I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this sh-. It's a very difficult thing to explain. My liver is not functioning and I'm throwing up all the time and shitting my pants. The pain is more than you can handle. It's the worst pain in the world. Dope sick hurts the entire body.

People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child.

There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.

One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.

Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.

Every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this - that ain't my title.