When a
Crackhead is coming off a binge, has not slept for days, shoots enough heroin to be just
short of the sought after, final over dose. They
may go into a sort of sleep, trance, stoned dance, referred to on the street as Tinkerbelle, Tinkerbell, Tinkerbells, or Tinkerbelling.
This movement
may last just a moment, or persist for ten to twelve hours or more. The behavior usually starts before the syringe has been withdraw from the body.
Often during some part of this activity they
may curl up, rolling backward on their spine, draw there knees close together, flutter there legs in the air as if riding a bicycle, pointing their toes towards the sky.
At other times it
may appear to be a spasm, complete with twitching, jerking, shuddering, and shivering. The enthusiast
may dance and thrash around taking off clothing as they go. They
may nod out and awaken incessantly. Eyes
may be partially closed or open. Devotees often claim they were asleep on their
feet.
When standing sleep-trance dancing, pretty ladies,
may remind spectators of Peter Pan’
s fairy, with all the bells and whistles of a gypsy, who does not give a tinker's damn what anyone else thinks about how susceptible to physical or emotional harm they appear.
Tinker from “Tinkers dame,” bell from “bells and whistles,” Tinkerbell from “Peter Pan.”