| Rock Stars...we are fascinated by them as much as | | | | are associated with substance abuse and drug |
| we idolize Hollywood celebrities. We listen to their | | | | overdose such as the case of Janis Joplin, Jim |
| music, buy the CDs, hang their posters on every wall | | | | Morrison, among others. It is a merry-go-round of |
| of our room, watch them at MTV, and go to their | | | | money, adulation, traveling, and being in the media. Like |
| concerts. We idolized them so much that we often | | | | other human beings, these demi-gods of rock music |
| see them as demi-gods. But beneath all that fame and | | | | are also susceptible to pain and depression. Drugs and |
| fortune that the world of rock and roll had given them, | | | | alcohol --- two things that get them going, two |
| many of these rock stars are on the path to | | | | substances that were supposed to ease their pains |
| self-destruction. | | | | and worries... are the same poisons that would ruin |
| Often, being a rock star would also mean that they | | | | their lives. |