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Monger Methadone Maintenance

Manuellabore

I’m a little over five weeks into having sworn off strip-clubbing during the work day while on my home turf. I know that sounds like a pretty moderate lifestyle modification, and yet I have had to resort to Asian Massage Parlors in the hopeful transition to relative abstinence.

AMPs check off most of the boxes that led to the cutback: 1. Too much lost time from work: There are an amazing number of AMPs within walking distance of the office; 2. Cost: $200 (sometimes less) plus discretionary tip gets you an intense, full-body massage by a naked woman which veers toward the erotic, followed by a brief bbj and then mechanical cfs; 3. Fear of being caught someplace I’m not supposed to be (see 1, above).

Still and all, AMPs are no substitute for the SC experience. The women are pleasant enough, but there’s no chance of establishing any rapport, let alone a GFE, especially given the formidable language barrier. And let’s just say that Asian women likely do not wind up in this particular line of work based on their youth and beauty. (As far as how they do wind up in this line, it helps to turn a blind eye to the possibility that some form of trafficking is going on, beyond the reality that untrained immigrants end up in shitty jobs).

Can’t speak from personal experience, but I can imagine AMPs bearing a similar comparison to SCs as methadone bears to heroin. No sense of euphoria, but you buy some time until the next treatment.