Satori, It's not that I don't think coke is bad. I hate it. Most of you guys know that I'm really a total straight head and don't do anything stronger than red wine. (I know... I'm pathetic). It's not that I have this great self control, I just never really liked drugs. Not even pot. The last time I did coke was 1983, we were doing a show in Boston and they were shoveling it up all our noses. I was a mess! I got on stage to sing but my throat was so closed up nothing came out. It was like a performance nightmare that you have but I was living it. I swore that I would never do it again and haven't. All I'm saying is that I don't blame people like George who can't say no to something that they like. (It was easy for me because I didn't like it). George has an addictive personality and is sometimes surrounded by people who do him in. (That hideous queen Marilyn used to be that person for him in the eighties but he has other ones now too). I remember in the early eighties George and I tried Ecstacy. It was new then and we wanted to see what it was all about. (I had done it once before). I got some for us and took him to The Paradise Garage. We had a ball but where as I was very happy to call it a night (at about noon) he wanted to do more and more and keep going. He was eating it like candy. That was the last time I did it. I saw what it was about, even liked it, but never needed to do it again. Anyway, all I'm saying is he has a very different personality from me. It's hard for him (and probably most people) to "say no to drugs". I don't blame him or anyone else for falling off the wagon. His life is very intense, that's how he likes it. I just can't be that hard on him. I just hope he's OK because he really is a great guy. He really is.