The life and struggles of influential yet little known poet, musician and addict Peter Wolf. The film documents his journey through addiction, denial and rehabilitation and questions why so many artists look for solace and inspiration in drugs and alcohol.
________________________________________________________________
Like drunks in denial, MPs blow off truth about drugs
November 1, 2009
A good friend of mine, an almost lifelong heroin user who, more recently, has diversified into crack cocaine and therefore requires a quick blast from an oxygen cylinder before going for a walk, rang me not so long ago with a warning: “Rod, I’m worried about your drinking,” he said. “You’ve really got to look after yourself.” I couldn’t speak for a few moments, out of incredulity and indignation; I consume on average half a bottle of wine per day, which is too much, sure — but to be lectured by a crack-addled skaghead with half a lung and the facial complexion of that character in Munch’s The Scream seemed, to me, pushing it.
He explained further: “In my profession [he’s a rock singer], the drunks check out in their forties and fifties. We smackheads usually hold things together for another 20 years more.” Colloquially — and with a few famous exceptions — he was right.
read the rest of the article at timesonline
