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Old 01-19-2014, 09:04 PM   #1
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Thumbs up How Belinda Carlisle Beat a 30-Year Drug Habit of Cocaine

The article is from 2010 but I thought it worth sharing

A punk rock star (The Go-Go's) from the 80's tells a story of a 3 day hotel binge in London that turned her life around.

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'I had gone to London for business, but spent three straight days locked in my hotel room, doing cocaine,' she writes.

'I went on the biggest binge of my life, which is saying something considering I had used, boozed, and abused for 30 years.

'When I looked at my eyes in the mirror, I didn't see anyone looking back at me. The lights were out. I was gone.

'It scared me - yet I didn't stop until I had an extraordinarily frightening out-of-body experience where I saw myself overdosing and being found dead in the hotel room.

'I saw the whole thing happen, and I knew that if I kept doing coke, I was going to die.

'At that moment I shut my eyes, and when I opened them again I made the decision I had put off for much too long. I opened myself up to life. I appreciated the good, faced the bad, and began to find the things I needed'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...oke-I-die.html

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I had the world's largest Belinda Carlisle crush when I was like 8. Circle in the sand indeed
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Old 01-19-2014, 09:48 PM   #3
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Yeah, back in the day...Heaven was a place on Earth.
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Old 01-19-2014, 09:49 PM   #4
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"Mad About You" video is I think the best she ever looked.

Back to the more important issue...good for her.
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Old 01-19-2014, 10:29 PM   #5
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Gotta love her latest music video - "Sun". OMG she still looks great for being 55 years old

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Loved this song ("Our Lios are Sealed") when she was the lead singer for the Go-Go's...

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birth certificate may say 55 - but she would have a lot mroe miles on her than that.....getting rid of a 30 yr habit likely was not easy......
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This was when I fell in love with Belinda:

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Playboy...thats all I have to say.
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Old 01-20-2014, 11:32 AM   #11
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Drug Binge - Rock bottom - look into the mirror - find religion. Pretty standard stuff from musicians who actually beat there demons.
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Playboy...thats all I have to say.
airbrush ...thats all i have to say
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The fact that she survived a 30 yr cocaine addiction is impressive enough.
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I would love to see some of those supposed video's the Go-Go's made of their drug fueled sex escapades.
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Loved this song ("Our Lios are Sealed") when she was the lead singer for the Go-Go's...
I totally wanted to buy that gal a soda pop back in the day.
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I've always loved her...her autobiography was quite good
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Not as hot as:


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Neither are as hot as:
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Old 01-21-2014, 09:18 AM   #19
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I'll still take Nancy Wilson and she's still stunningly hot



But an interesting story on Carlisle I can't imagine what 30 years of banging coke would do to you.
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Nancy is no longer stunningly hot imo but for me, back in the day she sure was. There is something about her looks mixed with her stage presence that is very sexy.
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