He speaks from experience.
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree, 43, is stepping forward and talking about his cocaine addiction that was at it’s height in the 90’s while Blur was in it’s prime.
Rowntree came forth to support an article written to help persuade the UK government in reviewing their drug policy. The article will be published in Britain’s publication The Guardian.
Dave says,
“Certainly when I first discovered alcohol, and later cocaine, the effect was almost religious in its intensity, and all my problems seemed to melt away.
I didn’t start using regularly until the ’90s, but as my tolerance increased, I used more. However, my experience of life when not on drink or drugs got progressively worse. The world became an increasingly hostile place, relationships got more difficult and an all-encompassing sense of dread and paranoia set in. Drink and drugs became progressively less effective in soothing those feelings.
The key point is that all the way along, I thought my behavior was normal and it was the rest of the world that had gone mad. I had no idea my experience was different to anyone else’s because I had nothing to measure it against. I managed to get help before they destroyed my life, and these days I’m active in the recovery community.”
Word up.
