Originally Posted by NYCDoglvr

It was a relapse. He overdosed on heroin. I heard a sober shrink qualify that he went out with 27 years (back four) even though addiction is is specialty. No one gets a guarantee. I've been going to the same meetings on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for 27 years and the rooms don't get any bigger yet with all the newcomers we should be in Yankee Stadium by now. Sure some move, but most don't make it. Sobriety is a gift we should never take for granted.