• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Wild. I never knew John rode the horse. That they were able to clean up for their kid is fairy admirable. I assume that means they dabbled more than they went full out? Cause I’m fascinated by heroin addiction and what it does to people in a sort of morbid way (listened to a lot of music by heroin addicts over the years).

          • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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            Check into John’s “lost years” Yoko kicked him out and he went on a years long bender with Harry Neilsen among others.

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              Harry Neilsen

              A friend recently made me aware of this artist and his relation to the Beatles. That he was a smack head with Lennon wasn’t mentioned. Wild. Thanks.

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                He wasn’t a “smack head” with Lennon, Lennon was on heroin and quit it many years before that.

                It was alcohol and coke Neilsson and Lennon did. Lots and lots of it.

            • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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              Wow, yes, please!

              If you wanna transfer these to a dedicated AMA thread (if you do, please reply with a link), please feel free.

              • How did you get there? I met someone for whom heroin was the first drug they tried. Hadn’t even smoked pot. Did you have a gateway drug or dive right in? If gateway, how did that progress?

              • How long did you use? How did it affect your ability to participate in society? How did it affect your relationships with friends and family?

              • What caused you to turn things around and what was that experience like? How long did it take? How many attempts were necessary?

              • What do you want to say about is that I haven’t asked?

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                Gonna take me a bit but I’ll write up as good of a response as I can. I got clean in 2014 and my life is a zillion times better.