This is an interview with Julian Lennon from March 18th 1999 with Dini Petty. He speaks of his new album, his TRUE feelings of Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Paul M...
Wild. I never knew John rode the horse. That they were able to clean up for their kid is fairy admirable. I assume that means they dabbled more than they went full out? Cause I’m fascinated by heroin addiction and what it does to people in a sort of morbid way (listened to a lot of music by heroin addicts over the years).
If you wanna transfer these to a dedicated AMA thread (if you do, please reply with a link), please feel free.
How did you get there? I met someone for whom heroin was the first drug they tried. Hadn’t even smoked pot. Did you have a gateway drug or dive right in? If gateway, how did that progress?
How long did you use? How did it affect your ability to participate in society? How did it affect your relationships with friends and family?
What caused you to turn things around and what was that experience like? How long did it take? How many attempts were necessary?
What do you want to say about is that I haven’t asked?
Now add former heroin addicts to the equation.
Wait, who was hooked on smack? Please say it was Yoko.
John and Yoko. They quit when their son was born.
Wild. I never knew John rode the horse. That they were able to clean up for their kid is fairy admirable. I assume that means they dabbled more than they went full out? Cause I’m fascinated by heroin addiction and what it does to people in a sort of morbid way (listened to a lot of music by heroin addicts over the years).
Check into John’s “lost years” Yoko kicked him out and he went on a years long bender with Harry Neilsen among others.
A friend recently made me aware of this artist and his relation to the Beatles. That he was a smack head with Lennon wasn’t mentioned. Wild. Thanks.
He wasn’t a “smack head” with Lennon, Lennon was on heroin and quit it many years before that.
It was alcohol and coke Neilsson and Lennon did. Lots and lots of it.
Hi, former heroin addict here. AMA!
Wow, yes, please!
If you wanna transfer these to a dedicated AMA thread (if you do, please reply with a link), please feel free.
How did you get there? I met someone for whom heroin was the first drug they tried. Hadn’t even smoked pot. Did you have a gateway drug or dive right in? If gateway, how did that progress?
How long did you use? How did it affect your ability to participate in society? How did it affect your relationships with friends and family?
What caused you to turn things around and what was that experience like? How long did it take? How many attempts were necessary?
What do you want to say about is that I haven’t asked?
Gonna take me a bit but I’ll write up as good of a response as I can. I got clean in 2014 and my life is a zillion times better.
He wrote Cold Turkey to describe his own experiences.