Posted on 05/14/2020 3:02:48 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
Melissa Etheridge’s son Beckett died from opioid addiction, the singer revealed Wednesday night.
“Today I joined the hundreds of thousands of families who have lost loved ones to opioid addiction,” the singer, 58, wrote. “My son Beckett, who was just 21, struggled to overcome his addiction and finally succumbed to it today.
“He will be missed by those who loved him, his family and friends. My heart is broken. I am grateful for those who have reached out with condolences and I Feel their love and sincere grief,” the note continued.
“We struggled with what else we could have done to save him and in the end we know he is out of the pain now.”
“I will sing again, soon,” Etheridge’s note concluded. “It has always healed me.”
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Etheridge’s son Beckett was just 21 yrs.old.
Etheridge said in a 2017 interview with Yahoo that she regularly smoked with weed with Beckett and Bailey Jean. The singer said,... “It was funny at first, and then they realized it’s very natural [at the] end of the day. It brings you much closer. I’d much rather have a smoke with my grown kids than a drink.” .......Etheridge added, “My family, all four of my children, understand cannabis. They call it medicine.”
I have never seen any statistics which distinguished between self-administered “accidental” overdoses and plain suicide. And I wonder how one distinguishes between the two.
In attempting to remove all personal responsibility from drug deaths (I wonder) is the deliberate taking of one’s own life not seriously considered by those who compile the statistics?
It would seem many probably most families (quite understandably) would prefer to explain the death of a loved one not as suicide but as the result of some evil, impersonal force like “opioid addiction.”
We go to great efforts in this country to avoid seeing things the way they actually are which (IMO) is the result of the infantilization of America.
Sad.
......”I have never seen any statistics which distinguished between self-administered “accidental” overdoses and plain suicide. And I wonder how one distinguishes between the two”.....
Generally the addict isn’t thinking about anything more than getting the high he’s seeking...and we know over time drugs can affect their judgement. I’d assume it would also be a matter of how far into addiction they are. At 21 yrs. old I doubt this was a suicide.
Cypher was his family name, from his other mother, Julie Cypher.
“Cypher was his family name, from his other mother, Julie Cypher”
Julie is a very confused person. Married to Lou Diamond Phillips, goes all lesbo, now married to another guy.
Cypher is his last name. After Melissa’s ex wife Julie Cypher.
Well, she’s certainly a very difficult person to understand.
Oh, right.
Trump is focused on this health issue, I’m sure she supports his efforts, perhaps a concert to support Trump? /s
Sorry Mellisa, I dont give a sh!t.
‘The Kids are All Right’ (Movie about kids growing up in a ‘new age family’.
Uh, no.
Raised by a depraved pervert (or was it *two* depraved perverts?)...who would expect any other outcome?
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