No need to feel shame for obeying the prime biological imperative, IMO! i no longer risk arrest because it can take a week in Sheriff Joe's jail to get the prescription medication i need.
Your kind words leave me feeling quite remiss; i was in San Francisco for three PAC meetings and ill (flu?) for the next three; age and poor health have conspired to render me more of an onlooker than a participant. Perhaps the feeble attempt at health insurance reform will help me resume my former level of activity? But for now "...'tis our fast intent to shake all cares and business from our age, conferring them on younger strengths while we unburdened crawl to death."