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Book Review: 27: A History of the 27 Club
”Now he’s gone and joined that stupid club,” Kurt Cobain’s mother said in the wake of her son’s death in 1994. Cobain’s life had ended sensationally, overdosing on heroin and then shooting himself in...
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Another Senseless Overdose
Another day, another fatal overdose of a person with the sort of talent most of us can barely even fathom. That’s how it felt to me when hearing the news that Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead with...
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A Surviving—and Thriving—Sibling
I challenge anyone not to be moved by this story which ran in last week’s Indystar on Carson Meyer, an 18-year-old actress who starred over the weekend in an Indianapolis production of Go Ask Alice (a...
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When Addicts Die
Death in recovery seems to be an almost too consistent occurrence. It seems the more tightrope walkers you get into the same room, the greater chance you have of a bunch of them not making it from one...
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Is Heroin Chic Over?
A cultural, musical and stylistic renaissance of the ‘90s has been in full bloom for quite some time. I came of age in those years and I took in the very essence of that era, from great music and Doc...
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Tribute: 21 Years Ago, River Phoenix Died
I’m guessing most people my age remember River Phoenix from either Stand By Me or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, both of which are fantastic, basically evergreen movies. I first discovered him in...
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I Don’t Need a New Year—Just a New Day
Why do we put so much pressure on the New Year ahead of us? It’s just another day, so what’s up with the lofty goals and expectations we put on January 1st every year? Throughout my 20s and into my...
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How Are You Most Likely to OD? A Calculator Can Tell You!
At my alcoholic worst, surrounded by half-empty bottles, I sometimes wondered how I’d die. It’d occasionally flash through my mind, but it flashed often enough for me to know my drinking was going to...
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Tribute: 22 Years Ago, Kurt Cobain Died
I have only a few days in the last 20 years that I can say I remember with any precision. There are periods and seasons, eras and ages—all of which are generally memorable—but only so many definitive...
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Tribute: 39 Years Ago, Elvis Presley Died
When it comes to Americana, Elvis is right up there with the hamburger, Marilyn Monroe and apple pie. He’s about as American as it gets. So, in many respects, it’s fitting that the “King” died on his...
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