From another interview with Steven Adler:
They are on an intense tour and were on a bus en route for a gig in New Jersey last week when the News Tribune caught up with Adler. Here is Adler on:
Getting kicked out of GNRA month after I wasn?t in the band, I went to this nightclub (in Los Angeles). Whenever I would go out, I?d walk right through the front door. This time I went out and walked in the front door and a security guard said, ?You have to go wait in line with everyone else.? The fans stayed away from me; I was ashamed.
There are two ways to take things: I could have taken what happened, and I could still be part of the band if I straightened myself up. Or ? the direction I went, I could destroy myself. It?s not easy to kill myself. It?s much easier to cripple yourself than kill yourself. On two occasions I took 100 valium, drank a big bottle of Jagermeister and took some heroin. I woke up eight hours later with the best sleep of my life.
RehabWhen I did ?Sober House,? the first day I showed up high on heroin. I got arrested. They got me out of jail the next day (and) they made me watch (a video of myself high). I?m so glad they did that. When I saw myself, I was devastated. When you?re high, you think you?re the coolest person in the world. That?s the misunderstanding with drugs. I saw myself and did not like what I saw. That sucks. It?s ugly.
I think everybody who has somebody in their life that they love that are doing drugs and drinking, you?ve got to videotape it and show it to them when they?re sober.
I had to do 90 days in rehab, or go to jail. I?ve been to jail. It?s not a pretty place. A somewhat sane person would do the rehab. After the first month, every second is like a (freaking) hour in there. That?s how you feel in there. Once you realize, ?All I gotta do is eat three good meals a day, and they give me a nice soft, warm bed. All I have to do is eat and sleep and listen to a few encouraging words throughout the day,? it?s pretty nice.
I did drugs for 35 years. It takes time for your body and your mind to heal. I beat the hell out of myself for 35 years.
His new book, 'My Appetite for Destruction'The book has been emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually good for me. I?m glad that I got this out. ? My goal with this book was to make it easy to read and relatable.
When I get home, I?m making a big bonfire and I?m throwing my book in it. I want to leave the past in the past. The past is over and done. I want to move on. I want to burn the book and leave it in the past. Maybe in 15 years I?ll write a new book. I did not die. I did not kill myself. And thank God I didn?t kill anybody.
Life nowI want to enjoy my life. I want to see things, meet people, enjoy my life. I want to play music.
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