Dennis Quaid admits his “biggest mistake” was his addiction to cocaine and candidly writes about his struggle in a Newsweek article.
Quaid, who stars in this month’s ‘Soul Surfer,’ reveals he was introduced to the drug when he moved from Houston to LA in 1974. “It was very casual at first,” he says of his drug use. “That’s what people were doing when they were at parties. Cocaine was even in the budgets of movies, thinly disguised.”
“It was supplied, basically, on movie sets because everyone was doing it,” he continues. “People would make deals. Instead of having a cocktail, you’d have a line.”
Quaid says his drug use contributed to his inability to handle his new fame and he essentially turned into a different person.
“I was doing my best imitation of an asshole there for a little while, trying to pretend everything was OK,” he reveals. “Meanwhile my life was falling apart, and I noticed it myself, but I was hoping everyone else didn’t.”
He adds that the addiction began taking over his life, even though he desperately tried to get everything under control.
“I’d wake up, snort a line, and swear I wasn’t going to do it again that day. But then 4 o’clock rolled around, and I’d be right back down the same road like a little squirrel on one of those treadmills,” he writes.
After his band, the Eclectics, broke up after a “crazy” show, Quaid realized it was time to make a change.
“I had one of those white-light experiences that night where I kind of realized I was going to be dead in five years if I didn’t change my ways. The next day I was in rehab,” he writes.
Although he was fueled by drugs in the ’80s, Quaid admits his recovery shaped him into who he is today.
“That time in my life — those years in the ’90s recovering — actually chiseled me into a person. It gave me the resolve and a resilience to persevere in life. If I hadn’t gone through that period, I don’t know if I’d still be acting. In the end, it taught me humility. I really learned to appreciate what I have in this life.”
It was not that long ago that Heidi Montag shocked us all by undergoing 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day and now it looks as though Heidi might be regretting her rash decision.
The reality TV star is almost unrecognizable after she had a chin reduction, boob job, a nose job, neck liposuction, brow lift, ears pinned, cheek implants, butt implants, lip fillers, botox and liposuction on waist, hips and thighs.
It’s a sickness, really.
And according to Heat magazine Heidi is regretting it already with a source saying: “She’s thinking about a plastic surgery make-under now that she’s separated from Spencer. He was the one who wanted her to get the work done. She knows she went too far, and she feels stupid.”
Can you just imagine what this girl will look like in the next 10 years? [Nikki Cox]
source: Heidi Montag Regrets 10 Plastic Surgery Procedures [entertainment wise]
Tila Tequila was announced as one of the celebrities to on the fourth season of Celebrity Rehab the other day, most people guessed it was because she was addicted to attention but this is not the case. Apparently she is addicted to Ambien.
Instead of popping the Ambien pills she crushes them and then snort them up and here was me thinking that Ambien was supposed to help people sleep not keep them up. A source said…
“She would base her entire day around it. She would wake up, snort Ambien, Google herself, do more, Twitter all day and then sleep.”
Of course this source is probably Tila herself. I guess this explains why she was on Twitter 24/7. As for her trip to Celebrity Rehab, Tila took to her blog and wrote:
“I KNOW I am an EXTREMELY smart girl, and to run all these empires when I am not even 30 yet, is quite an accomplishment, however I finally admitted to myself that I cannot rely on taking prescription pills everyday for the rest of my life! I MUST not be another ‘LINDSAY LOHAN’ where I just flush everything I worked so hard for down the toilet for nothing…â€
As must as I can’t stand Lindsay Lohan, I will at least give her some credit and say she had a good career for a while unlike Tila Tequila who never had anything and we all know the reason she is going on Celebrity Rehab is to get more attention.
source: Tila Tequila’s Drug Problem: Snorting Ambien [Radar]
In order to shoot down the accusation from Tito Ortiz that she’s addicted to OxyContin, Jenna Jameson got drug tested at the American Toxicology Inc. in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Tests administered Tuesday by American Toxicology Inc. in Las Vegas, show Jenna’s urine tested “negative” for the ten major drugs they were screening for … a list that included cocaine, weed, meth and oxycodone — the major ingredient in OxyContin.
As previously reported, Tito was arrested Monday for felony domestic violence. After he was released, Tito claimed the incident was triggered by Jenna’s addiction to OxyContin — a claim Jenna vehemently denied.
Now, after receiving the results of the test, Jenna is reaffirming her claim telling us, “I am definitely not addicted to OxyContin or any drug.”
Jenna’s powerhouse attorney Ronald Richards added, “The lab tests clearly exonerate Jenna Jameson of any hint, iota, or suggestion that she ingested or was under the influence of any opiates or controlled substances.”
Richards continued, “Statements made by anyone to the contrary are completely impeached by the results from this prestigious testing facility.”
What kind of moron do you have to be to never smoke a single cigarette, yet somehow get addicted to nicotine gum? The Jessica Simpson kind of moron, apparently.
The boobalicious singer recently stated that she started chewing the gum by accident (she thought it was chicken, I’m assuming), and now relies on it for energy.
She said:
“I am addicted to Nicorette gum… Never in my life have I smoked. The first time I ever chewed a piece of Nicorette gum one of my close friends’ mother gave it to me. I think she thought she was giving me a piece of regular gum. I was chewing it and it was like a party in my mouth. It was like fireworks and ‘Oh my God, I’m talking a million miles per hour and I love this gum and what kind of gum is this? I have to have this gum!’ It’s Nicorette and it gives me energy – it’s like drinking three Red Bulls.”
If Jessica Simpson has an addictive personality and wants a party in her mouth… well, call me, Jess.
Source: Simpson Addicted To Nicotine Gum [Contact Music]
Lets take some time to catch up on Amy Winehouse, last time I posted on her was a week and a half ago, which in Winehouse world is a long time, since then she has been having sex in a hospital, drugs and drink binges etc.
A quick recap on that post, Amy and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil were getting divorced because he had been having an affair with German model Sophie Schandorff.
Well since then, Amy was rushed back to hospital for the umpteenth time after going on a drink and drugs binge because she and Blake had a blazing argument, she reportedly had a seizure … like everytime she is in the hospital.
Well yesterday it was announced that Blake was going back to jail after he failed a drug test at the rehab he was staying in, he could now end up being in jail until 2010.
After finding out he was going back he “did a runner. He turned up in hospital (where she is staying) and hell broke loose — everyone was totally shocked. He was asking Amy to forgive him. As he was going back inside anyway he felt he didn’t have much to lose.â€
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Now there is reports that the pair had an hour long sex session as a way to say their “goodbyes” in the hospital bedroom she was staying in, after that Blake turned himself into the cops.
The life of Amy Winehouse is always exciting isn’t it? She goes to hospital after going on a drink and drug binge and then ends up having sex with her (soon to be ex?) husband Blake Fielder-Civil.
Friends of Joaquin Phoenix tell Page Six that they are worried about the actor and his battle with drugs and alcohol.
His friends say that during a special tribute to Paul Newman last week in San Francisco the two-time Oscar nominee was “out of it”.
A source said that “he wobbled back in a bit later, but it was odd. He was slurring his words and was unsteady on his feet.”
Last week he gave the above interview to Extra in which he announced he is retiring from acting, he said “I want to take this opportunity … to give you the exclusive and just talk a little bit about the fact that this will be my last performance as an actor, I’m not doing films anymore.” When asked if he was serious he said “Yeah. I’m working on my music, I’m done. I’ve been through that.”
Actor Gary Busey hit a low in his drug addiction days when he found himself snorting cocaine off his dog.
The Big Wednesday star, who claims he has been sober for 13 years, couldn’t help himself when his pet pooch rolled in a supply of the drug.
He tells U.S. news show Access Hollywood, “I went in like a crop duster with my nose flying first and snorted the cocaine off the dog.”
But he got more than he bargained for:
“You get a little bugs, you get little hairs, you get grease and goo from the ground; it’s not at all a healthy thing to do. But when you’re an addict, you don’t think of health, you think about destruction of yourself unconsciously.”
Busey is absolutely frightening, but in a strange way still very interesting. You can’t stop yourself from looking. Oh yeah, that’s a train wreck.
Maura Tierney will stoop pretty low to satisfy her 20-year cigarette habit.
“When I can’t have one, I’m [bleep]ed. I’ve found myself doing things I’m not proud of, like digging through the trash for a butt. Or smoking through bronchitis . . . During a five-minute break at work, I’ve had to make the decision: Should I pee, or should I smoke? I’ve tried to do both at the same time, and it’s not very satisfying.”
What others said:
Dlisted says, “I’m sort of the same way about coffee. One time when I was out of my drug of choice, I considered fishing out a dirty filter filled with used coffee grounds from the trash. I was thisclose.”
