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I agree that Rush did seem to change a few years ago. I attributed it to his marriage, financial standing, and just getting older. He also changed since he learned to play golf, but there was something else I could not identify.

There was an obvious problem with the growing hearing loss and he seemed to be doing so well after the ear surgery. I don't think many of us ever suspected that he was on pain pills, however.

So many people have become addicted to this stuff and so many lives have been destroyed. I am positive that he would never have predicted this could happen to him, too. It was best for this to happen now before it got further along and affected his ability to function. It was just a matter of time before he would have to go into serious treatment. I am surprised that his wife was not on top of this, though.

"So many people have become addicted to this stuff and so many lives have been destroyed"

I had a kidney stone that had to be removed. Though the proceedure did not involve an incision (yes, that leaves only one OTHER way), the pre and post proceedure pain was killer. They hooked me up to a Morphine pump and I NEVER PRESSED IT ONCE. Sure I suffered more that I probably had to but I am VERY reserved on use of pain medication. anybody can get hooked on that stuff. I know this is not reasonable to expect for certain operations an stuff but in those cases, you need for your family to watch out for you. I wonder if Rush did not have the "curse" of all that money if this would have happened. If you had to justify to an insurance company the perscriptions, you may not get too much help.