yeah, i heard on the radio just a bit ago that his troubles started with jumping off of raised surfaces on stage with heels on, and that led to various physical troubles then ended in opioid addiction.
Thing is whether a person is anti drug or pro drug or somewhere in between, once you start messing with a substance that is capable of causing an actual physical addiction, that person is traveling down a very hard road.
People that travel this road know what it means to be an absolute slave to a substance. You can’t do anything until that need is met, and then after the need is met, you have just a short time before you have to meet it again.
It owns you, it becomes the only thing that matters.
This is a true hellish existence, and it really is a demon.
You either defeat the demon, or the demon defeats you.
I feel for Prince. I’m not going to make any sort of wise cracks.
I’ve been on that road, and only by the Grace of God do I still walk this earth.
Eddie Van Halen had to get a hip replacement for the same thing.
I have arthritis pain. I am not doing pain killers. I am trying gin soaked raisins and cutting down on sugar and wheat.
On Youtube there are some videos from his early days. You can search for “Its gonna be a beautiful night” and “Housequake” from the concert film Sign of the Times. It was amazing what he could do dancing in his early days, but it is also easy to see it would catch up with him later physically.
((((Hugs)))))