“When my father passed, I was still an unsuccessful cook with a drug problem. I was in my mid-thirties, standing behind an oyster bar, cracking clams for a living when he died. So, he never saw me complete a book or achieve anything of note. I would have liked to have shared this with him.” StillsBookProblemFatherBehindsSawsAchieveDrugStandingDiedNotesBarsCooksOystersUnsuccessfulClams Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I stopped taking drugs [in 1983]. There were a lot of things that led up to it. One thing was that a lover died. An ex of mine died in a car wreck and I was really trashed when I found out about it and I couldn't cry. I woke up the next morning and I said, "That's it," so I quit then. It was horrible.” SaidNextFoundMorningOne ThingCarCryMinesLoversDrugDiedQuittingHorribleExesWrecksI QuitCar Wreck Author:Michael Stipe
“You can say what you want about all the guns in the country [the USA], all the drugs, all the crime, but we all know 400,000 people a year die of cigarette-related deaths. How many people died of drugs, guns, automobile accidents? You add them all together it doesn't come anywhere near that. Yet they let me smoke and get cancer, and they put me in jail for having drugs. What's going on? The government don't care. It's all about money and job security.” PeopleKnowsWantYearsCountryGovernmentCareTogetherJobsDiesSecurityCrimeDrugGunLet MeDiedAddCancerDon't CareAccidentsWhat You WantSmokeUsaRelatedJailCigaretteAutomobile Author:Sonny Barger
“As you may know from my life story, my cousin who was my soul mate went to a public school. And he died of AIDS. Would I and my brother have been able to resist the lure of drugs in the surrounding schools? Who knows.” KnowsMayHas BeensSoulStoriesAbleSchoolBrotherDrugDiedAidsMy SoulMy BrotherMatesCousinPublic SchoolSoul MateLife StoryLureMy CousinMy Soul Mate Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“Well I have a drug history and a public drinking problem and I am not the healthiest guy. So they just ran that I died of a drug overdose.” WellsProblemGuyDrugDiedDrinkingRanOverdoseDrinking Problem Author:Artie Lange
“Just like Marilyn Monroe is a lot of girls' idol, that's how I feel about Dorothy Dandridge. And she any Marilyn were very close friends. She went through a lot, and people told her that she couldn't do certain things, but she didn't let that bother her. She said in her mind that she was going to do them and that nothing was impossible, and she did it. It was so sad... She died from drugs, and drinking as well.” PeopleFeelsMindWellsSaidCertainGirlImpossibleDrugDiedDrinkingBotherIdolsClose FriendsSo Sad Author:Janet Jackson