Lisa Marie Presley Memoir Recap/Discussion: Chapter 7

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Previous recaps: Chapters 1 & 2 || Chapter 3 || Chapter 4 || Chapter 5 || Chapter 6 (pt one) || Chapter 6 (pt two)

Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir From Here to the Great Unknown was 85% done and spread across 16 tapes when she passed away in January

Comments

[sibylblack]

Anyone ever wonder how us common folks manage to handle all the pain without drugs?

[afeelingunacted]

A lot of people are on drugs/functioning alcoholics.

My sister works a boring desk job and she said literally everyone is medicated.

[sibylblack]

Maybe in the US it's worse because of the way doctors prescribe strong drugs that get you addicted right away.

[maryjanewatson]

it's not a country specific thing. here in latin america it's the same, if there's one thing you can be sure that most people around you have is debt and are self-medicating in some way.

[sibylblack]

I don't agree. I think it differs a lot depending on where you live/where you're from, even just because of differences in drug availability.

[afeelingunacted]

I'm in Canada so I think our drug culture is a bit different.

But alcoholism is a problem pretty much everywhere and I think it's a pretty common way of coping even for people who would never touch party drugs.

[theylezharold]

This is so outdated by like 7-10 years. Now it's almost impossible to get pain meds. And people with chronic pain are dying by suicide bc they can't get access
to the meds they need.

I loved Kathy Bates but her stupid Matlock show perpetuates soooo many bullshit lies. Shame on them, and on her.

[theylezharold]

You can get a script as a "normal person" pretty easily or steal them. Not just the rich have access yet but with pain meds and the like, that will be the case soon.

I don't think of B. Kohberger as a normal person (bc he's not, even by his own journal entries) but can I imagine him copping heroin? No. But he did, a lot of it.

When I worked Family Crimes Unit (all CSA & incest and CSAM), everyone was a rage-aholic, alcoholic, addicted to cigarettes (one guy smoked every 5 mins, he got ZERO work done), and these two token guy were sad but didn't abuse anything and worked out a LOT together and seemed to be the only ones with healthy families.

At the FBI, everyone was a fucking alcoholic.

[anna_drenxavier]

Yeah ...I can understand wanting to be obliterated. I don't touch any substances because I feel I would become dependent. It is really, really hard to be a person.

[ahegao]

substance abuse disorders affect people from all walks of life. honestly this is a pretty ignorant comment

[sibylblack]

And when did I say it doesn't? I just commented that it is more widespread in some places than others.

[starsandcrosses]

as a recovering addict ia with you and also so many "common folk" may not be addicts but addiction is not the only unhealthy or destructive way to handle pain. i've seen people who aren't addicts still be completely out of touch with their pain and emotions and have no idea how to handle them and treat other people horribly. also this is me being biased cos i'm in recovery and hate alcohol and all substances tbh but i think a lot of people don't consider themselves to have addiction or substance abuse issues (especially alcohol) but are absolutely functioning addicts in some way because society's approach to drugs/alcohol obviously normalises them so much.

[theylezharold]

And religion is still the opium of the masses.

And other forms of delusion and denial.