MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx was a guest on the November 14 episode of “The Doctors”.
The musician, photographer, and best-selling author, who has been outspoken over the years about his heroin addiction, discussed how the music industry can lead to drug abuse for some.
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Asked if the “rock and roll lifestyle” encourages and enables drug abuse, Sixx responded: “Yes and no. It depends on the artist. Like when Whitney Houston passed away, I think it was a good time to look at enablers. There’s a lot of people around the artist — there’s managers, there’s agents, there’s road managers, there’s crew, there’s family members — so when you see a person heading towards that addiction, a lot of people don’t wanna stop the money train, and that’s where you hear about a lot of the tragedies in rock and roll and other kinds of music as well. But I’m really happy to be a survivor of heroin addiction and alcoholism and be a father and be able to be here today and talk to you guys.”
Nikki also described having an out-of-body experience following a drug overdose in 1987. After being declared clinically dead, he was revived by cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The incident inspired MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s 1989 hit “Kickstart My Heart”.
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“I was a heroin addict for exactly one year,” he said. “And my heart stopped for two minutes and I came back, I went home and I shot up again and overdosed again. And I woke up the next day and I kind of had a spiritual awakening — that’s the only way I can explain it. Because I woke up and it was the first time I didn’t wanna do drugs. It just changed my perspective, and it was at that time I said, ‘I wanna turn my life around and do something good with this horrible information.'”
Via Blabbermouth.com