When did Keith quit heroin? I know he's dabbled with it again but when did his addiction end? Ive read that it ended in 1980, is that true?

Sorry to react like this but what the heck is interesting to have this information.

Nico

Because the Stones are about Sex drugs and rock n roll?

The awful truth is Keith NEVER did quit his heroin addiction.
He was seen yesterday injecting hardcore drugs during the preparations for Superbowl in Detroit.
It's also believed that Keith ate a whole bag of "Mr Salty" pretzels before doing JJF.


and Ay ay baby it hurts

Ok, sorry I just stepped out of bed with the wrong legg (dutch saying)

Nico

It's like with being an alcoholic. Once an alcoholic always an alcoholic. Keith is still an heroin addict even if he don't (ab)use it anymore.

Yeah but when did he stop abusing it full time?

Isn't the story that he gave it up after that conviction in Canada, when he had to play the concert for the blind?

Oh come on. Keith hasn't done hard drugs in 20 years. The outlaw act is just that...an act.

It's a fact that he "tried' a bit of heroin during the BtB tour.
You can read in several books

Yes, and he didnt quit in 1977-78 at all, he continued to use the drug for a couple of years according to all incliduing himself but Im not sure when he quit jsut that it was probably the begining of 1980.

Yeah - he talked about sampling it again in '97 in a Q Magazine "Cash For Questions" thing, where he answers fan mail. He said it didn't really do it for him. I remember pretty shocked by the fact that he still dabbled and and that he was so open about it.

I think he would be dead if he was doing hard drugs till now.

I was watching Hail Hail Rock and Roll the other day and Keith looks really high on something during the interviews. Not when he is playing, but during the interviews. That was not just alcohol. He kind of has that heroin slur in his voice, but that can stay with people even if they haven't used in a while. I would venture to say he was still dabbling w/ H even in 1986.

As we all should know, you never doing anything until you are caught doing something.

Users never admit being users unless they check into rehab, get publicly caught or photographed, or die.

That's the way it is, beyond that everything is always assumed unless your the supplier.

He has never claimed he quit rock'n'roll tobacco, has he?

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> I was watching Hail Hail Rock and Roll the other
> day and Keith looks really high on something
> during the interviews. Not when he is playing, but
> during the interviews. That was not just alcohol.
> He kind of has that heroin slur in his voice, but
> that can stay with people even if they haven't
> used in a while. I would venture to say he was
> still dabbling w/ H even in 1986.


I know, remeber that bit, that is probably heroin, maybe he had a sniff or something. He's probably dabbled with it. Noone just quits and stays clean forever.

In his defense, that Keith interview was taken in his dressing room after the 6 or whatever hour long concert taping - the guy was spent!

I'm sure he is an alcoholic for most of his life and he is always a bit drunk.

There was an interview somewhere and they asked Keith about how knackered he looked in the Hail Hail interview and he said something like...Fair go pal I'd just spent a couple of hours under the spots that were glowin' at about 150c



ROCKMAN

He took cocaine during dirty works sessions in paris. Ronnie too. Don't forget, Charlie was addicted at this moment. Some dealers were around them. When you saw keith and ronnie running out the studio at 2 A.M., running around the block with the temperature near zero, and wearing only a shirt, this is not chocolat powder.
But keith can take all he wants, by all his holes, I just ask him to play correctly brown sugar intro.