Afterglow, an old idea yet to come to fruition

This post may contain some bitching and moaning, so stand firm. I am almost drunk.

I have had this idea washing around my brain since High School. It's working title is "Afterglow". The point of it is that it's the future, there is a police state ruling the known galaxy and there is this majorly kickass drug called "afterglow", hence the working title.

The main character, I forget the name I had come up with, is an addict, as are most people- it would be analogous to "Can-D" in PKD's "Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" and many of his other works, in that everyone is on it. But doesn't help you interact with a Perky Pat setup, it's just a drug. It would be better compared with "Substance D" in "A Scanner Darkly". It's highly addictive and highly illegal.

I have pages and pages written out in story and planning and ideas and whatnot, but I don't want to make this a thousand page entry. I'll go through roughly...

The main character is the captain of a smuggling ship. He's an addict. He seeks escape from his troubled and tormented past. He has a crew, also. Each crew member has their own problems, but they're probably not important. The main character is connected with a crime syndicate and he is given cargo to move. It's a major shipment of the drug. His mob boss is out to get rid of him, so he tips off the authorities. At a moment of crisis, the main character has flashbacks and gets stoned and eventually learns a valuable lesson.

Yay.

Now that I have mapped out my plan in rough shapes, some fuckhead will steal it. Well, be warned- I have six or seven people who visit regularly and they'll gladly say that I copied you, not the other way around.

I'm even closer to being drunk.