Alcohol & Drug Addiction Treatment

But unfortunately, her career was ended much too shortly by drug abuse. It seemed for artists of this time, drug use was a norm, and she hooked herself very quickly and at a very young age on speed, heroin and Southern Comfort. Janis attempted halting her drug use a number of times. Once a somewhat overweight girl before drugs, she had physically deteriorated to a skeletal and wasted point in 1965 and decided to get off drugs. But later, she relapsed and was back on hard drugs again. Then after having noticed her audience was listening to “every note [with] ‘is she gonna make it?’ in their eyes” she was off to Brazil with a friend and boyfriend in February 1970 and off drugs. But upon her arrival in the States just a couple months later, she was back on heroin which in turn quickly led to the deterioration of these relationships. It was early October of 1970, mid recording her biggest selling album “Pearl”, Janis Joplin was found dead at the young age of 27 of a heroin overdose in her hotel room.

Janis tried to kick the habit of hard drug and alcohol abuse several times, but they don’t call them “hard drugs” for nothing. As a fan and fellow artist, I would have loved to have helped Joplin complete a non 12 step rehab program where she could have gotten help that works! Programs that use holistic means by detoxifying her body, handling the reasons she started the drug use in the first place and doing cognitive counseling and life skills therapy so that she could have continued to lead her audience through her voice.

Because her voice did more than sing songs of great emotion, it spoke. She was a powerful woman in a genre of music dominated by men and at a time when music and love rang in everyone’s conversations, and as such was a role model and spoke to thousands at a time and fellow artists alike and they listened attentively to every word. People were ready for change, ready for love and good feeling to an answer and ready for a leader that was just like them. She had a chance to influence the world for the better. Had she gotten proper help like an inpatient drug rehab, Joplin, with her powerful voice could have gone on to record many more albums and leading the world. Drugs were Janis Joplin’s demise. It led to the deterioration of close relationships, her mind, her body and her career. It really is a shame to let any artist or anyone you know continue on this trend. If we let others or ourselves fall into a drug induced downward spiral, who will lift us out to greater, better things? Like Janis, we can lead society to a better condition. If you or someone you care about needs drug rehabilitation, get started on helping them now!

 

Tags: addiction, celebrity drug rehab, inpatient rehab, non 12 step

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