Stevie and the ganja

[paperflowers]

Originally Posted by tynan88

Would you tell Bob Dylan to stop smoking pot?

Right! go sista! tis art u know

[AliP]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

She's only human, no? And being only human, I assume that she has all of the same weaknesses and fallibilities that the rest of us do.

She may have had every intention of never touching another cigarette, but stress got the best of her, and she gave in to a weakness.
And even if she did, what's the harm in her stressing the importance of quiting (which, just to keep the timeline straight, she had done several months prior to these "cigarette sightings")?
Who better to tell you how unhealthy it is for you, than someone who knows the addiction firsthand?

I'd like to also add that it's very possible that the fans who saw her smoking from a distance, might have seen her with what was actually a nicotine inhaler.

Good try LeStew. Still no sympathy from me. Sorry. But you are right, we really have no concrete proof that she has started smoking again.

[catinthedark]

Originally Posted by AliP

Good try LeStew. Still no sympathy from me. Sorry. But you are right, we really have no concrete proof that she has started smoking again.

And you know, really, it is her own prerogative if she is. She's a big girl. She knows the risks involved. We all know the risks of not exercising enough, eating too much fat, etc. Live and let live.

[sara_17]

I ran into her brother Chris Nicks at Red Rocks and he was smoking pot right in front of me. I would'nt be suprized if she is too. To each there own.

[amber]

Originally Posted by paperflowers

Pot:
A friend of mine who works for a magazine in L.A. told me that Stevie was smoking pot while editing the Sorcerer video someone asked her to stop and she replied Sue me, my video, my time

Cigs:
Same friend told me that Stevie is one of those annoying “former” smokers that are always bumming smokes and then being all put out when people are smoking.

Both of these stories were told with total love. My friend is kinda cynical in regard to the "business" but still adores Stevie.

If these stories are true I think Stevie is like everyone else, she might bum a cig here and there but she doesn’t think of herself as a smoker. I have many friends who preach to me about smoking all the while my cig stash dwindles when they are around. They aren’t bad their just human same for Stevie.

As far as pot goes Ms. Nicks totally still partakes IMO her and the rest of FM.

God, this makes me love her more. Thanks for sharing!
And she was on the cover of high times once.

[AliP]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

And you know, really, it is her own prerogative if she is. She's a big girl. She knows the risks involved. We all know the risks of not exercising enough, eating too much fat, etc. Live and let live.

That's fine if she has started smoking again or if she even smokes occasionaly. Its not my lungs she's polluting. My beef was with the fact that she wouldn't stop talking about how she quit smoking and how horrible it was yada yada yada and how much better she was that she quit. I'm sorry if I'm the only one that gets annoyed with the principle "do as I say, not as I do." It's not just Stevie, I get annoyed with all people who are like that.

[Kelly]

Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

As those of us at the Atlanta May 15 2004 show saw who came early and saw the soundcheck through the wood fence...she was definetely smoking SOMETHING, I dont think anyone is quite sure if it was a cigg or something else tho

Chris

Nods emphatically. Not only was she smoking , she was smoking during Soundcheck so Ghosttracker's idea about her not being able to sing/breath doesn't appear to be true. She was inhaling, singing the Chain, inhaling, singing Dreams. I still laugh at the thought of "Ashtray Roadie". I would love his job!

BTW..on the DR doc, you can see weed numerous times. Both she and LB are still heavy tokers. Like it or not.

Oh and it was so damn obvious to me this summer. On the SYW tour, I thought it was less obvious but I could still tell. This summer? She was indulging alot. For those who will pipe up and say they saw her live and she seemed fine, all I can say to that is you must not spend too much time around people who are high on weed. The idea seems to offend some people and it shouldn't. Stevie travels in rock circles, she hangs around old hippies, like Lindsey. It is no big deal when compared to the many other substances she has been addicted to in her life. It is her choice anyway. (I do wish she would quit smoking cigarettes though!)

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by Kelly

Nods emphatically. Not only was she smoking , she was smoking during Soundcheck so Ghosttracker's idea about her not being able to sing/breath doesn't appear to be true. She was inhaling, singing the Chain, inhaling, singing Dreams. I still laugh at the thought of "Ashtray Roadie". I would love his job!


Oh and it was so damn obvious to me this summer. On the SYW tour, I thought it was less obvious but I could still tell. This summer? She was indulging alot. For those who will pipe up and say they saw her live and she seemed fine, all I can say to that is you must not spend too much time around people who are high on weed. The idea seems to offend some people and it shouldn't. Stevie travels in rock circles, she hangs around old hippies, like Lindsey. It is no big deal when compared to the many other substances she has been addicted to in her life. It is her choice anyway. (I do wish she would quit smoking cigarettes though!)

I'm not trying to start a flame war here, just honestly asking for
an opinion - If you have to inhale the smoke to get "high on weed,"
how can that possibly not be unhealthy for her after all of the
cigarette smoking? She was a chain smoker for years, there MUST
have been some damage. What I heard Lindsey say, was something
about a "breathing problem."

Anyway I could picture her maybe smoking a cig. once in a while,
especially to calm her nerves before a concert,
but I don't think she's a chain smoker any more.

By the way, Ozzy Ozbourne recently mentioned that out of all the
serious hard-core drugs, and alcohol,
cigarettes were the hardest to stop.

And just to defend the Stevester a little bit ( )
I'm about as square as they come -
but if MY Dad had been dying this summer,
I think I probably would have been blitzed out of my mind on everything
I could get my hands on. Or, at least, I can sympathize.
She probably knows her limits by now.
Me, I would've been lookin' for a tanker truck of vodka.
So I honestly think she "did the best she could"
under some pretty difficult circumstances.
There really is a story circulating that she wanted to quit,
and her Mom talked her in to continuing.
It was only one tour, it wouldn't have been the end of the world
if she had cancelled.
ANY-way those are just my opinions.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by AliP

That's fine if she has started smoking again or if she even smokes occasionaly. Its not my lungs she's polluting. My beef was with the fact that she wouldn't stop talking about how she quit smoking and how horrible it was yada yada yada and how much better she was that she quit. I'm sorry if I'm the only one that gets annoyed with the principle "do as I say, not as I do." It's not just Stevie, I get annoyed with all people who are like that.

What if her comments - lies, streches, whateva -
literally saved someone's life?

How about ten people? Or twenty?

Stevie's got millions of fans, she knows her influence.

"Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies...."

Maybe sometimes someone who's not an angel can rock the world
and make it a much better place. Anyway that's my thought on it -
I'm gonna go head to the Carnegie Library now and then see how
many hundreds of millions of dollars Clinton and Busche have raised
for Hurricane Relief by now.....

[gldstwmn]

In a way, it makes me sad that she still smokes because it means that she never got all the way clean from the substances or alcohol. JMHO.

[Nixxxed]

Originally Posted by tynan88

Would you tell Bob Dylan to stop smoking pot?

soooooooooooo funny

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

In a way, it makes me sad that she still smokes because it means that she never got all the way clean from the substances or alcohol. JMHO.

I think maybe Stevie feels strongly that she doesn't have a problem
with alcohol. She's mentioned that in several interviews.
I get the impression that she's really more of a "social" drinker.
Nice of her to be so open about these things, by the way. . . .

[AliP]

Originally Posted by Kelly

Oh and it was so damn obvious to me this summer. On the SYW tour, I thought it was less obvious but I could still tell. This summer? She was indulging alot. For those who will pipe up and say they saw her live and she seemed fine, all I can say to that is you must not spend too much time around people who are high on weed.

High on weed or drunk on alcohol? I'm just curious because from what I heard from people and from the boots..slurring words seems more like an after effect of alcohol than weed.

Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

What if her comments - lies, streches, whateva -
literally saved someone's life?

Very true indeed. Never thought of it that way.

Originally Posted by gldstwm

In a way, it makes me sad that she still smokes because it means that she never got all the way clean from the substances or alcohol. JMHO.

Thank you. It makes me sad too. Sometimes I feel like such a square peg, but I've watched people that I care about destroy their lives because of alchohol, cigarettes and pot. Its something that hits very close to home for me.

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

In a way, it makes me sad that she still smokes because it means that she never got all the way clean from the substances or alcohol. JMHO.

I think looking back at the point she was it's a miracle she's alive, and I can thank for that only her strength. I have no idea if she smokes or not, but everything should be put in perspective, IMO. The lady she proved to be in the recent months can get only respect from me.

Romy

[strandinthewind]

She seemed fine at the two Vegas shows I attended, the Atlanta Two Voices show, and the last Vegas final concert. I cannot comment on the other shows because I was not there - but the boots I have heard do not sound like she was way out of it to the point that it was noticeable in any significant way. So, my experience indicates that while she probably was stoned and had a shot of tequila in her, she was not a total blithering mess