Peaches Geldof 25 found dead

[AlwaysShocked]

I think that one of the things that this thread clearly points out is that while "addiction" has been categorized as an "illness", there are still a whole lot of folks who see it as a set of behaviors. A set of selfish behaviors, at that.

Some aspects of the whole thing just don't make any sense to me at all. I'll read about how an addicted person "has to get their next fix" so they "don't go into withdrawal". So by this criteria, fear of going through the withdrawal process is what keeps them into it. As opposed to just wanting to get high, of course.

In the meanwhile, it's okay to take the very real risk of sudden death in order to "not go through withdrawal"?

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If Peaches Geldof was seen several times at a clinic, she may have been on a Methadone program. As anyone in these programs is strongly warned, it is very, very dangerous to use heroin on top of methadone. And they are educated as to why this is so - because methadone is a long acting drug that hangs around in the body far longer than heroin does. So you have an existing level of opiate already onboard and then you add herion on top of it and BINGO. Now your body just "forgets to breathe".

Best of luck to those here who are in recovery. Keep constantly educating yourself!

 

[Chewy]

No it's about DON'T HAVE BABIES if you are an addict. You don't "need" to have a baby. If you have a baby and then another baby while you are addicted to heroin, you're worrying about what "you want" instead of making a responsible decision. If you use heroin, you know what happens when you use heroin. Then hand the kid to someone else and go use.

Don't use heroin with a baby alone in the house with you.

 

[Patience]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...dof-baby-hes-tried-comfort-Live-Aid-mate.html

 

[spamelope]

'Peaches Geldof Brought Hillbilly Heroin To My Hotel Room' Says Courtney Love http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...-courtney-love_n_5363052.html?just_reloaded=1

 

[spamelope]

A couple of questions were answered within this article. From her laptop, they gather she passed away at about 11 am, roughly 2 and a half hours before she was found. I am relieved that it wasn't 15 or so possible hours that Phaedra was alone with her body. Also, the needle she used was taken from the bed and put into a drawer before the police arrived. http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/27/drug-...s-geldof-found-in-drawer-at-her-home-4740662/

 

[zwiebel]

Inquest findings have been released.

'The TV presenter had been a heroin addict and took the substitute drug methadone for two-and-a-half years before her death, the inquest heard.

A police search found 6.9g of heroin in her house but there was no indication she had planned to take her own life.'

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28438913

Coroner suggests Peaches had lost her heroin tolerance. Her husband says he discovered she'd been lying to him when he caught her flushing drugs down the toilet in February.

 

[spamelope]

Bob Geldof burgled as he mourned the first anniversary of his daughter Peaches' death
Thieves struck at the Boomtown Rats singer's country retreat, Davington Priory in Faversham, Kent, South East England - three days before his daughter's memorial - and reportedly stole items from a shed on the grounds of the estate, though they didn't get into the main house.
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=204968&fm=newsmain,nrhl

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

'I half expected Peaches' death': Bob Geldof reveals how he always feared tragic daughter would die young and his family have struggled to cope

Bob Geldof said he 'half-expected' the tragic death of his daughter Peaches

The mother-of-two died of a heroin overdose at her home in Kent last April

Her father said: 'The way she was carrying on, there's nothing you can do'

The musician added it was 'unbearable' that his daughter died so young

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oung-family-struggled-cope.html#ixzz3t2xQyqvv