[Harp-L] Substance abuse

["Jim Alciere" <jim.alciere@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's real easy  to have a couple beers to loosen up before playing
especially in front of an audience. Calms the nerves. Then you get good and
you're no longer playing monthly, you're playing weekly. And it takes a
little more beer to loosen up maybe a few shots as well. Then you get a
steady gig so you start doing a little cocaine to get you back and forth to
the gig, a little weed to lighten the mood, Xanax so you can sleep, etc. You
don't see your family for weeks or months at a time. The next thing you
know, you're screwed. No one decides to be an addict. It sneaks up on you
and then slams you when you're not looking.


Rainbow Jimmy
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