Substance Survivor 1: Scott spent four years completely clean – until year from hell sent him back into the bottle
Obstacle course: Scott Weiland
Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland vows he’ll fight off alcohol the way he fought off addiction to harder drugs.
He says he was completely clean for four years until a nightmare year saw him seeking refuge in the bottle – but he’s convinced he can defeat the demon drink.
Weiland tells KROQ-FM: “I’ve been clean for nine years. There are some people who can go back to drinking, very few, and some people who can’t. It doesn’t mean my relationship with it is a healthy one. It’s an extra obstacle I plan to get rid of.
“When I joined Velvet Revolver I’d been completely sober all the way, drugs and alcohol, for four years. Then I had marriage problems. My brother died. My mum almost died of cancer.
“It was too much – I tried to put band-aids wherever the pain was leaking from. Booze is everywhere. I’m a sports fan and all the ads are either car commercials or beer commercials. And it worked originally, but it doesn’t really work.”
Weiland recently admitted his heart was never fully in Velvet Revolver and he’s glad to be back with his STP bandmates. He’s also established a working relationship with ex-wife Mary, who he still describes as “the love of my life.”
He says: “We’ve taken the kids on vacation camping. I’ll go over for dinner. There’s times we don’t see eye-to-eye, but that’s only natural. For the most part we get on really well. She talks to me about her love life, and I talk to her about my minimal love life.”
And Weiland suggests the split was more drug-fuelled than related to any failure of feelings between the couple: “No one can beat Mary in an argument – it’s impossible. When I was in therapy I knew I needed time out for myself, but some people just need to win an argument.
“There’s no winning when tempers are flared. You say things you don’t mean.”
Weiland’s book, Not Dead and Not For Sale, is available now.
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We all struggle with something. Some of us have more chapters of pain then others. I have many and its a part of me and what makes me who I am. What hurts me is that my dream never became anything real. It stays a dream, and that hurts. I know what Scott is going through, its difficult. Sometimes you feel alone in the world and no one cares about you. Sometimes you just have to be selfish and care for yourself especially when your a Rock Star cause people want your death, they want to watch you destroy yourself so that they can admire your bravery. I believe they’re trying to live through your recklessness because they wish they had the balls to do so.
Addiction can be defeated. Alcohol leads to hard drugs again eventually and then its back to square one. Fuck square one! It sucks! We don’t need drugs or alcohol to expand our minds. We’ve already found how to release the creative liquid on our own. Scott has his dream in his hands and should live proudly to appreciate every day because people like me may never have the success he has. Do not be like Jim Morrison Scott, be better than that and give the fans music from your heart. Thats it.
I was in a band in the 90′s that toured with STP.They are great guys and I love STP. However, as big a problem in my opinion as Scott’s addictions is his lack of humility and disrespect for his fans. The guy was and still is colossally self-centered and ego-maniacal. Dean humorously called it “LSD” (lead singer disease). I don’t know how (I know why, just not how) they put up with it for so long. I would think after two failed solo records (c’mon, they’re horrible) he might have humbled up a little. If I read one more account of his being two to three hours late for a book signing for no legitimate reason, I think I’ll puke.
Maybe i missed the boat on this guy and his stage presence/vocal ability?
I read all of these compliments from his ex revolver cohorts how hard it is to replace Scott, and how he was a seminal front man. I’m not sure if they are just being civil or what because i just dont hear it or see it live. Sorry, but he just doesn’t belong on any vocal pedestal or on any vocal great lists