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Successful Musician(and EX alcoholic and drug user) explains7
Reasons Why Many Entertainers have a
Big Problem with Alcohol and DrugsThe death of Anna Nicole Smith
brings to our attention again the question: why dopeople who seem
to have it all live so recklessly with alcohol and drugs, even to
the pointthat they end up dying at a young age? Obviously, “having
it all” wasn’t enough for themto not let that happen. So, what
drove them to override a normal sensitivity to survive?Why is
“rehab” a word in the daily news now when it comes to
entertainers?
Dennis Marcellino had a successful life in the entertainment
industry as a former memberof Sly & The Family Stone, The Elvin
Bishop Group, Rubicon, The Tokens (famous fortheir hit “The Lion
Sleeps Tonight”) and has had an international bestseller of his
own.But that success did not create enough deep fulfillment to keep
him away from alcoholand drugs. In fact, the fact that the expected
fulfillment didn’t come from achieving thatsuccess drove him even
further into alcohol and drugs. He lived for 18 years like
that.
To make a long story short, after searching for a solution to
this problem for 14 years thattook him through many organizations,
psychologists and approaches (21 in all*), hefound the solution to
his problem and has been living drug and alcohol free and in
adeeply fulfilling life for 25 years now. And that solution was:
handing over the reins ofhis life to Jesus and referring to the
Bible and God’s Spirit within for all inner and outerlife
decisions. (*Posted at www.UltimateTruths.com/chbio.html).
Now he works to spread that solution in a new program he’s
developed centered aroundhis new book, Addiction Free Forever. In
it he shows how anyone can achieve the samething that he
achieved.
Reflecting back on his career, he says there are 7 reasons why
entertainers have such aproblem with alcohol and drugs (even to the
point of allowing themselves to die).
(1) Every performance has a new audience and therefore needs to
be fresh andpeak. That is hard to do because being on the road and
doing the same showmany times will take away the emotional
freshness and therefore lowers theenergy. Alcohol and drugs are
used to try to bring back a strong feeling for aperformance.
(2) Exhausting the initial emotional desire for doing specific
songs or acts. Pentup emotion might inspire the creation of a song
or act, but eventually the emotiongets spent and therefore the
performance doesn’t have the pizzazz it once had.Again, alcohol and
drugs are used to try to bring back some of that pizzazz.
(3) Sensationalism doesn’t work. What goes with having a lot of
money and fame isthe ability to live a life of pursuing sensations.
But that approach is unnatural andleads to depression. So, alcohol
and drugs are used both to create sensations, andthen to try to
eliminate the depression that comes from living unnaturally.
(4) Thrust onto big stages before first maturing. Many
entertainers findthemselves in the spotlight and as role models
just because they are good at theircraft. But they often haven’t
yet resolved inner problems (shyness, low self-esteem, inability to
have inner peace, not knowing how to be married, having aninflated
ego, etc.). Alcohol and drugs are used to try to mask those
problems (atleast temporarily) and the feelings they create that
are counter to their image.
(5) Competition. Success in entertainment and sports requires
that you have greatperformances. That means in order to rise to or
near the top, you have to be betterthan the competition. Alcohol
and drugs (including steroids) are used to try togain an edge up on
the competition by boosting energy, stamina, emotion, joy,focus,
strength, looseness, spontaneity, etc.
(6) Guilt for being bad role models and idol replacements for
God. Anti-naturalacts with anti-natural songs will drain a person
and engage bad feelings that Goduses to correct sin. Therefore
there becomes a need to recharge the inner batterythat God isn't
naturally charging. People use alcohol and drugs to try to do
thatrecharging. But especially serious with entertainers is that a
lot of them are notjust living sin but they are promoting it.
Therefore there is also intense guilt thatwould naturally come up
that they would want to drown so that the show can goon. Further
adding to the intensity of guilt is the fact that they allow
themselves tobe replacements for God as the focus in many lives.
That intensity requires moreintense drugs, which is why some of the
biggest idols have overdosed young.
(7) Business social reasons. Drugs are the entertainer’s version
of what the martiniwas to the businessmen of the ‘50s and early
‘60s. That is, you don’t want to beout of step with your peers and
those who you rely on for business evolvement.And not doing drugs
can spawn discussions and criticisms that could alienate youfrom
those who have the power to make you successful or not.
Dennis’ book can be acquired at www.AddictionFreeForever.com
(along with a numberof free bonuses), as well as at nearly every
online and physical bookstore.
The media kit for considering Dennis as a media guest or for
aninterview is www.AddictionFreeForever.com/media.html.
A teaser for going into a segment about this could be:“Next up
we have a former member of The Tokens (famous for the hit “The Lion
SleepsTonight”), The Elvin Bishop Group and Sly & The Family
Stone. Remember them? Theyused to be famous for being atop the drug
culture of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Well he says thatafter 18 years of
use, he’s been an EX alcoholic and drug user for 25 years now and
he’swritten a new book and developed a program called Addiction
Free Forever, which hesays will work for anybody to permanently end
a drug or alcohol problem. This is a big
