twinnies said:

It really angers me that some people refer to Prince as a drug addict and that he died from a drug overdose. Accidentally taking the wrong painkiller and passing away does not make one a drug addict.

So basically you haven't read any of this thread or done any research at all, either on what addiction is, or the know details of Prince death.

Prince overdosed. A week earlier he also overdosed, and had to be given Narcan, after which he was 'agitated' cause Narcan puts people right into withdrawl. You don't go into withdrawl unless you are an addict. You don't spend the last day of your life trying to get 3 different drugstores to fill you prescription, and then arrange to have a Dr. fly out to send you to rehab, and possibly administer suboxone.

What makes me angry is people bending over backwards to to deny the obvious truth because they are worried about the stigma of the term 'addict'. That's not the most important thing here.

twinnies said:

It really angers me that some people refer to Prince as a drug addict and that he died from a drug overdose. Accidentally taking the wrong painkiller and passing away does not make one a drug addict.

So basically you haven't read any of this thread or done any research at all, either on what addiction is, or the know details of Prince death.

Prince overdosed. A week earlier he also overdosed, and had to be given Narcan, after which he was 'agitated' cause Narcan puts people right into withdrawl. You don't go into withdrawl unless you are an addict. You don't spend the last day of your life trying to get 3 different drugstores to fill you prescription, and then arrange to have a Dr. fly out to send you to rehab, and possibly administer suboxone.

What makes me angry is people bending over backwards to to deny the obvious truth because they are worried about the stigma of the term 'addict'. That's not the most important thing here.

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I guess the whole point of this thread was lost... Do you think he went to the elevator to get help?? To call someone? To get outside?

rogifan said:

PurpleDiamonds1 said:

Forgot to mention in my previous post that I have often wondered if he were in the elevator because he was going to get help. This whole thing has not made any rational sense at all since day 1. There are too many unanswered questions and too much suspicion. I think Prince was really looking forward to his autobiography coming out. It's sad that he never got to finish it.

paulludvig said:

JudasLChrist said:

So basically you haven't read any of this thread or done any research at all, either on what addiction is, or the know details of Prince death.

Prince overdosed. A week earlier he also overdosed, and had to be given Narcan, after which he was 'agitated' cause Narcan puts people right into withdrawl. You don't go into withdrawl unless you are an addict. You don't spend the last day of your life trying to get 3 different drugstores to fill you prescription, and then arrange to have a Dr. fly out to send you to rehab, and possibly administer suboxone.

What makes me angry is people bending over backwards to to deny the obvious truth because they are worried about the stigma of the term 'addict'. That's not the most important thing here.

If he was suffering withdrawl,how was he able to host a party,go to concerts,ride a bike and so on?

First, he did not stay long at that party and did not even play.

Second, going to that concert implied sitting down for the whole length of it and, most importantly, being seen carriying on as if all was fine.

Third, the bike ride (if the images are indeed from that period of time) can be understood as another way of showing all is fine, that even if the tabloids are stating something is wrong, he was, in fact, seen riding a bike around PP, so rumours must be untrue.

For those who say that Prince himself told people to not believe the papers after the Moline incident: the papers only stated the flu. Perhaps he was worried that soon they would state an overdose, because of hospital records, etc. and was making sure nobody would believe the papers once again cause he was, after all, going about his normal business. Prince went to great lengths to be private and keep his personal business away from the public eye. But remeber the paper headlines concerning his baby? There was a rumour that the baby had been born with physical defects. And what did Prince tell Oprah? "It's all good, don't believe everything you read". But the papers had indeed written the truth. So Prince lied. To protect his privacy.
Prince was a human being that felt the terrible burden of never showing weakness. Ultimately, that killed him.

MMJas said:

paulludvig said:

JudasLChrist said: If he was suffering withdrawl,how was he able to host a party,go to concerts,ride a bike and so on?

First, he did not stay long at that party and did not even play.

Second, going to that concert implied sitting down for the whole length of it and, most importantly, being seen carriying on as if all was fine.

Third, the bike ride (if the images are indeed from that period of time) can be understood as another way of showing all is fine, that even if the tabloids are stating something is wrong, he was, in fact, seen riding a bike around PP, so rumours must be untrue.

For those who say that Prince himself told people to not believe the papers after the Moline incident: the papers only stated the flu. Perhaps he was worried that soon they would state an overdose, because of hospital records, etc. and was making sure nobody would believe the papers once again cause he was, after all, going about his normal business. Prince went to great lengths to be private and keep his personal business away from the public eye. But remeber the paper headlines concerning his baby? There was a rumour that the baby had been born with physical defects. And what did Prince tell Oprah? "It's all good, don't believe everything you read". But the papers had indeed written the truth. So Prince lied. To protect his privacy.
Prince was a human being that felt the terrible burden of never showing weakness. Ultimately, that killed him.

But can you even pretend to be alright if your in serious withdrawl? Wouldn't you be sweating and shaking and throwing up?

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