What followed, though, was not the slump into oblivion seen in other addicts. It was an explosion of rage — at her need to smoke crack just to jolt herself awake, at her need to prostitute herself to support her 10-bag a day habit. As Linda wrote in our story: "Every moment of her life is an act of desperation: Converging demons of drugs and johns and violence have turned her into predator and prey." She wanted out.