Re: RIP Scott Weiland
[FONT=arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#d3d3d3][FONT=century gothic]I sympathize with her on this for sure, balance is something everyone struggles with. When you add in a serious drug addiction it can make balance nearly impossible. Doesn't change my affinity for STP but is a good reminder that being a rock star or any kind of high profile artist comes at a big cost, mostly to themselves and their loved ones.
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[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=century gothic][SIZE=3]Having said that, this woman had some serious demons as well [URL="http://www.harpercollins.com/9780061959424/fall-to-pieces"]- [/URL][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][URL]http://www.harpercollins.com/9780061959424/fall-to-pieces[/URL][FONT=arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#d3d3d3][FONT=century gothic][SIZE=3]
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[FONT=century gothic][QUOTE]This is the final step in our long goodbye to Scott. Even though I felt we had no other choice, maybe we never should have let him go. Or maybe these last few years of separation were his parting gift to us – the only way he could think to soften what he knew would one day crush us deep into our souls. Over the last few years, I could hear his sadness and confusion when he'd call me late into the night, often crying about his inability to separate himself from negative people and bad choices. I won't say he can rest now, or that he's in a better place. He belongs with his children barbecuing in the backyard and waiting for a Notre Dame game to come on. We are angry and sad about this loss, but we are most devastated that he chose to give up.[/QUOTE]
[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=century gothic][COLOR=#d3d3d3][QUOTE]Noah and Lucy never sought perfection from their dad. They just kept hoping for a little effort. If you're a parent not giving your best effort, all anyone asks is that you try just a little harder and don't give up. Progress, not perfection, is what your children are praying for. Our hope for Scott has died, but there is still hope for others. Let's choose to make this the first time we don't glorify this tragedy with talk of rock and roll and the demons that, by the way, don't have to come with it. Skip the depressing T-shirt with 1967-2015 on it – use the money to take a kid to a ballgame or out for ice cream.[/QUOTE][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][QUOTE]
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[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#d3d3d3][FONT=freight-text-pro]Mary Forsberg Weiland is the mother of the late singer Scott Weiland's teenage children, Noah, 15, and Lucy, 13. She wrote this with their help in the days after his death on Dec 3rd.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=freight-text-pro]
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