Edit: has anybody called him Neck Rekieta yet?
Not that I'm aware of
Some Chad in Josh's MATI chat came up with the ultimate Nick Rekieta / Daniel Larson crossover name..
Dick Licketa
I think that he is realising his stimulant use is making him look like shit and he is temporarily cutting back. Will he stop? Not likely.
While I suspected Nick was abusing cocaine for some time I'm pretty sure that nosebleed is a smoking gun
Agree with you guys.
I've posted several times about Nick's stimulant abuse, including the
clip where he talks about his narcolepsy
medications - plural.
Meaning two or more medications - Provigil, Dexedrine, Adderall, etc.
Shocking that a sleepy drunk can get multiple stimulant prescriptions, but that's modern medicine for you.
It's clear Nick has either moved on to snorting his amphetamine-based narcolepsy meds, snorting cocaine, or perhaps both.
The nosebleeds and the fact that he disappears to the bathroom every 45 to 90 mins would be more consistent with cocaine though.
Not to mention that it combines to make cocaethylene in your gut which is more toxic than either one alone.
I was going to mention this as well.
Technically cocaethylene forms in the liver as a metabolite of ethanol and cocaine
Supposedly way more euphoric but also way more cardiotoxic. It's also
neurotoxic.
Now the videos of Nick buzzing and shaking with tremors make so much more sense.
Tremor in Nick's right arm
Tremor in head/neck
Stimulants damage the midbrain motor system with oxidative stress. I'm sure alcohol doesn't help either.
Those of us who had "heavy stimulant abuse", "amphetamines" or "cocaine" on our bingo cards have a bunch of squares to fill out.