A powerful reminder that we should show compassion and understanding to those battling addiction

I've been off alcohol for 29yrs, that temptation comes back now and again, no way am I going back.

Addiction doesn't discriminate 🏥

Smoking is tough, I know if I had 1 I’d be back on it

I struggle with addiction for decades and I can't imagine having fortune and fame while trying to maintain sobriety.

In Rock and Roll, Stevie Ray Vaughan almost died from cocaine and alcoholism and checked himself into rehab and came out laser focused and released his best studio album In Step and was about to release another album when tragically he died in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin in 1990.

Syd Barrett started Pink Floyd and did one album and three singles with the band before his erratic behavior fueled by abuse of LSD caused the band to enlist his best friend David Gilmour to join the band and after five gigs as a five piece Roger Waters kicked him out. Then Syd made two solo albums and David produced them. Then Syd disappeared for five years and showed up at Abbey Road Studios in London where Pink Floyd were working on the followup to their blockbuster The Dark Side of the Moon entitled Wish You Were Here where Syd showed up obese and balding as they were mixing the song “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” which was about the rise and fall of Syd and the band members were left in tears upon seeing Syd. Then they would not ever see him again except for Roger Waters a number of years later in a grocery store in London. Syd passed away in 2006 from cancer and diabetes.

Linda Blair was on top of the mountain with The Exorcist and a number of successful made for TV movies. In her year long sabbatical in 1977 to focus on her first love (riding and showing horses in showjumping events) she attended the funeral of the Lynyrd Skynyrd members and bought cocaine from dealers who were also dog breeders. Then she was arrested in December 1977 at 18 for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and then in August 1978 was detained at customs for marijuana possession. She went to rehab and emerged clean and sober and having completed the rehab went on four years probation for the arrests and did anti-drug commercials and speeches to kids about the dangers of drugs. In fact her first rock star relationship sober was with Tommy Shaw of Styx and was with him from September 1979 to early 1982 when he cheated on her with her horse groomer and lied about his use of drugs (the whole Rick James thing was a lie that Rick fabricated in his book which he wrote after he relapsed back to using after his 1998 stroke which happened after his Behind the Music aired and his appearance on South Park).

I have to say I prayed for him, strongly,  not long after, he was ok.

I was in Hollywood once. Just a holiday. When walking down the street people kept running up to me for my autograph. In those days I looked glamorous. It was crazy , scary, overwhelming and I ended up hiding in shops. SO I can understand the actors doing drugs   drinking and so on. It's overwhelming

Ophra is not honest about everything !!

Something  must happen  to cause people  have addiction that goes bad to worse  some like to keep that private some  will want to get help put a stop to it

Movie stars can afford any drugs,  which they use to supress apetite, so they can stay on their diet, or stay awake until they can go home the next morning.

Cali has had a long history of drug addiction, starting in the 1860s

River Phoenix was murdered!  An acquaintance gave him the drug , he was at the club with his brother Joaquin, and died in his arms.  The effect of the drug was quick, with River having violent convulsions before dying!

Yeah street addictions a lot worse cos the drugs are more nasty and impure

The first dude, I never even heard of him and I never heard of Bruno Mars until 2014

In movie studios they should have toilets that store some urine that could be used for a drug test.

Britney has relapsed in recent years and is on a downward spiral towards an early grave.

Trauma

Luv you too Dennis Quaid . Glad you're better 😊

How tragic😮😢😢😢