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Prince was likely feeling like he lived in conflict. So, yes, guilt would go along with the hypocrisy. There is enough information out there to support the fact that he did live a clean life. He ate healthy. He didn't have illegitimate children. He didn't have scandal around him or a reputation as a person living on the edge. He openly wore Christianity on his sleeve. In his later years, he had become one of the respected elders in the music industry.
But, he had a vice. An addiction. Everything else we know about him leads me to believe he didn't pop pills for their recreational thrill (there have been no stories of women or friends sharing pills with Prince) but more for dealing with chronic pain. He was self medicating, using questionable means and methods of attaining opiates. He probably ignored advice to go to rehab for years, until that fateful flight home from Atlanta, which seemed to convince him. Hence, the plan to get private help.
Genius, though he was, Prince did not always make the best decisions in life. This one cost him his. He let the priorities of Prince, the icon, outweigh the priorities of Prince the human being. Even after the huge wake up call (the Atlanta flight) he decided to leave the hospital and go home because there wasn't a private room available? Then, not immediately go get treatment when he did return home? Instead, continue self-administering opiates to the point by Wednesday night , three strikes, he's dead?
Fame is a killer. Ask MJ, Whitney, Whinehouse, Elvis, etc. etc. Prince was just better at hiding his dark side of fame than a lot of the rest of them. That doesn't mean it didn't exist.
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This made me cry so hard...I cant stop.. Prince...the gift that keeps on giving...
Tears go here
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It's just like Owen Husney said on Reelz.
[Edited 4/20/17 15:34pm] The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
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I don't think this was a "dark side of fame" as much as it was a fatal mistake. People screw up when they take their meds all the time. The only thing fame and money would have given him, is access to doctors who sell blank scrip pads and people who used their name to get him meds, however we all know someone who has really good painkillers kicking around.
Even something like a toothache has led people to full blown drug addiction...
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Wow. Thank you. Your words are profound, especially this part of that last stanza: | |
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I had the same thought already...... | |
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[Edited 4/20/17 17:05pm] The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
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Meh... I guess in time more will be known about Prince's health issues: As it stands it appears his game of chicken has resulted in his own death. I hope he didn't think he was being brave and strong by continually releasing music and touring when he was in such poor health. I was mad as hell at him for putting his life at risk around the time he released Extraloveable Reloaded, and one of the things said low-key was that he worked to feed his extended family. Who am I to judge? Were it me though, them nikkas woulda been cahier's at Walmart or some shit before I drive my body right in the ground trying to pay they bills. | |
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where is this picture from?
i saw prince in a dream last month, on the full moon day. a group of us purple enthusiasts had gathered at some kind of retreat in the "mountains". we were milling about, waiting for a concert to begin, and in rolls prince, riding a giant unicycle, all silver. the way it moved was like one of those ezekiel wheels. he was having fun wheeling amongst us, making us laugh with delight. a new kind of concert, yet i think these have been going on 4ever, long before the past 40 years of concerts down here on earth.
so many seemingly vain prince things could be deeply symbolic. the beautiful clothes represent good deeds. the beautiful women represent faithful souls. prince sang some about sacrificial themes. i'm hoping this outcome will at least somehow become a homeopathic monkeywrench in the world system
feelin like i should be vigilant 2nite. like a year ago was a gethsemane that i slept thru.
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I should have credited The Artist ~His Name is Fernando salgado and I found him at DeviantArt
It seems like a lot of us are having Simialr Dreams
and Great way of Putting it homeopathic monkeywrench in the world system
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thanks! i will look him up flowing through the veins of the tree of life...purplemaplesyrup | |
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I really hope that I am not judged as harshly as Prince when I am trying my very best on my very worst day. He was trying. He was doing his very best. Clearly hindsight is 20/20 and we all can see now all of the ways that he went wrong. But does anybody really think that this was the outcome that he was shooting for? Do we not think that, if he knew that this is where everything would end up, he would have done so many things differently?
Without knowing all of the facts, it would appear to me that he began using medication for a legitimate medical reason. Logically, that led to a physical dependance. I don't understand how that can be construed as a character flaw of some kind. It's simply what happens. From there, it seems like it spiraled into an addiction that he couldn't get under control. But from what we have read, he was tying to get his hands around it. He was going through withdrawals. He may have been involved in reaching out to a treatment program. He clearly knew that there was a problem. He was trying to fix it.
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funksterr said: Meh... I guess in time more will be known about Prince's health issues: As it stands it appears his game of chicken has resulted in his own death. I hope he didn't think he was being brave and strong by continually releasing music and touring when he was in such poor health. I was mad as hell at him for putting his life at risk around the time he released Extraloveable Reloaded, and one of the things said low-key was that he worked to feed his extended family. Who am I to judge? Were it me though, them nikkas woulda been cahier's at Walmart or some shit before I drive my body right in the ground trying to pay they bills. In what way did he put his life at risk around the time he released Extraloveable? The wooh is on the one! | |
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I think, that if you are addicted, really addicted, you can no longer see clearly anymore what is best for you and make clear decisions for yourself. And another problem I see, that was his so called inner circle. Everybody was in denial of the real situation and/or played along with it. If he didnt have all those enablers around him, he might have been saved. He should have gotten proper treatment in a specialized clinic. Not strange withdrawals at home under no supervision of a trained doctor. What strikes me as well, is, that this man was in a critcal condition and was left all alone by himself. I believe his death could have been avoided with the right people around him. Had it been, people were at least checking on him, but there was noone around. And lets not forget, what killed him in the end, were those mysterious deadly pills, which contained so much poison that it could have killed several men. Had it been, it were "only" normal painkillers, he would still be alive. | |
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yes. He obviously felt this planet is priceless and loved being alive and helping improve peoples' lives.
On the other hand, more than a few of his lyrics seem to come from someone who has an intuition that he needs to make the most of life while he can, that he may be taken from this planet sooner than he would like, but also that life is just a party and the afterparty is really cool.
So i feel like a physical dependence on something less potent naturally arose as you said, (if i had done 1% of the performing he did in high heels, or have some other injury, i could be in the same boat, even though i'm the most anti-drug person i know) and then the contamination with much stronger drugs happened later without prince realizing it, leading to a quick spiral out of control. Whether the contamination was intentional or just random will hopefully come to light soon. Sorry i should keep up with every news update, but did they ever report if the pills he was withdrawing from had been chemically tested, or were they just assumed to be what he thought they were? flowing through the veins of the tree of life...purplemaplesyrup | |
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angel22 said: I think, that if you are addicted, really addicted, you can no longer see clearly anymore what is best for you and make clear decisions for yourself. And another problem I see, that was his so called inner circle. Everybody was in denial of the real situation and/or played along with it. If he didnt have all those enablers around him, he might have been saved. He should have gotten proper treatment in a specialized clinic. Not strange withdrawals at home under no supervision of a trained doctor. What strikes me as well, is, that this man was in a critcal condition and was left all alone by himself. I believe his death could have been avoided with the right people around him. Had it been, people were at least checking on him, but there was noone around. And lets not forget, what killed him in the end, were those mysterious deadly pills, which contained so much poison that it could have killed several men. Had it been, it were "only" normal painkillers, he would still be alive. But Prince made these choices. Nobody forced enablers or yes men around him. And maybe considering how fiercely independent he always was he didn't want (or couldn't bring himself) to have someone 'save' him. We have so few details about what really happened it's unfair to make judgements imo. Paisley Park is in your heart
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Nothing but truth. Prince held all the leverage-he had the power to keep people at a distance to shield his problems from the public, had the money to seek out the best medical treatment at any clinic worldwide and his reputation for being clean living (which he earned) put doubt in a lot of people's heads that he had an addiction or at the least physical dependence. The only thing his iner circle could have executed was threatening to to the media about his health issues if he didn't admit himself into a hospital. But that is 20/20 hindsight now 3121 #1 THIS YEAR | |
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traceyp23 said: I really hope that I am not judged as harshly as Prince when I am trying my very best on my very worst day. He was trying. He was doing his very best. Clearly hindsight is 20/20 and we all can see now all of the ways that he went wrong. But does anybody really think that this was the outcome that he was shooting for? Do we not think that, if he knew that this is where everything would end up, he would have done so many things differently?
Without knowing all of the facts, it would appear to me that he began using medication for a legitimate medical reason. Logically, that led to a physical dependance. I don't understand how that can be construed as a character flaw of some kind. It's simply what happens. From there, it seems like it spiraled into an addiction that he couldn't get under control. But from what we have read, he was tying to get his hands around it. He was going through withdrawals. He may have been involved in reaching out to a treatment program. He clearly knew that there was a problem. He was trying to fix it.
No judgement here. He was human. And he is loved and missed beyond measure. Thank you. | |
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