September 22, 2024: Addiction & Celebrity Lifestyles
It will never cease to amaze me that the biggest issues some celebrities have are related to drugs. I thought about this when I came across this story: "Kelly Osbourne speaks out about 'corrupt' rehab centers in Matthew Perry documentary." I like Kelly; there is something more real about her than many other people in her world. (Also, she's the only person that can pull off lavender hair for so long). I will always say, no matter what you're going through, substances like alcohol and illegal drugs should be a hard “no,” not even an option, ever. You're more likely to benefit from letting yourself feel everything you're experiencing at each moment... because once people get started on drugs and alcohol, many times, they unknowingly have just introduced one more lifelong battle to their lives that could have been prevented by just saying, "No, I'm not putting that crap in my body." Do schools still do the D.A.R.E. program? I remember to this day one of my elementary school teachers telling us, "Just never take up smoking - you will remember me saying this." And more than two decades later, I remember that exact moment in my life.
And on that note, I remember reading Ted Nugent is a spokesperson for D.A.R.E. on Wikipedia. Here’s also a relevant article: "Ted Nugent: 53 years clean and sober" from Salon. "Uncle Ted" 😎 - he embraces the name.
And when even caffeine is a drug for some in the straight edge movement:
I am with Steve Irwin on this one 🥳:
Everyone is different, and many people can navigate substances like alcohol responsibly and without issue. But I really do think it comes down to this: If someone needs substances in order to continue a certain type of job or lifestyle, maybe it's time to question their life's "script" instead of slowly destroying themselves in order to live out that script. If you can't do something without being drunk or high, maybe your mind, body, and soul is trying to tell you something you don't want to hear.
Johann Hari used a similar line of thinking about questioning the script during a Joe Rogan interview when he was talking about the use of certain pharmaceuticals.