jayseajay said:

Kara said:

disch said:

No, makes no difference to me. What matters to me -- or rather, what haunts me -- is where his drug/medication/whatever-your-preferred-word-is use ended: with his death. At the end of his life, he was self-medicating to try to overcome some significant challenge, and was hiding his behavior, along with his underlying struggles, from those close to him (and the public), which speaks to shame and a fear of judgment. That, to me, is heart-wrenching and just tragic, no matter the specifics of his struggles.

I agree. Thinking of this just tears me up.

Especially the word tragic makes me tear up. If this is what happened, it made him a very lonely and desperate man. Heart-wrenching indeed! For me, it is really important to know what really happened, so I can deal with that, instead of all the gossip and what-ifs!

Makes NO Difference...Still him and always will.

trc1 said:

No. It can't. Not something I saw in him throughout the years. He's gone now. Can't change my thoughts or opinions of him. He gave and that's most important.

Well said!

sro100 said:

If Prince's drug use was initiated by physical pain, or if his drug use was initiated by anything other than physical pain?

Sure it makes a difference. Does it mean I won't like him anymore? No. But yeah it'll change how I hear things he said. In fact it's already happening.

sro100 said:

If Prince's drug use was initiated by physical pain, or if his drug use was initiated by anything other than physical pain?

i love prince even though there is a good chance he was human, like all of us

PliablyPurple said:

I've been reading that Europe is catching up, or possibly just now being properly studied, to the U.S. in terms of prescription drug abuse. And there is most definitely a hypocritical attitude among prescription drug users. I see it from online posters who reside across the world - Me? Nope, I don't do drugs, baby and don't tolerate those who do! Drug free here...O wait, lemme get this refill on my coffee, thanks, I have to go to the local drug store to fill this prescription and I am just wiped out. What were we talking about? Oh, yes, drugs. I don't do them.

Huh? The self-awareness of some people can be a dim bulb, no question. But to answer the question, no I don't care why or how long Prince was doing drugs. It only matters because it killed him. I wish that wouldn't have happend

You hit the nail on the head right there! My own mother was an opiod abuser for nearly 30 yrs mainly muscle relaxers and such. This to my knowledge began in 1986 when her twin brother was shot and killed, then her mother was diagnosed with brain cancer and died 5 yrs later, her grandfather who helped raise her died just 2 months after her twin brother was shot and killed from breast cancer, our home and all of our belongings was lost in a house fire and my dad back then was a very angry and abusive man, her father was a raging alcoholic that her and all her siblings recieved beating at his hands when he got drunk. She took the opiods not to curb physical pain but to curb a heart so broken and damaged emotionallyt that I don't believe she felt she could function in life. I spent years angry at my mother for putting her opoids and such ahead of us kids but looking back now that I"m grown I understand it better and every time I think of her or anyone else that are on opiods I look down in my hand and see a lit cigarette and a huge mug of coffee! I realize I"m just as addicted to 2 of the most legal and widespread drugs in the world! My caffiene addiction nearly killed me twice before I was 18. years later when my own hellish marriage at the time came to a cross roads I found myself smoking cigs and drinking coffee and any thing with caffeine that I can get my hands on! These days I don't consume as much of the cigs and caffeine and my health has improved because of it but I'm still addicted. I'm typing this while having a large mug of coffee sitting here near my hand. In closing when you say it matters to you in how you view someone please take a moment to look around. What vices or addictions do you possess? This is not to be judgemental but reflective as I have had to come to terms with the same reflection recerntly.

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listen listen to me we cannot give away our beloved kid noway never we love him so much he was an adult we respect him for all gave to us he and only he knew the reason of why do that and nobody else honesty ..... ...........

in ur question the answer is why is now far from us ? that fact hurts me i wanted was here now among us ! i'll try to go to paisley from greece it's a dream i'll do it ....

No. Everybody's human and nobody is perfect. Addiction can happen to anybody, unfortunatly.