  I have already been waiting twenty minutes.  He's late.  (Inject the needle into the vein now please.)  He finally shows up.  We are on our way to the airport but now the driver has to stop for gas.  (Start the drip.)  The Air Botswana flight is also late by twenty five minutes.  Oh well, it's not like the elephants won't wait for me.  (Ah there is the first drip.  I breathe deep and feel it enter my bloodstream.)

From my window seat I can see Johannesburg drift away and rural Africa come into view with few road and villages of thatched roof huts.  (The drug is entering my bloodstream.)  One more flight; a single engine plane to an airstrip near the camp.  I'm nervous.  I don't like small planes.  I see my backpack get loaded then I get into the back seat and buckle up.  My palms are sweating.  (Ratchet up the dosage please.) 

We take off and I see the wonders of nature; elephants crossing the flooded plains of the Okavango Delta; saddle billed storks on the wing.  Below me is the most pristine land imaginable.  It doesn't matter the plane is jolting in the hot air.  (Ahh, now I feel it infiltrate every vein in my body.)  As we descend I see the dirt landing strip.  An elephant stands at the end of strip amongst a troop of baboons.  The pilot tells me we have to do a swoop over the runway first to get the animals to move then we will come back around and land.  I have no fear, just excitement and joy.  (The drug is fully involved now controlling all senses.) 

As I get out of the plane I feel like a new person.  The one I come back to Africa to find each and every year.  All stresses are gone and the wonders of nature are before me.  This is the absolute truest version of me. 

Refill:  once a year or as needed. 
Side affects:  you may do things you would not normally do.  Causes relaxed state of mind.  May make you throw caution to the wind.  Could make you find a side of you that has never been seen before.  Some side effects can not be anticipated.